List of statistical offices in Germany

The statistical offices of the German states (German: Statistische Landesämter) carry out the task of collecting official statistics in Germany together and in cooperation with the Federal Statistical Office.

The implementation of statistics according to Article 83 of the constitution is executed at state level. The federal government has, under Article 73 (1) 11. of the constitution, the exclusive legislation for the "statistics for federal purposes."

There are 14 statistical offices for the 16 states:

State (Bundesland)Institution (Landesamt)HeadquartersWebsite
Baden-WürttembergStatistisches Landesamt Baden-WürttembergStuttgart
BavariaBayerisches Landesamt für StatistikFürth and Schweinfurt
Berlin and BrandenburgAmt für Statistik Berlin-BrandenburgPotsdam, Berlin and Cottbus
BremenStatistisches Landesamt BremenBremen
Hamburg and Schleswig-HolsteinStatistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-HolsteinHamburg and Kiel
HesseHessisches Statistisches LandesamtWiesbaden
Lower SaxonyLandesamt für Statistik NiedersachsenHanover
Mecklenburg-VorpommernStatistisches Amt Mecklenburg-VorpommernSchwerin
North Rhine-WestphaliaIT.NRW – Statistisches Landesamt Nordrhein-WestfalenDüsseldorf
Rhineland-PalatinateStatistisches Landesamt Rheinland-PfalzBad Ems
SaarlandStatistisches Amt des SaarlandesSaarbrücken
SaxonyStatistisches Landesamt des Freistaates SachsenKamenz
Saxony-AnhaltStatistisches Landesamt Sachsen-AnhaltHalle
ThuringiaThüringer Landesamt für StatistikErfurt
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