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Statistical Status
 
Statistical Status
Compiling 995 products by 389 entities ; central and local government agencies, and private institutions
Compiling 457 products by central governmental agencies(including 55 by National Statistical Office), 357 by
  local governmental agencies, and 181 by private institutions.
Of which, the number of designated statistics is 95, and general statistics 900.
The number of survey statistics derived from practical investigation is 349, administrative statistics derived from
  administrative records 585 and analytic statistics 61.
Products by agencies :
(September 1, 2007) ( Unit : Agency, Kind )
Agency Number of compiling agencies Total By kind By compiling method
Designated
statistics
General
statistics
Survey
statistics
Administrative
statistics
Analytic
statistics

Total

389 995 95 900 349 585 61
¡Û Government 308 814 79 735 228 540 46
- Central 45 457 63 394 160 278 19
¡¤ KNSO 1 55 40 15 44 1 10
¡¤ except KNSO 44 402 23 379 116 277 9
- Local 263 357 16 341 68 262 27
¡Û Designated Agency 81 181 16 165 121 45 15
The Definition of Designated Statistics & General Statistics, and Designated Agencies
Designated Statistics : Statistics that are designated and announced publicly by the Commissioner of the
  National Statistical Office
General Statistics : Statistics except the Designated Statistics among the statistics compiled by statistical
  agencies
Designated Agencies : Corporations that compile statistics for the purpose of helping central and local
  government agencies make and evaluate policies of population, society, economy, etc. and helping the general
  public use statistics
Products by sections :
(September 1, 2007) ( Unit : Kind, % )
Section Number of products By kind By compiling method

No.

Ratio
(%)

Designated
General
Survey
statistics
Administrative
statistics
Analytic
statistics

Total

995 100.0 95 900 349 585 61
Population 28 2.8 3 25 4 19 5
Employment¡¤Wages 51 5.1 8 43 40 11 0
Prices ¡¤Household Consumption 16 1.6 10 6 16 0 0
Health¡¤Society¡¤Welfare 146 14.7 7 139 62 82 2
Environment 34 3.4 1 33 12 22 0
Agriculture and Forestry¡¤Marine Products 72 7.2 15 57 31 39 2
Mining and Manufacturing¡¤Energy 32 3.2 6 26 19 9 4
Construction¡¤Housing¡¤Land 46 4.6 3 43 16 24 6
Transportation¡¤Communications 58 5.8 4 54 25 33 0
Wholesale & Retail¡¤Services 16 1.6 8 8 14 2 0
Business Cycle¡¤Business Enterprise 84 8.4 20 64 62 11 11
National Accounts¡¤Regional Accounts 11 1.1 4 7 1 1 9
Finances¡¤Government Finances 30 3.0 - 30 4 26 0
Trade¡¤Foreign Exchange 12 1.2 2 10 4 5 3
Education¡¤Culture¡¤Science 72 7.2 3 69 32 37 3
Others 287 28.8 1 286 7 264 16