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April 1915

His Majesty King Mongkut Klao Chao Yu Hua has graciously set up "Department of Prophetic Statistics" in the Ministry of the Great Treasury as announced in the Royal Gazette

April 1915

Announced in the Royal Gazette "Department of Forecast Statistics" in the Ministry of the Royal Treasury

September 1915

change name to "Department of Commerce and Forecast Statistics" Ministry of the Royal Treasury

1916

Publish a statistical yearbook

August 1920

The Department of Commerce and Forecast Statistics has been raised as Ministry of Commerce For the statistical department, it has the status of a department named "Department of Public Forecast Statistics" (General Statistics)

July 1921

Transferred to the department of command Ministry of the Royal Treasury change name to "Department of Forecasting Statistics"

August 1921

Transfer to the Department of Public Forecast Statistics. came under the Department of Command Ministry of the Royal Treasury

May 1933

Her Royal Highness Athiphonpong Kasemsri assumed the role of head of the agency

May 1933

Transferred to the Department of Commerce Ministry of Economics, reduced status to "Prophetic Statistics Division"

October 1935

Transferred to the Department of the Secretariat of the Cabinet change name to "Statistical Forecasting Division"

November 1936

For the first time, the Statistics Forecasting Act was issued.

May 1942

Transferred to be under "Department of Information", Ministry of Commerce

May 1943

Transferred to the Department of the Secretariat of the Cabinet Prime Minister's Office

December 1950

change name to "Central Statistical Office" (Central Statistical Office), National Economic Council

November 1950

Conducting the first nationwide agricultural census

February 1950

Transferred to be under the National Economic Council is an independent political agency equivalent status to the department

January 1952

promulgation of the Statistics Act, B.E. 2495

May 1963

Promoted to "National Statistical Office" under the Office of the Prime Minister

June 1963

is the first government agency in Thailand that has installed a computer system to process census and survey work

August 1965

promulgation of the Statistics Act B.E. 2508 in place of the original

1965

established the Provincial Statistical Office in every province is a central government

August 1992

A royal decree was issued to divide the government agencies of the National Statistical Office into 9 divisions.

December 1993

Provincial Statistical Office is a provincial administration as announced in the Royal Gazette

October 2002

Moved to be under the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology according to the Act on Improvement of Ministries, Sub-Ministries, and Departments and divided the government into 3 bureaus, 1 center, 3 divisions.

September 2007

promulgation of the Statistics Act B.E. 2550 in place of the original one

October 2008

The government is divided according to ministerial regulations into 6 bureaus and 2 centers, the Provincial Statistical Office. is a provincial administration

September 2016

change the name of the ministry to "Ministry of Digital Economy and Society" according to the Act Revised Ministry, Sub-Ministry, Department, No. 17, B.E. 2559

October 2017

The National Statistics Department was to create a new rating for the National Statistical Office. Digital Ministry to take notes by dividing into 1 bureau, 6 divisions, 2 centers and provincial statistical offices in every province.

History of the National Statistical Office

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