Census īased on Republic Indonesia Laws No. Based on this Act, which was followed up with legislation below it, formally the name of the Central Bureau on Statistics was changed to the Central Agency on Statistics. Īs a substitute for the two laws, Law Number 16 of 1997 concerning Statistics was established. The law is the starting point of BPS's journey in filling independence in the field of statistics that was regulated under the colonial legislation system. 7 of 1960 on Statistics as a substitute for Statistiek Ordonantie 1934. On 26 September 1960 the government of Indonesia enacted Law No. CKS was renamed to Shomubu Chosasitsu Gunseikanbu. In June 1942, the Government of Japan reactivated statistical activities focused on meeting the needs of war or military. On 24 September 1924, the name of the institution was replaced by the name Centraal Kantoor voor de Statistiek (CKS) or the Central Statistics Office and the institution was moved to Jakarta.

The commission is tasked with planning actions to ensure the achievement of unity in statistical activities in Indonesia. In March 1923, a commission called the Commission for Statistics was formed to represent members of each department. The Government of the Dutch East Indies, February 1920 The Statistical Office was first established by the Director of Agriculture and Trade ( Directeur van Landbouw Nijverheid en Handel) and was based in Bogor. Statistics Indonesia also assists data processing divisions in other public offices to support and to promote standard statistical methods. Its functions include providing data to other governmental institutes as well as to the public and conducting statistical surveys to publish periodic statistics on economy, social change and development. Annual surveys include national and provincial socio-economics, manufacturing establishments, population and the labour force.Įstablished in 1960 as the Central Bureau on Statistics ( Indonesian: Biro Pusat Statistik), the institute is directly responsible to the President of Indonesia. Its main customer is the government, but statistical data is also available to the public. Statistics Indonesia, locally known as BPS ( Indonesian: Badan Pusat Statistik, literally Central Agency on Statistics), is a non-departmental government institute of Indonesia that is responsible for conducting statistical surveys.

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