Participation in the European statistical system plays an important part in Statistics Denmark’s international involvement. Furthermore, Statistics Denmark is also an active player in other international forums, among others UN and OECD.
Statistics Denmark contributes actively to the statistical cooperation in the EU. The purpose of the European statistical cooperation is to produce reliable and comparable statistics constituting a foundation for planning, conducting and evaluating EU policies.
Statistics Denmark cooperates with numerous international organizations. Among the most important organizations are the UN’s Statistical Commission, OECD, IMF or ILO.
Statistics Denmark is the national coordinating authority for European statistics. The coordination is channeled through the Coordination Committee for European Statistics established in 2010 and originated in the EU Regulation on European Statistics.