International guidelines for statistics
Statistics Sweden follows several international guidelines in its work, including the European Statistics Code of Practice, the United Nations Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics and the ISI Declaration on Professional Ethics.
United Nations Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics
The Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics were endorsed in 2014 by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. The Principles describe the position of official statistics in a democratic society.
The UN Fundamental principles of Official Statistics
ISI Declaration on Professional Ethics
The International Statistical Institute (ISI), of which Statistics Sweden is a member, has produced ethical guidelines for the individual statistician. This Declaration concerns the statistician’s professional judgment.