Statistics Sweden ( sv, Statistiska centralbyrån ; SCB) is the
Swedish government agency
The government agencies in Sweden are state-controlled organizations that act independently to carry out the policies of the Government of Sweden. The ministries are relatively small and merely policy-making organizations, allowed to monitor the ...
operating under the
Ministry of Finance and responsible for producing official
statistics
Statistics (from German language, German: ''wikt:Statistik#German, Statistik'', "description of a State (polity), state, a country") is the discipline that concerns the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of ...
for decision-making, debate and research. The agency's responsibilities include:
* developing, producing and disseminating statistics;
* active participation in international statistical cooperation;
* coordination and support of the Swedish system for official statistics, which includes 26 authorities
responsible for official statistics in their areas of expertise.
National statistics in Sweden date back to 1686 when the parishes of the
Church of Sweden were ordered to start keeping records on the population. SCB's predecessor, the ''Tabellverket'' ("office for tabulation"), was set up in 1749, and the current name was adopted in 1858.
Subjects
Statistics Sweden produces statistics in several different subject areas:
, the agency had approximately 1,350 employees. The offices of the agency are located in
Stockholm
Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...
and
Örebro.
Statistics Sweden publishes the ''
Journal of Official Statistics''.
See also
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Demographics of Sweden
The demography of Sweden is monitored by the ''Statistiska centralbyrån'' ( Statistics Sweden). Sweden's population was 10,481,937 (May 2022), making it the 15th-most populous country in Europe after Czech Republic, the 10th-most populous ...
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Eurostat
Eurostat ('European Statistical Office'; DG ESTAT) is a Directorate-General of the European Commission located in the Kirchberg, Luxembourg, Kirchberg quarter of Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. Eurostat's main responsibilities are to provide statis ...
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Government agencies in Sweden
The government agencies in Sweden are state-controlled organizations that act independently to carry out the policies of the Government of Sweden. The ministries are relatively small and merely policy-making organizations, allowed to monitor the ...
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List of national and international statistical services
References
External links
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1858 establishments in Sweden
Government agencies established in 1858