Mission
Statistics Norway is a professionally independent institution and the central authority for the development, production and dissemination of official statistics in Norway. Statistics Norway also conducts extensive research and analysis activities and, through the EEA Agreement, is an integral part of the European Statistical System.
Official statistics are the nation’s shared factual basis. This is crucial for a well-functioning democracy, and the statistics are thus a public good that everyone should have equal access to.
Statistics Norway’s statistics, research and analyses shall contribute to insights about societal development, form the basis for public discourse and facilitate informed decisions. The data material that we collect constitutes a significant resource, and Statistics Norway shall provide access to data within the framework of the Statistics Act.
Statistics Norway’s strategic goals are based on the Statistics Act and its preparatory works, and highlight the most important parts of our mission.
Goals
- Statistics Norway shall be the leading supplier of facts about Norwegian society
- The population shall have trust in Statistics Norway being professionally independent and impartial
- The quality of all statistics, research and analyses shall be high
- We shall ensure that our products and services are adapted to different target groups
- Statistics Norway shall ensure cooperation, coherence and quality in the Norwegian statistical system
- We shall safeguard professional independence, quality and continuity in the programme for official statistics
- We shall ensure easy access to official statistics
- We shall foster good, comprehensive and comparable statistics through the international statistical cooperation
- Statistics Norway shall collect, use and share data for the benefit of society
- We shall contribute to the quality and continuity of source data and exploit the growth of new data sources
- We shall ensure the effective collection, use and sharing of data
- The population shall have trust in Statistics Norway treating data and information confidentially and securely
Official statistics are the nation’s shared factual basis. This is crucial for a well-functioning democracy, and the statistics are thus a public good that everyone should have equal access to.