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As of 02.25.2021 (1:00), official statistics on 1238 subject matters ( 92 designated statistics and 1146 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. 539 statistics are collected via surveys while 478 statistics are administrative statistics. Remaining 221 statistics are derived statistics. 1037 Statistics — of these 67 are produced by KOSTAT — are produced by government agencies while 201 statistics are produced by designated organizations that are non-governmental.
| Agency | Number of statistical agencies | Total | By kind | By compiling method | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Designated statistics | General statistics | Survey | Administrative | Analytic | |||
| Total | 431 | 1238 | 92 | 1146 | 539 | 478 | 221 |
| ○ Government | 311 | 1037 | 75 | 962 | 427 | 416 | 194 |
| - Central | 51 | 422 | 58 | 364 | 217 | 152 | 53 |
| Statistics Korea | 1 | 67 | 37 | 30 | 39 | 2 | 26 |
| Except Statistics Korea | 50 | 355 | 21 | 334 | 178 | 150 | 27 |
| - Local | 260 | 615 | 17 | 598 | 210 | 264 | 141 |
| ○ Designated Agency | 120 | 201 | 17 | 184 | 112 | 62 | 27 |
| Financial Agency | 7 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 8 |
| Public Enterprise | 34 | 60 | 0 | 60 | 25 | 33 | 2 |
| Research Agency | 30 | 47 | 2 | 45 | 34 | 5 | 8 |
| Association | 26 | 33 | 3 | 30 | 26 | 5 | 2 |
| Others | 23 | 40 | 2 | 38 | 19 | 14 | 7 |