Publication The role of official statistics within the data ecosystem

The need for informative and up-to-date high-quality data on the economy and society has rarely been greater than during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to the Federal Statistical Office as a reliable and established statistics producer, other actors have increasingly become involved in meeting the need for relevant data. This article describes administrative statistics and data of private providers which, together with official statistics, form a triangle within a data ecosystem. It analyses their differences from official statistics and examines whether they meet the requirements in terms of neutrality, quality and functional centralisation that have to be satisfied by official statistics.

Authors: Dr. Daniel Vorgrimler, Jörg Decker

Article published in "WISTA – Scientific Journal", 3-2021