Federal Statistical Office (Switzerland)

The Federal Statistical Office (FSO) is a Federal agency of the Swiss Confederation. It is the statistics office of Switzerland, situated in Neuchâtel and attached to the Federal Department of Home Affairs.

Federal Statistical Office
Bundesamt für Statistik (German)
Office fédéral de la statistique (French)
Ufficio federale di statistica (Italian)
Uffizi federal da statistica (Romansh)

Headquarters in Neuchâtel.
Agency overview
Formed1860 (1860)
JurisdictionFederal administration of Switzerland
HeadquartersNeuchâtel
Minister responsible
Parent agencyFederal Department of Home Affairs
Websitewww.bfs.admin.ch

The Federal Statistical Office is the national service provider and competence centre for statistical observations in areas of national, social, economic and environmental importance. The FSO is the main producer of statistics in the country and runs the Swiss Statistics data pool. It provides information on all subject areas covered by official statistics.

The office is closely linked to the national statistics scene as well as to partners in the worlds of science, business and politics. It works closely with Eurostat, the Statistics Office of the European Union, in order to provide information that is also comparable at an international level.

The key principles upheld by the office throughout its statistical activities are data protection, scientific reliability, impartiality, topicality and service orientation.

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