National Statistics Day 2023, Quality Statistics for Advanced Indonesia

National Statistics Day (HSN) is celebrated every September 26. HSN is the right momentum to increase awareness of the importance of statistics in every aspect of life. National Statistics Day is not the birthday of the Central Statistics Agency. However, National Statistics Day belongs to the entire nation. For all statistical people in Indonesia, HSN is also a momentum to continue to encourage the spirit of contributing to the nation and state through providing and developing statistics.

History of National Statistics Day

The history of HSN began in February 1920, when the Dutch East Indies Government established the Director of Agriculture, Crafts and Trade (Directeur Van Landbouw Nijverheld en Handel) in Bogor. This institution is tasked with processing and publishing statistical data. In September 1924, statistical activities moved to Batavia, then the institution changed its name to Centraal Kantoor Voor De Statistiek (CKS).

On September 26 1960, the Government passed Law Number 7 of 1960 concerning Statistics as a replacement for the 1934 Statistics Ordinance. This Law regulates in detail the implementation of statistics and the organization of the Central Bureau of Statistics. In August 1996, the President of the Republic of Indonesia set the date for the promulgation of Law Number 7 of 1960 concerning Statistics as "National Statistics Day". This date is considered the point of statistical independence from the rules of the colonial legal system. Then, the Indonesian Government enacted Law Number 16 of 1997 concerning Statistics, as a replacement for Laws Number 6 and 7 of 1960.

National Statistics Day 2023

The 2023 HSN commemoration carries the theme "Quality Statistics for Advanced Indonesia". This theme describes quality statistics that are important in determining the direction of Indonesia's development, especially in realizing the Golden Indonesia Vision 2045.

As a data provider institution in Indonesia, the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) of course celebrates National Statistics Day to strengthen its role as a provider of quality statistics as well as a supervisor of statistical data. "As a national statistical office, BPS is proud to be a provider of statistical data for the community and government, and is committed to continuing to increase its role and contribution to statistics in the country. "As the government's decision support, BPS strives to continue to produce data that is increasingly high quality, diverse and useful, in line with national development priorities, especially towards the Golden Indonesia Vision 2045," said Acting Head of BPS, Amalia Adininggar Widyasanti.

In line with this, Amalia also said that as a supervisor of statistical data, BPS will continue to increase its capacity and capability as a conductor of statistical data management so that the quality and integration of the Official State Statistics produced by both BPS and ministries/institutions and regional governments continues to be improved.

Happy National Statistics Day 2023. Let's join hands and work together to create quality statistics for a developed Indonesia.