The State Data Agency of Lithuania (), sometimes referred as the National Data Agency, and until 2023 known as the ''Department of Statistics of Lithuania'' (), officially the ''Department of Statistics to the Government of the Republic of Lithuania'', is an institution in

Lithuania Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, P ...

which is responsible for collecting, processing, presenting and analysing

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concerning the topics economy, society and environment, and

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regarding the state data. It is subordinate directly to the

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. The agency also supplies data to

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. A Director General, appointed by the

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, oversees its operations. Several commissions and working groups analyze its operations and suggest improvements. An advisory body, the Statistical Council, consists of representatives from the governmental bodies, NGOs, researchers, the media, and other interested parties; the council's makeup and operations are subject to governmental regulation.

History

The origins of statistics collection in Lithuania can be traced back to the 16th century, with the 1528 census of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. An institution to collect statistics in the Republic of Lithuania was first established on 6 September 1919, as the ''General Department of Statistics''. The first

census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...

of Lithuania was carried out in 1923. The institution in its current form was re-established on 18 April 1990 and codified by the ''Law on Statistics of the Republic of Lithuania''. The institution became a member of the European Statistical System in 2004. On 1 January 2023, the department was reorganized into an agency, as part of the Lithuanian Governance reform.

References

External links

* https://www.stat.gov.lt Official website * https://osp.stat.gov.lt Official statistics portal
Statistics Lithuania - Lithuanian Statistical System
Government of Lithuania. Accessed 16 February 2011.
Statistical System of Lithuania
European Commission - Eurostat. Accessed 16 February 2011. {{National statistical services of Europe Government agencies of Lithuania

Statistical organizations

History

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