European National Statistical Agency Establishment Records, 1750–2015

4,775 observations track the presence of national statistical agencies across 22 European countries over 265 years. The dataset is a repackaged version of Our World in Data's 'Country Has A Statistical Agency' indicator, curated by Electric Sheep Europe. It provides a long-term view of the institutionalization of official statistics on the continent.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the historical diffusion and adoption of national statistical offices across Europe based on the time-series data.
• Modeling the relationship between state development and institutional data capacity based on the binary agency indicator.
• Creating visual timelines of when European countries established formal statistical agencies based on the year and country data.

Strengths

• Covers a long temporal range from 1750 to 2015.
• Includes data for 22 distinct European countries.
• Contains 4,775 individual observations.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the selected 22 European countries.

Provenance

Source

Our World in Data

Collection Method

Repackaged by Electric Sheep Europe from the original source.

Time Range

1750–2015

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-03 20:21:01; freshness should be verified.

Geography

22 Europe countries