Statistical Committee of Armenia explained

The Statistical Committee of Armenia (Armenian: Հայաստանի վիճակագրական կոմիտե), or ArmStat in short, is the national statistical agency of Armenia.

History

The statistical institution started its main activities on 7 January 1922 and was previously known as the Statistical Department of Soviet Socialist Republic of Armenia.^[1] It was also previously known as:

• National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia (May 2000- April 2018)
• Ministry of Statistics, State Register and Analysis of the Republic of Armenia (April 1998-May 2000),
• State Department of Statistics, State Register and Analysis of the Republic of Armenia (1992-1998),
• State Statistical Committee of the Soviet Socialist Republic of Armenia (1987-1992).

International cooperation

Armenia joined the International Monetary Fund's Special Data Dissemination Standard on 7 November 2003, being the third member of the Commonwealth of Independent States to join. From 1 January 2009, Armenia was a member of the United Nations Statistical Commission until the end of 2012.^[2]

See also

• Census in Armenia
• Government of Armenia
• List of national and international statistical services

External links

• • Statistical Committee of Armenia on Facebook

Notes and References

1. http://armstat.am/en/?nid=20 Historical Review
2. http://armstat.am/en/?nid=87 International Statistical Cooperation