Official Statistics Status
As of 07.12.2025 (1:00), official statistics on 1362 subject matters ( 93 designated statistics and 1269 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. 608 statistics are collected via surveys while 483 statistics are administrative statistics. Remaining 271 statistics are derived statistics. 1145 Statistics — of these 66 are produced by KOSTAT — are produced by government agencies while 217 statistics are produced by designated organizations that are non-governmental.
Statistics by Agencies
as of 07.12.2025 (1:00)
(Unit : Agency, Kind)
| Agency | Number of statistical agencies | Total | By kind | By compiling method | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Designated statistics | General statistics | Survey | Administrative | Analytic | |||
| Total | 437 | 1362 | 93 | 1269 | 608 | 483 | 271 |
| ○ Government | 310 | 1145 | 76 | 1069 | 483 | 419 | 243 |
| - Central | 50 | 469 | 59 | 410 | 253 | 156 | 60 |
| Statistics Korea | 1 | 66 | 38 | 28 | 38 | 2 | 26 |
| Except Statistics Korea | 49 | 403 | 21 | 382 | 215 | 154 | 34 |
| - Local | 260 | 676 | 17 | 659 | 230 | 263 | 183 |
| ○ Designated Agency | 127 | 217 | 17 | 200 | 125 | 64 | 28 |
| Financial Agency | 7 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 9 |
| Public Enterprise | 36 | 67 | 0 | 67 | 30 | 35 | 2 |
| Research Agency | 32 | 48 | 2 | 46 | 35 | 6 | 7 |
| Association | 27 | 33 | 3 | 30 | 25 | 6 | 2 |
| Others | 25 | 46 | 2 | 44 | 26 | 12 | 8 |