Statistics Iceland

{{Short description|National statistical service of Iceland}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}

{{Infobox government agency

| agency_name = Statistics Iceland

| nativename = Hagstofa Íslands

| logo = Statistics Iceland English logo.svg

| logo_width =

| logo_caption = Logo

| formed = 1914

| jurisdiction = Iceland

| headquarters = Reykjavík, Iceland

| region_code = IS

| employees = 158 (2009)

| minister1_name = Bjarni Benediktsson

| minister1_pfo = Prime Minister

| chief1_name = Ólafur Hjálmarsson

| chief1_position = Director-general

| website = {{URL|statice.is/}} {{in lang|en}}
{{URL|hagstofa.is}} {{in lang|is}}

}}

Statistics Iceland ({{langx|is|Hagstofa Íslands}}) is the main official institute providing statistics on the nation of Iceland. It was created by the Althing in 1913, began operations in 1914 and became an independent government agency under the Prime Minister's Office on 1 January 2008.{{cite web

|url = http://hagstofa.is/Pages/2274/

|title = Starfsemi

|publisher = Statistics Iceland

|language = Icelandic

|trans-title = Operation

|access-date = 24 October 2012

|url-status = dead

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121014191633/http://hagstofa.is/Pages/2274

|archive-date = 14 October 2012

|df = dmy-all

}}