Purpose of Establishment
"As a central government organization for statistics, the Ministry of Data and Statistics aims at prompting services of overall planning and coordination of national statistics, establishment of statistical standards, production & distribution of various economic and social statistics, processing & management of statistical information and provision of various statistical data."
2020~Present
Oct. 2, 2025
As an autonomous department, the AI Statistical Innovation Division was abolished on October 1.
The National Data Innovation Division was newly established as an autonomous department.
- Headquarters (1 office, 4 director generals, 5 bureaus, 4 deputy director generals, 37 divisions, and 4 teams), Statistics Human Resources Development Institute (2 divisions), Statistics Research Institute (3 divisions and 1 team), 5 Regional Offices of Statistics, 1 Local Office of Statistics, 34 District Offices of Statistics
Oct. 1, 2025
Statistics Korea was ugraded to the Ministry of Data and Statistics to comprehensively coordinate national statistics and
strengthen the management of statistical data.
- Headquarters (1 office, 4 director generals, 5 bureaus, 4 deputy director generals, 36 divisions, and 4 teams), Statistics Human Resources Development Institute (2 divisions), Statistics Research Institute (3 divisions and 1 team), 5 Regional Offices of Statistics, 1 Local Office of Statistics, 34 District Offices of Statistics
Jun. 28, 2025
The Statistical Service Innovation Task Force, an autonomous department, was abolished.
The AI Statistical Innovation Division was newly established as an autonomous department.
- Headquarters (1 office, 5 bureaus, 2 deputy directors, 4 deputy director generals, 35 divisions, and 4 teams), Statistics Human Resources Development Institute (2 divisions), Statistics Research Institute (3 divisions and 1 team), 5 Regional Offices of Statistics, 1 Regional Branch Office of Statistics, 34 District Offices of Statistics
Feb. 25, 2025
The Statistical Training Institute was renamed as the Statistics Human Resources Development Institute.
The Korean title of the Statistics Research Institute was changed.
- Headquarters (1 office, 5 bureaus, 2 deputy directors, 4 deputy director generals, 34 divisions, 4 teams and 1 task force), Statistics Human Resources Development Institute (2 divisions), Statistics Research Institute (3 divisions and 1 team), 5 Regional Offices of Statistics, 1 Local Office of Statistics, 34 District Offices of Statistics
Dec. 28, 2024
The Statistical Information Platform Division, an autonomous department, was abolished.
The Statistical Service Innovation Task Force was newly established as an autonomous department.
- Headquarters (1 office, 5 bureaus, 2 deputy directors, 4 deputy director generals, 34 divisions, 5 teams and 1 task force), Statistical Training Institute (2 divisions), Statistics Research Institute (3 divisions and 1 team), 5 Regional Offices of Statistics, 1 Local Office of Statistics, 34 District Offices of Statistics
March 26, 2024
The Population Projection Team and the Regional Statistics Planning Team were newly established.
- Headquarters (1 office, 5 bureaus, 2 deputy directors, 4 deputy director generals, 35 divisions, and 5 teams), Statistical Training Institute (2 divisions), Statistics Research Institute (3 divisions and 1 team), 5 Regional Offices of Statistics, 1 Local Office of Statistics, 34 District Offices of Statistics
Dec. 28, 2023
The Statistical Information Digital Innovation Division, an autonomous department, was abolished.
The Statistical Information Platform Division was newly established as an autonomous department.
- Headquarters (1 office, 5 bureaus, 2 deputy directors, 4 deputy director generals, 35 divisions, and 5 teams), Statistical Training Institute (2 divisions), Statistics Research Institute (3 divisions and 1 team), 5 Regional Offices of Statistics, 1 Local Office of Statistics, 34 District Offices of Statistics
Feb. 6, 2023
The Statistical Register Division was established to strengthen statistical data hub functions.
The Smart Survey Center was established to carry out respondent-centered customized surveys.
To produce SNA-centered economic statistics and strengthen planning functions of economic statistics,
the Income Statistics Development Division was abolished and then its responsibilities were assigned to the Economic Statistics Planning Division and the Income Statistics Division.
To develop and produce enterprise-related statistics, the Enterprise Statistics Division was established.
To change the paradigm for the support of statistical agencies, the Sponsored Survey Division was abolished.
Dec. 28, 2022
The Statistical Information Digital Innovation Division was established to responsibly carry out and rapidly cope with statistical information digital innovation projects.
- Organization of Statistics Korea: Headquarters (1 director general, 5 bureaus, 2 deputy director generals,
4 directors, 35 divisions, and 2 teams), Statistical Training Institute (2 divisions), Statistical Research Institute (3 divisions and 1 team),
5 Regional Offices of Statistics, 1 Local Office of Statistics and 34 District Offices of Statistics
* Autonomous organization (Statistical Information Digital Innovation Division)
Mar. 1, 2022
To strengthen non-face-to-face surveys, the Remote Survey Team was newly established.
After the re-allocation of statistical work responsibilities of each division, the General Division for Regional Statistics and the International Statistics Division were abolished.
- Organization of Statistics Korea: Headquarters (1 director general, 5 bureaus, 2 deputy director generals, 4 directors, 34 divisions, and 2 teams), Statistical Training Institute (2 divisions), Statistical Research Institute (3 divisions and 1 team), 5 Regional Offices of Statistics, 1 Local Office of Statistics and 34 District Offices of Statistics
Jul. 1, 2021
The International Statistics Team was newly established to systematically carry out statistical diplomacy works.
In the Statistical Research Institute, the Policy in Statistics Team was newly established to strengthen statistics-based policy support by carrying out research for the improvement and development of major policy-related statistics.
- Organization of Statistics Korea: Headquarters (1 director general, 5 bureaus, 2 deputy director generals, 4 directors, 35 divisions, and 2 teams), Statistical Training Institute (2 divisions), Statistical Research Institute (3 divisions and 1 team), 5 Regional Offices of Statistics, 1 Local Office of Statistics and 34 District Offices of Statistics
Feb. 25, 2020
The Policy Support Division and the Statistics Coordination Division were abolished.
And the Economic Statistics Coordination Division and the Social Statistics Coordination Division were newly established to streamline coordination activities of national statistics.
The functions of Statistics Korea were revised to strengthen data hub functions.
The Strategy Performance Team was abolished and the Intelligent Information Management Team was newly established.
- Organization of Statistics Korea: Headquarters (1 director general, 5 bureaus, 2 deputy director generals, 4 directors, 35 divisions, and 1 team) Statistical Training Institute (2 divisions), Statistical Research Institute (3 divisions), 5 Regional Offices of Statistics, 1 Local Office of Statistics and 34 District Offices of Statistics