Statistics Korea

Statistics Korea
통계청
統計廳
Tonggye-cheong
Agency overview
Formed1990; 34 years ago (1990)
HeadquartersDaejeon, South Korea
Agency executive
  • Lee Hyoung-il, Commissioner
Parent agencyMinistry of Economy and Finance
Websitekostat.go.kr

Statistics Korea (KOSTAT; Korean: 통계청; Hanja: 統計廳; RR: Tonggyecheong) is a government organization responsible for managing national statistics in South Korea. KOSTAT is headquartered in Daejeon, South Korea and operates under the Ministry of Economy and Finance.[1]

Statistics Korea generates population and household census yearly (every 5 years until 2015).[2] It also gathers analytic and administrative statistics.[3]

  1. ^ "Overview of KOSTAT". United Nations Statistics Division.
  2. ^ Heo, Seung (2018-03-19). "인구조사가 5년 주기에서 1년으로 바뀐 까닭은" (in Korean). Retrieved 2018-04-14.
  3. ^ "E-resources: Online Resources - General", Research Guide: Korean Studies, US: Duke University Libraries, archived from the original on 23 July 2019