Northern Ireland Official Statistics

Official Statistics for Northern Ireland are published by Northern Ireland Government Departments, Northern Ireland Crown Bodies and other bodies listed in the Official Statistics Order (Northern Ireland) 2012 or the Official Statistics (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2021.

Accredited Official Statistics are a subset of Official Statistics which have been independently reviewed by the Office for Statistics Regulation (the regulatory arm of the UK Statistics Authority) and confirmed to comply with the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics. Accredited official statistics are called National Statistics in the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007. 

Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) website

The majority of Northern Ireland Official Statistics are published by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency and are presented by topic on the NISRA website.

Statistics published by Northern Ireland Departments:

Official Statistics published by NISRA branches within NI Government Departments can also be found on Departmental websites:

Some statistics published by NISRA branches within the Department of Finance (DoF) are only published on the NISRA website (which is available via a link on the DoF website).

Statistics published by other Official Statistics Producers - with NISRA branches

Statistics published by other Official Statistics Producers – without NISRA branches