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4th International Conference on Agruculture Statistics, Beijing, October 2007
Statistics Sweden and the System of Official Statistics in Sweden
Inger Eklund
Director, Statistics Sweden
4th International Conference on Agruculture Statistics, Beijing, October 2007
Contents1. Swedish national administration
and the role of Statistics Sweden2. The System of Official
Statistical3. Regulations and guidelines4. Outcome and factors of success
4th International Conference on Agruculture Statistics, Beijing, October 2007
Statistics Sweden’s place in the national administration
The Parliament
The Government
Ministry Ministry of Finance
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Role of public authorities in Sweden In accordance with the Swedish
Constitution, public authorities in Sweden have an independent role vis-à-vis the Government. The task of a public authority is to translate political decisions reached by the Parliament and the Government into practical action.
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The roles of Stat SwedenResponsibility for
• multi sectoral statistics
• coordination of official statistics
• international cooperation and reporting statistical data to international organisations
• developing nomenclatures and classification standards for statistics
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The Statistical System IA quite centralised system of official
statistics before the mid ’90sDecentralisation by the Statistics
Reform in 199425 responsible authoritiesStatistics Sweden still central
government authority for official statistics
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The Statistical System IIEvaluation in 1998 showed that the
overall view of official statistics had worsened
Foundation of a Council for Official Statistics in 2002
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The Statistical System III
•22 subject matter areas•321 statistical products (of which
Stat Sweden is responsible for 119)
•70 % of the official statistics are presently produced by Statistics Sweden
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Responsibilities of other authorities within the system
• Decides • budget for Official Statistics within their
own appropriation• contents and scope of the statistics within
its subject matter area• on new surveys and a closure of a survey
• Responsible for quality and dissemination of the statistics
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The system includes...• Laws and other regulations
• General recommendations
• Statistics and metadata
• Production systems
• Guidelines
• Tools and methods
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The system includes...• Statistical authorities
• The Council for Official Statistics
• Statistics Sweden as a co-ordinating body for Official Statistics
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The Council for Official Statistics• The members
• are appointed by the Director General of Statistics Sweden after consultation with the agencies responsible for Official Statistics.
• are appointed for three years.
• Chaired by the Director general of Statistics Sweden
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The tasks of the Council• advisory body who deals with matters
of principle concern as availability, quality, the usefulness of the official statistics and response burden
• annual report on the official statistics• annual publishing plan• improve cooperation between the
statistical authorities
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Soft coordination by broad-based cooperation• A report on statistical co-ordination for
the official statistics of Sweden • The Council’s secretariat and working
groups• Seminars, courses and study-tours• Annual conference on official statistics• Guidelines as support
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The Infrastructure• The entrance to the Internet
• Publishing plan
• Templates for descripton and quality-declaration of the statistics
• Templates for the product-site
• A database on products
• Rules for changing the content of official statistics
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Guidelines• Recommendations on Publishing
• Guidelines for decisions on the contents and scope of the Official Statistics
• Sufficient quality and criteria for official statistics
• Preliminary statistics
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Follow up• Publishing plan• Punctuality and production time• Electronic publishing • Documentation• The use of the designation ”Official
Statistics of Sweden”• Costs to data providers• Statistics by sex• Costs and staff
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Outcome so far• A joint view among the authorities• Rules for how to carry out changes in the
System• Channel to Statistics Sweden• Increased awareness about user needs,
response burden and the importance of disaggregating statistics
• The overall view and the availability of the statistics has improved
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Factors of successStrong support by the top management Increased exchange of experience among the
authorities Close cooperation with statistical units at the
authorities and with the departments at Statistics Sweden
Close cooperation with representatives for the respondents
Strong infrastructure and a system for follow-up