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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:
Date | Details |
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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 |
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.
Sub-Committee | Description |
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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 |
Ex-Officio Members (18) | Entrusted members from private sector (12) | |
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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