HCSO Hungarian Central Statistical Office

The Központi Statisztikai Hivatal (KSH) (Hungarian Central Statistical Office) is a professionally independent public administration agency under tha government.

Main tasks of the HCSO:
Designing and conducting surveys, recording, - proccessing and storing data, data analyses- and dissemination, protection of individual data.
The Office provides data for the parliament and public administration, social organizations, local authorities, scientific bodies, economic organizations, the general public and the media as well as for international organizations and users abroad. Official data regarding the socio-economic situation as well as the changes in the population of the country are published by the HCSO.