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Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics

Official statistics should be compiled and available impartially to honor public access to information. Statistical agencies must make decisions based on scientific and ethical principles when collecting, processing, and presenting statistical data to maintain trust. Agencies must present information transparently on their sources, methods, and procedures to facilitate correct interpretation of the data. Data confidentiality and prevention of misuse are also fundamental principles for official statistics.

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Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics

Official statistics should be compiled and available impartially to honor public access to information. Statistical agencies must make decisions based on scientific and ethical principles when collecting, processing, and presenting statistical data to maintain trust. Agencies must present information transparently on their sources, methods, and procedures to facilitate correct interpretation of the data. Data confidentiality and prevention of misuse are also fundamental principles for official statistics.

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Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics

Principle 1: Relevance, Impartiality and Equal Access

"Official statistics provide an indispensable element in the information system of


a society, serving the government, the economy and the public with data about
the economic, demographic, social and environmental situation. To this end,
official statistics that meet the test of practical utility are to be compiled and made
available on an impartial basis by official statistical agencies to honor citizens'
entitlement to public information."

Principle 2: Professional Standards and Ethics

"To retain trust in official statistics, the statistical agencies need to decide
according to strictly professional considerations, including scientific principles
and professional ethics, on the methods and procedures for the collection,
processing, storage and presentation of statistical data."

Principle 3: Accountability and Transparency

"To facilitate a correct interpretation of the data, the statistical agencies are to
present information according to scientific standards on the sources, methods
and procedures of the statistics."
Principle 4: Prevention of Misuse

"The statistical agencies are entitled to comment on erroneous interpretation and


misuse of statistics."

Principle 5: Sources for Official Statistics

"Data for statistical purposes may be drawn from all types of sources, be they
statistical surveys or administrative records. Statistical agencies are to choose
the source with regard to quality, timeliness, costs and the burden on
respondents."

Principle 6: Confidentiality

"Individual data collected by statistical agencies for statistical compilation,


whether they refer to natural or legal persons, are to be strictly confidential and
used exclusively for statistical purposes."

Principle 7: Legislation

"The laws, regulations and measures under which the statistical systems operate
are to be made public."

Principle 8: National Coordination

"Coordination among statistical agencies within countries is essential to achieve


consistency and efficiency in the statistical system."
Principle 9: Use of International Standards

"The use by statistical agencies in each country of international concepts,


classifications and methods promotes the consistency and efficiency of statistical
systems at all official levels."

Principle 10: International Cooperation

"Bilateral and multilateral cooperation in statistics contributes to the improvement


of systems of official statistics in all countries."

THE UNITED NATIONS STATISTICAL COMMISSION

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