Official Statistics Status
As of 04.21.2024 (1:00), official statistics on 1332 subject matters ( 93 designated statistics and 1239 general statistics) are officially approved under the Article 18 (or Article 20) of the Statistics Act. These statistics can be distinguished by the method of collection/production. 590 statistics are collected via surveys while 481 statistics are administrative statistics. Remaining 261 statistics are derived statistics. 1124 Statistics — of these 66 are produced by KOSTAT — are produced by government agencies while 208 statistics are produced by designated organizations that are non-governmental.
Statistics by Agencies
as of 04.21.2024 (1:00)
(Unit : Agency, Kind)
Agency | Number of statistical agencies | Total | By kind | By compiling method | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Designated statistics | General statistics | Survey | Administrative | Analytic | |||
Total | 433 | 1332 | 93 | 1239 | 590 | 481 | 261 |
○ Government | 309 | 1124 | 76 | 1048 | 473 | 418 | 233 |
- Central | 49 | 455 | 59 | 396 | 243 | 154 | 58 |
Statistics Korea | 1 | 66 | 38 | 28 | 38 | 2 | 26 |
Except Statistics Korea | 48 | 389 | 21 | 368 | 205 | 152 | 32 |
- Local | 260 | 669 | 17 | 652 | 230 | 264 | 175 |
○ Designated Agency | 124 | 208 | 17 | 191 | 117 | 63 | 28 |
Financial Agency | 7 | 22 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 9 |
Public Enterprise | 36 | 65 | 0 | 65 | 28 | 35 | 2 |
Research Agency | 31 | 49 | 2 | 47 | 36 | 6 | 7 |
Association | 25 | 31 | 3 | 28 | 24 | 5 | 2 |
Others | 25 | 41 | 2 | 39 | 21 | 12 | 8 |