The Hungarian Central Statistical Office (HSCO; hu, Központi Statisztikai Hivatal (KSH), ) is a

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responsible for collecting, processing and publishing statistics about

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, its economy, and its inhabitants. The office provides details for parliamentary and administrative offices, local councils and academia, financial institutions, the public at large and the media.

Functions

* To devise and conduct surveys * To demand collection of statistical data for the central state statistical system * To process and analyse information from the collection of statistical data based on compulsory and voluntary data supply * To supply data and analysis for state organizations * To satisfy requests from non-governmental organisations, parties, local government, academic researchers and the general public *To prepare and make the

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and to process and publish the data from it.

Regulation

Legal reference
KSH - Rules on Statistics
*Organization of National Statistics Act No. XXV of 1874 *Hungarian Royal Central Statistical Office Act No XXXV of 1897 *Official Statistical Service Act No XIX of 1929 *State Statistics Act No VI. of 1952 *Statistics Act No. V. of 1973 *Statistics Act No. XLVI of 1993 The organisation is also covered by

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regulation.

Organization structure

There are around 1,050 people employed at the central office, with a further 450 at regional offices. The head of the Office is called the President, and leads a number of organizational units each headed by a Deputy President and having several departments: *Departments reporting directly to the president **Internal Audit Section **Administration and International *Departments reporting to the Deputy President responsible for statistical issues **Price Statistics **Living Standards and Labour Statistics **Foreign Trade Statistics **Agriculture and Environment Statistics **National Accounts **Population Statistics **Statistical Research and Methodology Department **Sector Accounts **Services Statistics **Social Services Statistics **Business Statistics *Departments reporting to the Deputy President responsible for economic affairs **Financial Management **Technical and System Monitoring **Information Technology **Dissemination **Planning **Directorates ***

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References

{{Authority control National statistical services Demographics of Hungary

Functions

Regulation

Organization structure

See also

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