Countries with statistical legislation in line with UN Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics by country

Countries with national statistical legislation exists that complies with the Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics (1 = YES; 0 = NO).

Countries reporting
161
Highest
1 number
Albania
Lowest
0 number
Zimbabwe
Median
1 number
Years covered
7
2019–2025
Data points
1,183

What the numbers show

Countries with statistical legislation in line with UN Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics is currently reported for 161 countries. The highest value is 1 number in Albania; the lowest is 0 number in Zimbabwe.

The median across all reporting countries is 1 number, and the mean is 0.9379 number.

Countries with statistical legislation in line with UN Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Albania 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Andorra 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 United Arab Emirates 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Argentina 1 number 2025 volatile
1 Armenia 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Austria 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Azerbaijan 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Burundi 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Belgium 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Burkina Faso 1 number 2025 volatile
1 Bulgaria 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Belarus 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Belize 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Bolivia 1 number 2025 volatile
1 Brunei 1 number 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Botswana 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Central African Republic 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Canada 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Switzerland 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Chile 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 China 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Cote d'Ivoire 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Cameroon 1 number 2025 volatile
1 Congo 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Colombia 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Comoros 1 number 2025 volatile
1 Cape Verde 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Costa Rica 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Cyprus 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Czechia 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Germany 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Djibouti 1 number 2025 volatile
1 Dominica 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Denmark 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Algeria 1 number 2024 unchanged flat
1 Egypt 1 number 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Spain 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Estonia 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Ethiopia 1 number 2025 flat
1 Finland 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 France 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Faroe Islands 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Gabon 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Georgia 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Ghana 1 number 2025 volatile
1 Guinea 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Gambia 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Equatorial Guinea 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Greece 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Guatemala 1 number 2025 volatile
1 Hong Kong 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Honduras 1 number 2025 volatile
1 Croatia 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Hungary 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Indonesia 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 India 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Ireland 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Iran 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Iraq 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Iceland 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Israel 1 number 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Italy 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Jordan 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Japan 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Kazakhstan 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Kenya 1 number 2025 flat
1 Kyrgyzstan 1 number 2025 volatile
1 Cambodia 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 South Korea 1 number 2025 unchanged falling
1 Kuwait 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Liberia 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Libya 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Liechtenstein 1 number 2023 flat
1 Lesotho 1 number 2025 rising
1 Lithuania 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Luxembourg 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Latvia 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Macao 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Moldova 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Madagascar 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Maldives 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Mexico 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 North Macedonia 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Mali 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Malta 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Myanmar 1 number 2025 falling
1 Mongolia 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Northern Mariana Islands 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Mozambique 1 number 2025 flat
1 Mauritania 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Mauritius 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Malawi 1 number 2025 volatile
1 Malaysia 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Namibia 1 number 2025 flat
1 New Caledonia 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Niger 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Netherlands 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Norway 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Nepal 1 number 2025 volatile
1 Nauru 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 New Zealand 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Oman 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Pakistan 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Panama 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Peru 1 number 2025 rising
1 Philippines 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Palau 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Poland 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Puerto Rico 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Portugal 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Paraguay 1 number 2025 volatile
1 Palestine 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Qatar 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Romania 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Rwanda 1 number 2025 flat
1 Saudi Arabia 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Sudan 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Senegal 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Singapore 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Serbia 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 South Sudan 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Sao Tome and Principe 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Suriname 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Slovakia 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Slovenia 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Sweden 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Togo 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Thailand 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Tajikistan 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Tonga 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Turkey 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Tanzania 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Uganda 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Ukraine 1 number 2025 volatile
1 Uruguay 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 United States 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Uzbekistan 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1 number 2025 volatile
1 Vanuatu 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Samoa 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 South Africa 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Zambia 1 number 2025 flat
1 French Guiana 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Guadeloupe 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Martinique 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Mayotte 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Reunion 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Cook Islands 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
1 Tokelau 1 number 2025 unchanged flat
152 Australia 0 number 2024 down 100.0% falling
152 Brazil 0 number 2024 volatile
152 Barbados 0 number 2024 down 100.0% volatile
152 United Kingdom 0 number 2025 down 100.0% volatile
152 Sri Lanka 0 number 2025 down 100.0% volatile
152 Russia 0 number 2025 down 100.0% falling
152 Eswatini 0 number 2025 down 100.0% volatile
152 East Timor 0 number 2024 volatile
152 Vietnam 0 number 2025 falling
152 Zimbabwe 0 number 2024 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Countries with statistical legislation in line with UN Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics
Unit
number
Source
PARIS21 SDG Survey – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 1,183 data points, 2019–2025
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Countries with national statistical legislation exists that complies with the Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics (1 = YES; 0 = NO).