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National Statistics Committee

National Statistics Committee (NSC) is established under the Minister of Strategy and Finance pursuant to the Article 5 Item 2 of the Statistics Act and Rules on National Statistics Committee to review and deliberate on the following matters pertaining to the production, dissemination and use of statistics:

• Matters related to the mid-to-long term policy objectives and implementation strategies for national statistical development
• Matters related to establishing and amending the basic plan and implementation plan for development of official statistics
• Matters related to coordination and streamlining of similar and overlapping statistics and cooperation among statistical producers
• Matters related to assessment, improvement and management of statistical quality
• Matters related to the standards for production, dissemination and use of statistics including standard statistical classifications
• Matters related to the use of administrative data
• Matters related to the use of statistical information systems among statistical agencies
• Other matters related to the production, dissemination and use of statistics

History

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Date	Details
Jan. 15, 1962	Enactment of Statistics Act announced (Legislation No. 980) Rules on establishment of Statistics Committee (Article 19)
Mar. 10, 1962	Enactment of Rules on Statistics Committee announced in accordance with Statistics Act (Cabinet ordinance No. 513)
Apr, 1962	Statistics Committee members appointed (20 members) Commissioner (Song, Jeong-beom,Vice Minister of Economic Planning Board)
Apr. 7, 1962	First Meeting of Statistics Committee Deliberated on the operational rules draft for Statistics Committee Designated 6 designated statistics including No. 1 Population Census
Apr. 27, 2007	103rdMeeting of Statistics Committee Reported the progress on amendment of Statistics Act and Enforcement Ordinance (draft) Deliberated on 5 agendas including the draft of the plan to make available the quality report on KOSTAT’s major statistics
Dec. 6, 2007	Rules on National Statistics Committee revised Previously advisory committee (Statistics Committee) → now deliberation committee (National Statistics Committee) Scope of coverage for deliberation extended to development of statistical system, statistics-based policy management system, quality management, standard classification and coordination of similar and overlapping statistics Expanded ex-officio positions from the government and private organizations to strengthen cooperation among statistical producers
Jun 30, 2009	Rules on National Statistics Committee revised Commissioner of National Statistics Committee raised to the Ministry of Strategy and Finance in accordance with amendment of Statistics Act (amended Dec. 2008; effective as of Jul. 2009) Committee members raised to the ministers of relevant ministries and heads of relevant organizations

Sub-Committees

In order to review and deliberate on subject-specific matters, National Statistics Committee has established and operates sub-committees (i.e. economy, society and statistical policies) in accordance with the Rules on National Statistics Committee.

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Sub-Committee	Description
Statistical Policy	Matters related to development/improvement of statistical system, statistical development strategy, coordination of similar and duplicate statistics, statistical quality assessment and improvement and development/improvement of regionally disaggregated statistics
Economic Statistics I	Matters related to development/improvement of statistics on national accounts, public finance, finance, trade, foreign exchange, balance of payments, mining and manufacturing, energy, wholesale and retail trade, and service
Economic Statistics II	Matters related to development/improvement of statistics on construction, housing, land, transportation, ICT, business cycle, corporate management, agriculture, forestry, fisheries, and price
Social Statistics I	Matters related to development/improvement of statistics on employment, wage, population, environment, education and science
Social Statistics II	Matters related to development/improvement of statistics on health, welfare, society, culture, household consumption
Statistical Information	Matters related to development of statistical information systems, standardization of systems, information service and security

Committee Members

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Ex-Officio Members (18)		Entrusted members from private sector (12)
Public Officials (14)	Private Sector Representatives (4)
Ministers of 13 line ministries including Ministry of Strategy and Finance and Ministry of Education* Commissioner of Statistics Korea (Deputy)	President of Bank of Korea Chairman of Korea Federation of SMEs President of Korea Development Institute President of Korea Institute of Health and Social Affairs	Experts from the statistics or relevant areas entrusted by the NSC Commissioner

^*Ministry of Strategy and Finance, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning, Ministry of the Interior, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Employment and Labor, Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries

Each sub-committee consists of up to 15 members including the sub-committee head

• Relevant laws and rules
• Statistics Act, Rules on National Statistics Committee, Operational Rules on National Statistics Committee