How to use 1212.mn

Get the statistical data you need for your analyses

Good decisions require information. Good information requires the right data. Getting that data can be difficult. Luckily the National Statistical Office in Mongolia offers a plethora of great data on everything from inflation, crime, education, and more. Below I give a video demo of answering a hypothetical business question using 1212.mn data.

If you don’t believe me, scroll down to see the huge number of categories they collect data on. For a “developing country”, this is pretty great.

The English homepage of 1212.mn

This is great if you have a quick question. For example, is inflation going up? By how much? What are the factors? The consumer price index category can give you this information very quickly. In fact, they give quick easy visualizations on the category page.

How does inflation this year compare to the same month last year?

However, not all questions can be answered so simply. Suppose we are responsible for business strategy at Univision or Skymedia. We want to know whether we should be focusing our marketing and product development on television or internet service.

Below I’ve made a walkthrough on using the data from 1212.mn to answer a hypothetical business question.