Agency Name: | Statistics Iceland |
Nativename: | Hagstofa Íslands |
Formed: | 1914 |
Jurisdiction: | Iceland |
Headquarters: | Reykjavík, Iceland |
Region Code: | IS |
Employees: | 158 (2009) |
Minister1 Name: | Katrín Jakobsdóttir |
Minister1 Pfo: | Prime Minister |
Chief1 Name: | Ólafur Hjálmarsson |
Chief1 Position: | Director-general |
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Statistics Iceland (Icelandic: Hagstofa Íslands) is the main official institute providing statistics on the nation of Iceland. It was created by the Althing in 1913, began operations in 1914 and became an independent government agency under the Prime Minister's Office on 1 January 2008.[1]