통계청 統計廳 Tonggye-cheong | |
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Agency overview | |
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Formed | 1990 |
Headquarters | Daejeon, South Korea |
Agency executive |
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Parent agency | Ministry of Economy and Finance |
Website | kostat.go.kr |
Statistics Korea (KOSTAT; Korean: 통계청; Hanja: 統計廳; RR: Tonggyecheong) 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.[3]