The Hungarian Central Statistical Office (HSCO; Hungarian: Központi Statisztikai Hivatal (KSH)) is a quango responsible for collecting, processing and publishing statistics about Hungary, its economy, and its inhabitants. The office provides details for parliamentary and administrative offices, local councils and academia, financial institutions, the public at large and the media.
To devise and conduct surveysTo demand collection of statistical data for the central state statistical systemTo process and analyse information from the collection of statistical data based on compulsory and voluntary data supplyTo supply data and analysis for state organizationsTo satisfy requests from non-governmental organisations, parties, local government, academic researchers and the general publicTo prepare and make the census and to process and publish the data from it.Legal reference: KSH - Rules on Statistics
Organization of National Statistics Act No. XXV of 1874Hungarian Royal Central Statistical Office Act No XXXV of 1897Official Statistical Service Act No XIX of 1929State Statistics Act No VI. of 1952Statistics Act No. V. of 1973Statistics Act No. XLVI of 1993The organisation is also covered by European Union regulation.
There are around 1,050 people employed at the central office, with a further 450 at regional offices.
The head of the Office is called the President, and leads a number of organizational units each headed by a Deputy President and having several departments:
Departments reporting directly to the presidentInternal Audit SectionAdministration and InternationalDepartments reporting to the Deputy President responsible for statistical issuesPrice StatisticsLiving Standards and Labour StatisticsForeign Trade StatisticsAgriculture and Environment StatisticsNational AccountsPopulation StatisticsStatistical Research and Methodology DepartmentSector AccountsServices StatisticsSocial Services StatisticsBusiness StatisticsDepartments reporting to the Deputy President responsible for economic affairsFinancial ManagementTechnical and System MonitoringInformation TechnologyDisseminationPlanningDirectoratesDebrecenGyőrMiskolcPécsSzegedVeszprém 
