Czech Statistical Office

The Czech Statistical Office, also referred to as CSU, is the national statistical authority of the Czech Republic and is headquartered in Czechia. Its primary responsibility is to produce official statistics that describe the country’s economic, social, demographic and environmental conditions. To fulfil this mandate the office plans and carries out a variety of data collection activities, including the decennial population and housing census, regular household and business surveys, and the exploitation of administrative registers. It compiles key macro‑economic indicators such as gross domestic product, consumer price indices and labour market figures, and it generates detailed social statistics on topics like education, health, income and housing. Environmental statistics, covering areas such as air quality, waste management and energy use, are also part of its output. The office disseminates its results through online databases, interactive tools, periodic publications such as the Statistical Yearbook and specialized releases that serve government ministries, local authorities, businesses, academic researchers and the general public. All of these activities are conducted under the framework of the Statistical Act and in accordance with European Union regulations governing official statistics.

As the sole producer of nationally recognised statistics in the Czech Republic, the Czech Statistical Office holds a distinct regulatory role that guarantees the comparability, reliability and timeliness of data used for policy making, budgeting and international reporting. Its methodological expertise is recognised in domains such as national accounts, price statistics, labour market measurement and geographic information systems, which enables it to meet Eurostat standards and contribute to the European Statistical System. The office also participates in global statistical initiatives, supporting the monitoring of Sustainable Development Goals and providing data to international organisations such as the United Nations and the World Bank. In recent years the organisation has encountered cyber‑security challenges that illustrate the digital risks facing statistical agencies; a distributed denial‑of‑service attack in October 2017 temporarily disrupted two election‑results websites during parliamentary elections, and in November 2024 an Instagram account linked to a parliamentary group associated with the CSU was compromised, leading to unauthorised posts before control was restored. These events underscore the need for robust security measures while the core mission of the office remains the delivery of trustworthy official statistics for domestic and international users.