State Data Agency

State Data Agency

Valstybinė duomenų agentūra
Agency overview
Formed	6 September 1919 (restored 18 April 1990)[1]
Headquarters	Gedimino pr. 29, 01500 Vilnius, Lithuania
Parent agency	Government of Lithuania
Website	vda.lrv.lt

The State Data Agency of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Valstybinė duomenų agentūra), known as the Department of Statistics of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Lietuvos statistikos departamentas), officially the Department of Statistics to the Government of the Republic of Lithuania, until 2023, is an institution in Lithuania which is responsible for collecting, processing, presenting and analysing statistics concerning the topics economy, society and environment, and governance regarding the state data. It is subordinate directly to the Government of Lithuania. The agency also supplies data to Eurostat.

A Director General, appointed by the Prime Minister, 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.