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Central and Eastern European Governmental Statistical Information Sources on the Web

Prepared by Liladhar R. Pendse (UCLA MLIS Program)

Basic Governmental Statistical Information Sources for Central and Eastern Europe

Central Europe and the Balkans

Albania

Institute of Statistics

The Republic of Albania is situated in the South East region of Europe, South-West of the Balkan Peninsula, along the Adriatic and the Ionian Seas.

The contents of this site are in Albanian & English languages.

There is “Albania in Figures” for 2005 available for download in PDF format. The site map is user friendly and aids locating needed information on this website.

Census (2001)

The population and housing census was conducted on the territory of Albania in 2001.

This site does not offer searchable database, however the preliminary findings are clearly indicated on the website. Instead the results of the census are available for download in Excel format.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina Statistical Information is available on the web from several sources.

According to the 1995 Dayton Peace Agreement it was agreed to create within Bosnia and Herzegovina following two entities: Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska.

Agency for Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Federal Office of Statistics (FSO) of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

The FSO site offers monthly and annual data from all the cantons of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Besides the major economic indicators for years 2003 through 2005 there is population census data is available on this site.

Also there is data from 1961 through 1991 about the population grouped by ethnicities.

It is must be noted that this data also contains Muslims as a separate ethnic group along with the Turks as another ethnic group.

This site is also in Bosnian and English languages.

There is a list of statistical publications for purchase on the site.

Republika Srpska Institute of Statistics

This website is available in Cyrillic, Latin scripts of Serbo-Croatian languages and in English.

This website does not have a separate search function; however it includes the agriculture statistics for year 2005.

This website does not have census information about the Republika Srpska.

Bulgaria

National Statistical Institute

This website is in Bulgarian and English. Also on this website there is a brief description of the agencies on the territory of Bulgaria that engage in Statistics gathering activities. There is a search feature available of this website.

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Census (2001)

One important feature of this site is the availability of comparative population census data tables from years 1887 to 2001.

Croatia

Central Bureau of Statistics

The Central Bureau of Statistics Website is a primary statistical information source for Croatia. Following sites are parts of the above website. This site is in Croatian and English.

Statistical Yearbook of Croatia (From 2003 through 2005)

Census Croatia (2001)

Agricultural Census of Croatia (2003)

Agricultural Census page has interactive data feature that allows us to conduct search using PC-AXIS for windows software.

This software is available for download from the same site.

There is a choice of not using the interactive features of the site, and the data tables are readily available for the use.

Czech Republic

Czech Statistical Office

One important feature of this website is “most often visited” module.

This module allows us to directly see basic facts on Czech Republic and also latest economic data.

Also this site allows us to compare Czech Republic to other European nations through the Eurostat link.

Statistical Yearbook of the Czech Republic (2005)

Czech Census (2001) Basic Results

Hungary

Hungarian Central Statistical Office

This site offers simple and advance search features.

The site is in Hungarian and English.

There are several publications available for download on this site besides a searchable database.

Census (2001)

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Macedonia

State Statistical Office

The information on this site is available English and Macedonian languages.

Interactive and thematic mapping is available on this website, making it extremely attractive for the use.

Macedonia in Figures page summarizes important data sets and renders them user-friendly.

Population Census Macedonia (2002)

Poland

Central Statistical Office

The Central Statistical Office of Poland adheres to the special data dissemination standards (SDDS) as prescribed by the International Monetary Fund. There is a separate data archive link on this site. The data can be downloaded in word format.

National Agricultural Census

Population Census of Poland

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Romania

National Institute of Statistics

Monthly statistics is available online in PDF format.

European Union’s Comprehensive Romania Monitoring Report for 2005 is also linked to this website.

Catalog of Publications for purchase

Census (2002)

The results of 2002 Population Census in 4 volumes are available for download in PDF format.

In Romanian

Serbia and Montenegro