The statistical offices of the German states (
German
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* Germany (of or related to)
**Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
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**Ger ...
: ''Statistische Landesämter'') carry out the task of collecting 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 ...
in
Germany together and in cooperation with the
Federal Statistical Office.
The implementation of statistics according to Article 83 of the
constitution is executed at state level.
The
federal government
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has, under Article 73 (1) 11. of the constitution, the exclusive
legislation for the "statistics for federal purposes."
There are 14 statistical offices for the
16 states:
See also
*
Federal Statistical Office of Germany
The Federal Statistical Office (german: Statistisches Bundesamt, shortened ''Destatis'') is a federal authority of Germany. It reports to the Federal Ministry of the Interior.
The Office is responsible for collecting, processing, presenting and ...
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