Hungarian Central Statistical Office

Updated on Nov 22, 2024

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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.

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Functions

To devise and conduct surveys

To demand collection of statistical data for the central state statistical system

To process and analyse information from the collection of statistical data based on compulsory and voluntary data supply

To supply data and analysis for state organizations

To satisfy requests from non-governmental organisations, parties, local government, academic researchers and the general public

To prepare and make the census and to process and publish the data from it.

Regulation

Legal reference: KSH - Rules on Statistics

Organization of National Statistics Act No. XXV of 1874

Hungarian Royal Central Statistical Office Act No XXXV of 1897

Official Statistical Service Act No XIX of 1929

State Statistics Act No VI. of 1952

Statistics Act No. V. of 1973

Statistics Act No. XLVI of 1993

The organisation is also covered by European Union regulation.

Organization structure

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 president

Internal Audit Section

Administration and International

Departments reporting to the Deputy President responsible for statistical issues

Price Statistics

Living Standards and Labour Statistics

Foreign Trade Statistics

Agriculture and Environment Statistics

National Accounts

Population Statistics

Statistical Research and Methodology Department

Sector Accounts