The following is a list of national and international statistical services.
Central national statistical services
Nearly every country in the world has set a central public sector unit entirely devoted to the production, harmonisation and dissemination of
official statistics
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that the public sector and the national community need to run, monitor and evaluate their operations and policies. This central statistical organisation does not produce every official statistic as other public sector organisations, like the national
central bank
A central bank, reserve bank, national bank, or monetary authority is an institution that manages the monetary policy of a country or monetary union. In contrast to a commercial bank, a central bank possesses a monopoly on increasing the mo ...
or
ministries
Ministry may refer to:
Government
* Ministry (collective executive), the complete body of government ministers under the leadership of a prime minister
* Ministry (government department), a department of a government
Religion
* Christian mi ...
in charge of agriculture, education or health, may be charged with producing and disseminating sector policy oriented statistical data. The statistical
legislation
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and regulation generally attribute responsibilities and authorities according to statistical domains or functions in addition to those of the central unit.
The table below lists these central statistical organisations by country. The
United States
The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...
has no central producing unit, but several units (also listed below) have been given responsibility over various federal statistics domains (see also:
Federal Statistical System of the United States).
Africa
Americas
Asia
Europe
(Institutions from countries marked with * are members of
Eurostat
Eurostat ("European Statistical Office"; also DG ESTAT) is a department of the European Commission ( Directorate-General), located in the Kirchberg quarter of Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. Eurostat's main responsibilities are to provide statist ...
's European Statistical System (ESS).)
Oceania
Autonomous statistical services at sub-national level
Some countries are politically organised as federations of states or of autonomous regions; also a specific territory might have been given a partial autonomy. Several of these sub-national regional units have set their own quasi-independent statistical department. A list is presented in
Sub-national autonomous statistical services
International statistical services
United Nations organisations
Intergovernmental Development and Central Banks
Regional intergovernmental organisations
Other organisations
See also
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Official statistics
Official statistics are statistics published by Government, government agencies or other Statutory corporation, public bodies such as International organization, international organizations as a Public good (economics), public good. They provide q ...
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Statistics
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List of statistical topics
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List of academic statistical associations
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National agencies responsible for GDP measurement
External links
World Bank directory of national statistic sitesOECD Worldwide statistical sourcesUN Statistics Division Information on National Statistical Systems
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