Official Statistics Status
As of 05.28.2022 (1:00), official statistics on 1283 subject matters ( 92 designated statistics and 1191 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. 562 statistics are collected via surveys while 479 statistics are administrative statistics. Remaining 242 statistics are derived statistics. 1076 Statistics — of these 66 are produced by KOSTAT — are produced by government agencies while 207 statistics are produced by designated organizations that are non-governmental.
Statistics by Agencies
as of 05.28.2022 (1:00)
(Unit : Agency, Kind)
| Agency | Number of statistical agencies | Total | By kind | By compiling method | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Designated statistics | General statistics | Survey | Administrative | Analytic | |||
| Total | 433 | 1283 | 92 | 1191 | 562 | 479 | 242 |
| ○ Government | 309 | 1076 | 75 | 1001 | 444 | 417 | 215 |
| - Central | 49 | 431 | 58 | 373 | 225 | 153 | 53 |
| Statistics Korea | 1 | 66 | 37 | 29 | 39 | 2 | 25 |
| Except Statistics Korea | 48 | 365 | 21 | 344 | 186 | 151 | 28 |
| - Local | 260 | 645 | 17 | 628 | 219 | 264 | 162 |
| ○ Designated Agency | 124 | 207 | 17 | 190 | 118 | 62 | 27 |
| Financial Agency | 7 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 8 |
| Public Enterprise | 37 | 61 | 0 | 61 | 26 | 33 | 2 |
| Research Agency | 31 | 51 | 2 | 49 | 38 | 5 | 8 |
| Association | 26 | 33 | 3 | 30 | 26 | 5 | 2 |
| Others | 23 | 41 | 2 | 39 | 20 | 14 | 7 |