Statistics Korea | |
Native Name: | Korean: 통계청 |
Native Name A: | 統計廳 |
Preceding6: | --> |
Superseding6: | --> |
Headquarters: | Daejeon, South Korea |
Chief1 Name: | Lee Hyoung-il |
Chief1 Position: | Commissioner |
Chief9 Name: | --> |
Parent Agency: | Ministry of Economy and Finance |
Child25 Agency: | --> |
Keydocument6: | --> |
Statistics Korea (KOSTAT;) is a government organization responsible for managing national statistics in South Korea. KOSTAT is headquartered in Daejeon, South Korea and operates under the Ministry of Economy and Finance.[1]
Statistics Korea generates population and household census yearly (every 5 years until 2015).[2] It also gathers analytic and administrative statistics.