Authorities responsible for official statistics

Norway has a centralised statistical system. According to the Statistics Act, Statistics Norway is the central authority responsible for coordinating the development, production and dissemination of official statistics. Statistics Norway produces the majority of official statistics and has overall responsibility for international statistical cooperation.

In addition, the following public authorities are responsible for the production of official statistics in the period 2021–2023:

Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries

Norwegian Institute of Public Health

Norwegian Agricultural Agency (Norwegian)

Norwegian Environment Agency

Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration

Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research

Norwegian Communications Authority

Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate

Norwegian Petroleum Directorate

Norwegian Directorate of Immigration