Official Statistics Status
As of 07.19.2025 (1:00), official statistics on 1364 subject matters ( 93 designated statistics and 1271 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. 609 statistics are collected via surveys while 483 statistics are administrative statistics. Remaining 272 statistics are derived statistics. 1147 Statistics — of these 67 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 07.19.2025 (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 | 1364 | 93 | 1271 | 609 | 483 | 272 |
| ○ Government | 310 | 1147 | 76 | 1071 | 484 | 419 | 244 |
| - Central | 50 | 471 | 59 | 412 | 254 | 156 | 61 |
| Statistics Korea | 1 | 67 | 38 | 29 | 38 | 2 | 27 |
| Except Statistics Korea | 49 | 404 | 21 | 383 | 216 | 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 |