Official Statistics Status
As of 03.29.2024 (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 482 statistics are administrative statistics. Remaining 260 statistics are derived statistics. 1123 Statistics — of these 66 are produced by KOSTAT — are produced by government agencies while 209 statistics are produced by designated organizations that are non-governmental.
Statistics by Agencies
as of 03.29.2024 (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 | 482 | 260 |
○ Government | 309 | 1123 | 76 | 1047 | 473 | 418 | 232 |
- Central | 49 | 454 | 59 | 395 | 243 | 154 | 57 |
Statistics Korea | 1 | 66 | 38 | 28 | 38 | 2 | 26 |
Except Statistics Korea | 48 | 388 | 21 | 367 | 205 | 152 | 31 |
- Local | 260 | 669 | 17 | 652 | 230 | 264 | 175 |
○ Designated Agency | 124 | 209 | 17 | 192 | 117 | 64 | 28 |
Financial Agency | 7 | 22 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 9 |
Public Enterprise | 36 | 64 | 0 | 64 | 28 | 34 | 2 |
Research Agency | 31 | 49 | 2 | 47 | 36 | 6 | 7 |
Association | 25 | 31 | 3 | 28 | 24 | 5 | 2 |
Others | 25 | 43 | 2 | 41 | 21 | 14 | 8 |