Official Statistics Status
As of 01.18.2022 (1:00), official statistics on 1271 subject matters ( 92 designated statistics and 1179 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. 555 statistics are collected via surveys while 479 statistics are administrative statistics. Remaining 237 statistics are derived statistics. 1065 Statistics — of these 66 are produced by KOSTAT — are produced by government agencies while 206 statistics are produced by designated organizations that are non-governmental.
Statistics by Agencies
as of 01.18.2022 (1:00)
(Unit : Agency, Kind)
| Agency | Number of statistical agencies | Total | By kind | By compiling method | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Designated statistics | General statistics | Survey | Administrative | Analytic | |||
| Total | 432 | 1271 | 92 | 1179 | 555 | 479 | 237 |
| ○ Government | 309 | 1065 | 75 | 990 | 439 | 416 | 210 |
| - Central | 49 | 428 | 58 | 370 | 223 | 152 | 53 |
| Statistics Korea | 1 | 66 | 37 | 29 | 39 | 2 | 25 |
| Except Statistics Korea | 48 | 362 | 21 | 341 | 184 | 150 | 28 |
| - Local | 260 | 637 | 17 | 620 | 216 | 264 | 157 |
| ○ Designated Agency | 123 | 206 | 17 | 189 | 116 | 63 | 27 |
| Financial Agency | 7 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 8 |
| Public Enterprise | 37 | 62 | 0 | 62 | 26 | 34 | 2 |
| Research Agency | 30 | 49 | 2 | 47 | 36 | 5 | 8 |
| Association | 26 | 33 | 3 | 30 | 26 | 5 | 2 |
| Others | 23 | 41 | 2 | 39 | 20 | 14 | 7 |