Chile vs China: Country has a statistical agency

Chile

in 2015

China

in 2015

Chile rank

1st

China rank

1st

Country has a statistical agency over time

Chile currently reports 1 against 1 in China, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 227 shared years of data; in 1789 it was China ahead.

Chile ranks 1st and China ranks 1st of 65 countries.

Indicator: Country has a statistical agency
Source: Thomas Brambor et al. (2019) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 65 places, 13,826 data points, 1750–2015
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

A statistical agency is an official government organization that is tasked with gathering numerical information on a variety of topics.