State Data Agency

{{Short description|Institution in Lithuania}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox government agency |agency_name = State Data Agency |type = |nativename = Valstybinė duomenų agentūra |logo = Valstybės duomenų agentūra logo.svg |logo_width = |logo_caption = |picture = Litstat by Augustas Didzgalvis.jpg |formed = 6 September 1919 (restored 18 April 1990)<ref name="lt-stat-history">{{cite web|title=LSD / Veiklos sritys / Istorija|url=https://www.stat.gov.lt/istorija|date=4 October 2019|access-date=8 August 2021|website=Department of Statistics}}</ref> |jurisdiction = |headquarters = Gedimino pr. 29, 01500 [[Vilnius]], [[Lithuania]] |coordinates = |chief1_name = |chief1_position = |parent_agency = [[Government of Lithuania]] |website = {{URL|https://vda.lrv.lt}} }}

The '''State Data Agency of Lithuania''' ({{langx|lt|Valstybinė duomenų agentūra}}), sometimes referred as the '''National Data Agency''', and until 2023 known as the ''Department of Statistics of Lithuania'' ({{langx|lt|Lietuvos statistikos departamentas}}), officially the ''Department of Statistics to the Government of the Republic of Lithuania'', is an institution in [[Lithuania]] which is responsible for collecting, processing, presenting and analysing [[statistics]] concerning the topics [[Economy of Lithuania|economy]], [[Demographics of Lithuania|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 [[Prime Minister of Lithuania|Prime Minister]], oversees its operations. Several commissions and working groups analyze its operations and suggest improvements. An advisory body, the Statistical Council, consists of representatives from the governmental bodies, [[NGO]]s, 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 [[1528 census of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania]].<ref name="lt-stat-history"/> An institution to collect statistics in the Republic of Lithuania was first established on 6 September 1919, as the ''General Department of Statistics''. The first [[census]] of Lithuania was carried out in 1923. The institution in its current form was [[Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania|re-established]] on 18 April 1990 and codified by the ''Law on Statistics of the Republic of Lithuania''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Republic of Lithuania Law on Official Statistics|url=https://e-seimas.lrs.lt/portal/legalAct/lt/TAD/2e265bf02ecd11e9a505bd13c24940c9|website=Office of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania|date=26 April 2018|access-date=8 August 2021}}</ref> The institution became a member of the [[European Statistical System]] in 2004.

On 1 January 2023, the department was reorganized into an agency, as part of the Lithuanian Governance reform.<ref>{{cite news |title=Nuo 2023 m. sausio 1 d. Lietuvos statistikos departamentas tampa Valstybės duomenų agentūra |url=https://www.stat.gov.lt/home/-/asset_publisher/lbrXvLVHX2ln/content/--1 |access-date=23 January 2023 |publisher=Lietuvos statistikos departamentas |date=31 December 2022 |language=lt}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Governance in Lithuania |url=https://governance.lt/en/valdysena-lietuvoje/#vvi-pertvarka |publisher=Governance Coordination Centre |access-date=23 January 2023}}</ref>

==See also== * [[Demographics of Lithuania]] * [[Eurostat]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * https://www.stat.gov.lt Official website * https://osp.stat.gov.lt Official statistics portal * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110722151347/http://www.stat.gov.lt/en/pages/view/?id=2720&PHPSESSID=. Statistics Lithuania - Lithuanian Statistical System]. Government of Lithuania. Accessed 16 February 2011. * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110720162223/http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/quality/documents/LTDESCRIPTION.pdf Statistical System of Lithuania]. European Commission - Eurostat. Accessed 16 February 2011.

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