Type Independent authority Employees 20 | Jurisdiction Faroe Islands | |
Formed 7 May 1991 (1991-05-07) Headquarters Kvíggjartún 1, FO-165, Argir, Faroe Islands Agency executive Sigurd Poulsen, Director | ||
Statistics Faroe Islands (Faroese: Hagstova Føroya) is the national statistical authority of the Faroe Islands. It is an independent authority supervised by the Ministry of Finance. It was established, following a parliamentary act voted by the Løgting on 7 May 1991.
As of 2015, it employs 20 people and it is located in Argir. Statistics Faroe Islands cooperates with the statistical authorities of Nordic countries to create joint publications.
References
Statistics Faroe Islands Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA