HIES Final Report Results
The completion of the Household Income and expenditure survey and subsequent analysis during 2012/13 and 2013/14 has produced various economic information that highlights the changes in expenditure consumption patterns of households since 2006. Where the results have shown some significant changes in spending behaviours of household as a result of the improvement in the country‘s economy. The survey has provided the new baselines and benchmarks for economic statistics and has provided sufficient data for a second poverty analysis report to be produced later throughout 2014 calendar year. Other subsequent reports to be produced will be on communications, health, housing, agriculture & fisheries, food security and labour force and transport among others. Recent work with the assistance of various technical agencies such as SPC, PFTAC, NZStats and ABS have been undertaken to establish benchmarks for economic statistics, linked to measures on National Accounts (GDP) and Balance of Payments (BOP) to produce a more robust data collection framework for timely economic statistics in these areas. The second stages is to establish the new Consumer Price Index basket (CPI) that is to be used in price surveillance for the monitoring of inflation. This work is being undertaken by the bureau and the final reports are expected to finalised by end of June 2014.
The average annual per capita expenditure for the average Nauruan person was found to be AUD$3,151 The distribution can be seen below (Chart 1)
