Italian National Institute of Statistics

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Istat headquarters in Rome
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Formed1926 (1926)
Jurisdiction Italian Government
Headquarters Rome, Italy
Institute executive
Website www.istat.it/en/

The Italian National Institute of Statistics (Italian : Istituto nazionale di statistica; Istat) is the primary source of official statistics in Italy. [1] The institute conducts a variety of activities, including the census of population, economic censuses, and numerous social, economic, and environmental surveys and analyses. Istat is the largest producer of statistical information in Italy and is actively involved in the European Statistical System, which is overseen by Eurostat. [2]

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History

The Italian National Institute of Statistics (Istat) was established by Legislative decree no. 1162 on 9 July, 1926, as the Central Institute of Statistics (Istituto centrale di statistica) in order to replace the General Statistics Division of the Ministry of Agriculture. Corrado Gini was established as the first director of the institute, under the authority of the head of state.

The institute, with a staff of about 170 workers, was charged with publishing the data of the 6th general population census, generated by updating the figures from previous censuses carried out by the General Statistics Division up until 1921. After ramping up activities in the early 1930s, national statistics operations in Italy suffered serious setbacks due to economic sanctions imposed as a result of the Second Italo-Ethiopian War, which essentially halted any publication of economic or financial data. The figures that had been already collected but not reported during this period were eventually published in 1937, although this activity was ceased only two years afterwards.

After the outbreak of the Second World War, publications decreased due to the lack of personnel, most of whom had been called up for military service. This led to a postponement of the 9th population census, which was instead held in 1951. Due to the Armistice of Cassibile in 1943, the institute headquarters were relocated within the territory of the Italian Social Republic. [3]

During the late 1940s, the archives were recovered and transferred back to Rome, allowing the institute to fully resume its activities. With post-war reconstruction underway, the institute mainly focused on collecting new data concerning national development that eventually lead to the publication of the volume "Studi sul reddito nazionale" (Studies on National Revenue) in 1950. [4]

Legislative decree no. 322, published on 6 September, 1989, established the National Statistics System (Sistema statistico nazionale, Sistan) and changed the name of the institution to the National Institute of Statistics (Istituto nazionale di statistica), without changing its acronym, which remained Istat. [5]

Institute publications are released under a Creative Commons "Attribution" (CC BY) license. [6]

Organization

The administration of the institute is as follows:

Presidents

Central Institute of Statistics (Istituto Centrale di Statistica) (until 1989):

National Institute of Statistics (Istituto Nazionale di Statistica) (since 1989):

Access points

Information offices

Istat has 18 regional offices, called Centri di informazione statistica (Statistical Information Centers), where the public can access statistical information. The center in Rome also offers data from Eurostat.

Library

The library, established in 1926, is open to the public and contains Istat publications, national and international works on statistics and socioeconomics, and journals from other national statistical institutes and international organizations (e.g. Food and Agriculture Organization, International Monetary Fund, OECD, United Nations). The library collection includes 400,000 volumes and receives about 2800 periodical journals. There are also 1500 volumes published prior to 1900.

Databases and Information system

Istat provides databases and web interfaces for browsing and downloading data produced by the institute. Accessing and downloading of data and information is free and available through dati.istat.it, seriestoriche.istat.it, and other web interfaces. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "About Italian National Institute of Statistics". Istat. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "Who's who". ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  3. ↑ "Storia dell'Istituto". www.istat.it (in Italian). Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  4. ↑ Studi sul reddito nazionale (in Italian). Roma: stabilimento tipografico Fausto Failli. 1950.
  5. ↑ https://www.istat.it/it/files/2011/04/dlgs322.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  6. ↑ "Note legali: responsabilità e licenza". www.istat.it (in Italian). Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  7. 1 2 "President". www.istat.it. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  8. 1 2 3 4 "Organisation". www.istat.it. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  9. ↑ Presidenti e Direttori Archived 12 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ↑ "President". www.istat.it. 30 November 2010. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  11. ↑ "Databases and information system".

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