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Federal Statistical Office (Switzerland)

January 31, 2023

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.[1]

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; 163 years ago (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.

History

 
Stefano Franscini, Director of the Department of Home Affairs (1848-1857).

With the founding of the Swiss Federal State in 1848, statistics gained in importance at the national level.[2] In 1849, statistics became the task of the Department of Home Affairs under Federal Councillor Stefano Franscini, who conducted the first population census in the newly founded federal state in 1850.[2] In 1860, the Federal Statistics Bureau (the present Federal Statistical Office) was founded in Bern,[2] where it was located until 1998. Since 1998 all sections of the FSO have been centrally located in one building in Neuchâtel.

In the year of the FSO's foundation, a federal act was passed on the population census to be conducted every ten years. Ten years later the law was extended. In 1870, Parliament approved a brief law confined to organisational issues about "official statistical surveys in Switzerland". In 1992 this was replaced with the more up-to-date Federal Statistics Act. The new Federal Constitution of 1999 included for the first time an article (Art. 65) regarding statistics. In 2002 the Charter of Swiss Public Statistics[3] was approved. One of the aims of the Charter is to establish universal principles that are based upon international standards but that also take particularities of the Swiss statistical system into account. The bilateral cooperation agreement between Switzerland and the European Union in the area of statistics came into force in 2007. The Statistical Yearbook of Switzerland was first published in 1891 and has since then been published without interruption by the FSO. Since 1987, the FSO has been making important statistical information available online in electronic form, and in 1996 this service was extended and the STATINF database and website were added.

Mission

The FSO produces and publishes key statistical information on the current situation and development of the nation and society, of the economy and the environment. It completes these with comprehensive analyses, it creates scenarios of future developments and safeguards historical data.

Various methods are employed for data acquisition: direct interviews, more or less automated observation, analyses of administrative data, complete enumeration surveys and representative sample surveys. The efficiency of modern statistical information systems is largely determined by the type of data acquisition. For legal and financial reasons, preference is given to the systematic use of existent data rather than to new direct surveys with the ensuing burden on those interviewed.

Statistical findings are disseminated in various forms and using varying channels: as tables or indicators accompanied by commentaries or graphs and maps, as printed documents or in electronic form, in standard issue or made-to-measure versions.

 
The national consumer price index (2005-2010).

Regular FSO surveys (selection):

Population census

Main article: Census in Switzerland

The first federal population census took place in March 1850 under the direction of Federal Councillor Stefano Franscini. As well as counting the number of inhabitants, these were also asked about their sex, age, marital status, profession, occupation and religious denomination. Between 1860 and 2000 a census took place every ten years in December. The only exceptions to this 10-year rhythm were the population census of 1888 (brought forward as basis for the revision of the constituency allocations) and the population census of 1941 (delayed due to the mobilisation of the army in May 1940). The census of 2000 was the last to use traditional methods. As of 2010 a fundamental change has been introduced: The population census, in a new format, will be carried out and analysed annually by the FSO. In order to ease the burden on the population, the information is primarily drawn from population registers and supplemented by sample surveys. Starting this year, only a small proportion of the population (about 5%) will be surveyed in writing or by telephone. The first reference day for the new census will be 31 December 2010.

Legal basis

Public statistics are anchored in the Swiss constitution. In the vote held on 18 April 1999 the Swiss electorate approved a total revision of the constitution, which now includes a statistics article (Art. 65) concerning the commissioning and competence of statistics:

"1 The federal authorities shall collect the necessary statistical data concerning the current status and changes in the population, the economy, society, education, research, territory and environment in Switzerland.

2 They shall be authorised to issue regulations with regard to the harmonisation and management of official registers with a view to minimising the work needed for collecting such information."[4]

The legal basis for public statistics in Switzerland is defined in more detail in various laws, principally in the Federal Statistic Act of 9 October 1992.[5] The Federal Statistical Act provides a legal framework. The Act sets out the tasks and organisation of federal statistics as well as fundamental principles for data acquisition, publications and services. In particular it describes data protection principles. The salient innovations in the 1992 Act are the coordination function of the Swiss Federal Statistical Office in its capacity as the Government's central statistical unit, the establishment of a multi-year statistical programme for overall planning of Swiss statistics, and the institution of the Federal Statistics Commission as an advisory body to the Federal Council (with representatives from academia, business, social partners as well as federal, cantonal and communal units).

Product range

 
Statistical Yearbook 2010

The Federal Statistical Office (FSO) offers the following products:

  • the statistics portal on the internet
  • Publications
  • spatial analyses in a geographical information system (GIS)
  • thematic cartography
  • a telephone enquiry service and 24h fax on demand service (national consumer price index)
  • an information centre open to the general public (Espace public) in Neuchâtel with library and electronic information
  • a specialised range of products for schools with graphs and teaching aids (Schools forum)

The statistics portal (www.statistik.admin.ch) enables key statistical findings to be published quickly. The web site is updated daily. Links and downloads lead straight to the content. RSS subscribers are notified of new statistical results and activities via the portal and thus kept up-to-date.

As far as publications are concerned, the "Statistical Yearbook of Switzerland" (German/French) has been the standard reference book for Swiss statistics since 1891. It contains the most important statistical findings regarding the Swiss population, society, government, economy and environment. In addition to the Yearbook, further FSO printed publications appear on a monthly, three-monthly, six-monthly or annual basis. The Swiss Statistical Lexicon offers a collection of data to be downloaded: there are tables, graphs, maps, texts and whole publications on all statistical topic areas. For specific audiences a range of products on certain themes are available as special applications, databases and also data collections. A fee may be charged for some of these products.

The federal statistics' product range is divided into 22 topic areas[6] (* only available in German and French):

  • Basics and Overviews[7]
  • Population[8]
  • Territory and environment[9]
  • Employment and income[10]
  • National economy[11]
  • Prices[12]
  • Industry and services[13]
  • Agriculture, forestry[14]
  • Energy*[15]
  • Construction and housing*[16]
  • Tourism*[17]
  • Mobility and transport[18]
  • Banks and insurance*[19]
  • Social security[20]
  • Health[21]
  • Education and science[22]
  • Culture, media, information society, sports*[23]
  • Politics*[24]
  • Public finance*[25]
  • Crime, criminal justice[26]
  • Economic and social situation of the population[27]
  • Sustainable development[28]

See also

References

  1. ^ . Federal Statistical Office. 21 August 2013. Archived from the original on 24 August 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  2. ^ a b c Federal Statistical Office (Switzerland) in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
  3. ^ (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 June 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  4. ^ . Admin.ch. Archived from the original on 7 December 2010. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  5. ^ "Federal Statistic Act of 9 October 1992, RS 431.01 (French)". Admin.ch. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  6. ^ "FSO - Topics". Bfs.admin.ch. 22 February 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  7. ^ . Bfs.admin.ch. Archived from the original on 26 August 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  8. ^ "FSO - Topic 1 Population". Bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  9. ^ "FSO - Topic 2 Territory and environment". Bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  10. ^ "FSO - Topic 3 Employment and income". Bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  11. ^ "FSO - Topic 4 National economy". Bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  12. ^ "FSO - Topic 5 Prices". Bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  13. ^ "FSO - Topic 6 Industry and services". Bfs.admin.ch. 25 April 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  14. ^ "FSO - Topic 7 Agriculture, forestry". Bfs.admin.ch. 16 April 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  15. ^ "FSO - Topic 8 Energy (German)". Bfs.admin.ch. 17 November 2011. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  16. ^ "FSO - Topic 9 Construction and housing (German)". Bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  17. ^ "FSO - Topic 10 Tourism (German)". Bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  18. ^ "FSO - Topic 11 Mobility and transport". Bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  19. ^ "FSO - Topic 12 Banks and insurance (German)". Bfs.admin.ch. 30 June 2010. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  20. ^ "FSO - Topic 13 Social security". Bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  21. ^ "FSO - Topic 14 Health". Bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  22. ^ "FSO - Topic 15 Education and science". Bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  23. ^ "FSO - Topic 16 Culture, media, information society, sports (German)". Bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  24. ^ "FSO - Topic 17 Politics (German)". Bfs.admin.ch. 30 April 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  25. ^ "FSO - Topic 18 Public finance (German)". Bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  26. ^ "FSO - Topic 19 Crime, criminal justice". Bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  27. ^ . Bfs.admin.ch. Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  28. ^ "FSO - Topic 21 Sustainable development". Bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved 27 August 2013.

Further reading

External links

  • Statistical Yearbook of Switzerland (in German and French)
  • Statistical Data on Switzerland (in German and French)
  • Statistical Encyclopedia

Coordinates: 46°59′49″N 6°56′16″E / 46.9970°N 6.9379°E / 46.9970; 6.9379

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Department of Home Affairs 1 Federal Statistical OfficeBundesamt fur Statistik German Office federal de la statistique French Ufficio federale di statistica Italian Uffizi federal da statistica Romansh Headquarters in Neuchatel Agency overviewFormed1860 163 years ago 1860 JurisdictionFederal administration of SwitzerlandHeadquartersNeuchatelMinister responsibleAlain Berset Federal CouncillorParent agencyFederal Department of Home AffairsWebsitewww wbr bfs wbr admin wbr chThe 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 Contents 1 History 2 Mission 2 1 Population census 3 Legal basis 4 Product range 5 See also 6 References 7 Further reading 8 External linksHistory Edit Stefano Franscini Director of the Department of Home Affairs 1848 1857 With the founding of the Swiss Federal State in 1848 statistics gained in importance at the national level 2 In 1849 statistics became the task of the Department of Home Affairs under Federal Councillor Stefano Franscini who conducted the first population census in the newly founded federal state in 1850 2 In 1860 the Federal Statistics Bureau the present Federal Statistical Office was founded in Bern 2 where it was located until 1998 Since 1998 all sections of the FSO have been centrally located in one building in Neuchatel In the year of the FSO s foundation a federal act was passed on the population census to be conducted every ten years Ten years later the law was extended In 1870 Parliament approved a brief law confined to organisational issues about official statistical surveys in Switzerland In 1992 this was replaced with the more up to date Federal Statistics Act The new Federal Constitution of 1999 included for the first time an article Art 65 regarding statistics In 2002 the Charter of Swiss Public Statistics 3 was approved One of the aims of the Charter is to establish universal principles that are based upon international standards but that also take particularities of the Swiss statistical system into account The bilateral cooperation agreement between Switzerland and the European Union in the area of statistics came into force in 2007 The Statistical Yearbook of Switzerland was first published in 1891 and has since then been published without interruption by the FSO Since 1987 the FSO has been making important statistical information available online in electronic form and in 1996 this service was extended and the STATINF database and website were added Mission EditThe FSO produces and publishes key statistical information on the current situation and development of the nation and society of the economy and the environment It completes these with comprehensive analyses it creates scenarios of future developments and safeguards historical data Various methods are employed for data acquisition direct interviews more or less automated observation analyses of administrative data complete enumeration surveys and representative sample surveys The efficiency of modern statistical information systems is largely determined by the type of data acquisition For legal and financial reasons preference is given to the systematic use of existent data rather than to new direct surveys with the ensuing burden on those interviewed Statistical findings are disseminated in various forms and using varying channels as tables or indicators accompanied by commentaries or graphs and maps as printed documents or in electronic form in standard issue or made to measure versions The national consumer price index 2005 2010 Regular FSO surveys selection Population census Business Census National consumer price index CPI Swiss Labour Force Survey SLFS Swiss Earnings Structure Survey SESS Population census Edit Main article Census in Switzerland The first federal population census took place in March 1850 under the direction of Federal Councillor Stefano Franscini As well as counting the number of inhabitants these were also asked about their sex age marital status profession occupation and religious denomination Between 1860 and 2000 a census took place every ten years in December The only exceptions to this 10 year rhythm were the population census of 1888 brought forward as basis for the revision of the constituency allocations and the population census of 1941 delayed due to the mobilisation of the army in May 1940 The census of 2000 was the last to use traditional methods As of 2010 a fundamental change has been introduced The population census in a new format will be carried out and analysed annually by the FSO In order to ease the burden on the population the information is primarily drawn from population registers and supplemented by sample surveys Starting this year only a small proportion of the population about 5 will be surveyed in writing or by telephone The first reference day for the new census will be 31 December 2010 Legal basis EditPublic statistics are anchored in the Swiss constitution In the vote held on 18 April 1999 the Swiss electorate approved a total revision of the constitution which now includes a statistics article Art 65 concerning the commissioning and competence of statistics 1 The federal authorities shall collect the necessary statistical data concerning the current status and changes in the population the economy society education research territory and environment in Switzerland 2 They shall be authorised to issue regulations with regard to the harmonisation and management of official registers with a view to minimising the work needed for collecting such information 4 The legal basis for public statistics in Switzerland is defined in more detail in various laws principally in the Federal Statistic Act of 9 October 1992 5 The Federal Statistical Act provides a legal framework The Act sets out the tasks and organisation of federal statistics as well as fundamental principles for data acquisition publications and services In particular it describes data protection principles The salient innovations in the 1992 Act are the coordination function of the Swiss Federal Statistical Office in its capacity as the Government s central statistical unit the establishment of a multi year statistical programme for overall planning of Swiss statistics and the institution of the Federal Statistics Commission as an advisory body to the Federal Council with representatives from academia business social partners as well as federal cantonal and communal units Product range Edit Statistical Yearbook 2010 The Federal Statistical Office FSO offers the following products the statistics portal on the internet Publications spatial analyses in a geographical information system GIS thematic cartography a telephone enquiry service and 24h fax on demand service national consumer price index an information centre open to the general public Espace public in Neuchatel with library and electronic information a specialised range of products for schools with graphs and teaching aids Schools forum The statistics portal www statistik admin ch enables key statistical findings to be published quickly The web site is updated daily Links and downloads lead straight to the content RSS subscribers are notified of new statistical results and activities via the portal and thus kept up to date As far as publications are concerned the Statistical Yearbook of Switzerland German French has been the standard reference book for Swiss statistics since 1891 It contains the most important statistical findings regarding the Swiss population society government economy and environment In addition to the Yearbook further FSO printed publications appear on a monthly three monthly six monthly or annual basis The Swiss Statistical Lexicon offers a collection of data to be downloaded there are tables graphs maps texts and whole publications on all statistical topic areas For specific audiences a range of products on certain themes are available as special applications databases and also data collections A fee may be charged for some of these products The federal statistics product range is divided into 22 topic areas 6 only available in German and French Basics and Overviews 7 Population 8 Territory and environment 9 Employment and income 10 National economy 11 Prices 12 Industry and services 13 Agriculture forestry 14 Energy 15 Construction and housing 16 Tourism 17 Mobility and transport 18 Banks and insurance 19 Social security 20 Health 21 Education and science 22 Culture media information society sports 23 Politics 24 Public finance 25 Crime criminal justice 26 Economic and social situation of the population 27 Sustainable development 28 See also EditLegal basis of official statistics in Switzerland Eurostat Organisation for Economic Co operation and Development Total Social Security Accounts United Nations Economic Commission for EuropeReferences Edit Swiss Statistics Swiss Federal Statistical Office Federal Statistical Office 21 August 2013 Archived from the original on 24 August 2013 Retrieved 27 August 2013 a b c Federal Statistical Office Switzerland in German French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland Charter of Swiss Public Statistics PDF Archived from the original PDF on 1 June 2013 Retrieved 27 August 2013 Statistics article Art 65 concerning the commissioning and competence of statistics RS 101 French Admin ch Archived from the original on 7 December 2010 Retrieved 27 August 2013 Federal Statistic Act of 9 October 1992 RS 431 01 French Admin ch Retrieved 27 August 2013 FSO Topics Bfs admin ch 22 February 2013 Retrieved 27 August 2013 FSO Topic 00 Basics and Overviews Bfs admin ch Archived from the original on 26 August 2013 Retrieved 27 August 2013 FSO Topic 1 Population Bfs admin ch Retrieved 27 August 2013 FSO Topic 2 Territory and environment Bfs admin ch Retrieved 27 August 2013 FSO Topic 3 Employment and income Bfs admin ch Retrieved 27 August 2013 FSO Topic 4 National economy Bfs admin ch Retrieved 27 August 2013 FSO Topic 5 Prices Bfs admin ch Retrieved 27 August 2013 FSO Topic 6 Industry and services Bfs admin ch 25 April 2013 Retrieved 27 August 2013 FSO Topic 7 Agriculture forestry Bfs admin ch 16 April 2013 Retrieved 27 August 2013 FSO Topic 8 Energy German Bfs admin ch 17 November 2011 Retrieved 27 August 2013 FSO Topic 9 Construction and housing German Bfs admin ch Retrieved 27 August 2013 FSO Topic 10 Tourism German Bfs admin ch Retrieved 27 August 2013 FSO Topic 11 Mobility and transport Bfs admin ch Retrieved 27 August 2013 FSO Topic 12 Banks and insurance German Bfs admin ch 30 June 2010 Retrieved 27 August 2013 FSO Topic 13 Social security Bfs admin ch Retrieved 27 August 2013 FSO Topic 14 Health Bfs admin ch Retrieved 27 August 2013 FSO Topic 15 Education and science Bfs admin ch Retrieved 27 August 2013 FSO Topic 16 Culture media information society sports German Bfs admin ch Retrieved 27 August 2013 FSO Topic 17 Politics German Bfs admin ch 30 April 2013 Retrieved 27 August 2013 FSO Topic 18 Public finance German Bfs admin ch Retrieved 27 August 2013 FSO Topic 19 Crime criminal justice Bfs admin ch Retrieved 27 August 2013 FSO Topic 20 Economic and social situation of the population Bfs admin ch Archived from the original on 14 May 2011 Retrieved 27 August 2013 FSO Topic 21 Sustainable development Bfs admin ch Retrieved 27 August 2013 FSO ed Statistics A universal language Swiss Statistics The Swiss Federal Statistical Office in Neuchatel Neuchatel 2009 ISBN 978 3 303 00422 7Further reading EditHans Ulrich Jost On Numbers and Power Von Zahlen und Macht Statistiker Statistik und politische Autoritaten in der Schweiz 18 bis 20 Jahrhundert Studie aus Anlass des Jubilaums 75 Jahre VSSA In Forum Statisticum Nr 35 Berne 1995 PDF German amp French Heiner Ritzmann Blickenstorfer 150 years of the Swiss Federal State from a statistical perspective 150 Jahre schweizerischer Bundesstaat im Lichte der Statistik Separatdruck aus dem Statistischen Jahrbuch der Schweiz 1998 Neuchatel 1998 ISBN 3 85823 722 1 PDF German amp French FSO ed The new census Neuchatel 2010 PDF External links EditOfficial website ChronoStat A multimedia history of the FSO in German and French FSO Catalog of publications Statistical Yearbook of Switzerland in German and French Statistical Data on Switzerland in German and French Statistical Encyclopedia Portals Switzerland Mathematics Coordinates 46 59 49 N 6 56 16 E 46 9970 N 6 9379 E 46 9970 6 9379 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Federal Statistical Office Switzerland amp oldid 1122358197, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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