26 Apr 2024

Last update 16 / 01 / 2024

Household Environment Survey

Description GASTAT will work on a number of surveys and programs to provide a statistical database in several fields including (household environment statistics) due to their importance internationally, regionally and locally. GASTAT will also conduct (Household Environment Survey 2019) along with the other field surveys carried out by GASTAT as well. The survey will cover data in several areas such as: the dwelling and it components, water sources, data on the household, fuel uses, consumption quantities of environmental resources and their uses in various household activities, consumer electronics used in the domestic sector as well as rationalization of environmental resources and learning about the means of it. Most countries in the world are interested in providing official statistics on the environment in the domestic sector because of the role of environment statistics in reversing the reality of infrastructure, in addition to providing important indicators on the environmental situation and the standard of living of households.
Target

Environment statistics of household sector are very important since they are one of the essential means to assess the environment in Saudi Arabia. The survey seeks to achieve a number of objectives, most importantly: 1. Provide data of environment statistics that assist in calculating some of the sustainable development indicators related to environment based on international definitions of these indicators. 2. Provide statistical data that serve the release of environment statistics report which is based on the UN framework 2013. 3. Provide data that help in calculating climate change indicators and emissions resulted from energy use in the dwellings. 4. Provide water and waste data that assist in completing international questionnaires of the United Nations Statistics Division, which are required to be filled periodically. 5. Environmental awareness in water and energy supply resources through the use of energy and water saving devices, in addition to awareness in the field of waste sorting and environmental education as well as the best methods for electronic wastes disposal. 6. Provide an environmental database to support decision-makers in taking appropriate environmental policies.

Date Category Semi-annual and annual
Declaration Date (Hijri) Date (Gregorian)
Household Environment Statistics 2023 1446/05/24

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