State Data Agency

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State Data Agency
Valstybinė duomenų agentūra
Agency overview
Formed6 September 1919 (restored 18 April 1990)[1]
HeadquartersGedimino pr. 29, 01500 Vilnius, Lithuania
Parent agencyGovernment of Lithuania
Websitevda.lrv.lt

The State Data Agency of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Valstybinė duomenų agentūra), known as the Department of Statistics of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Lietuvos statistikos departamentas), officially the Department of Statistics to the Government of the Republic of Lithuania, until 2023, is an institution in Lithuania which is responsible for collecting, processing, presenting and analysing statistics concerning the topics economy, society and environment, and governance regarding the state data. It is subordinate directly to the Government of Lithuania. The agency also supplies data to Eurostat.

A Director General, appointed by the

NGOs
, researchers, the media, and other interested parties; the council's makeup and operations are subject to governmental regulation.

History

The origins of statistics collection in Lithuania can be traced back to the 16th century, with the

European Statistical System
in 2004.

On 1 January 2023, the department was reorganized into an agency, as part of the Lithuanian Governance reform.[3][4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "LSD / Veiklos sritys / Istorija". Department of Statistics. 4 October 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Republic of Lithuania Law on Official Statistics". Office of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Nuo 2023 m. sausio 1 d. Lietuvos statistikos departamentas tampa Valstybės duomenų agentūra" (in Lithuanian). Lietuvos statistikos departamentas. 31 December 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Governance in Lithuania". Governance Coordination Centre. Retrieved 23 January 2023.

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