The National Statistics Institute (, INE) is UruguayâÂÂs government agency responsible for collecting, managing, and coordinating national statistical data. It operates under the Office of Planning and Budget, conducting surveys and censuses, as well as analyzing demographic, economic, and social information.
UruguayâÂÂs first governmental statistics agency was the , established on November 25, 1852, under the Ministry of Finance. Several years later, still within the 19th century, it was reorganized as the .
On March 27, 1953, Law No. 11,923 established the to set regulations ensuring unified statistical activities nationwide. In turn, the newly created was appointed as its executive body. However, in 1981, the Advisory Board was dissolved and its functions transferred to the General Directorate, which in 1985 came under the authority of the Presidency of the Republic through the Office of Planning and Budget.
In 1993, the agency was given its current name. In 1994, the Statistics Law was approved, establishing the which is composed of the National Statistics Institute as its governing body, coordinating units, and statistical offices of the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches of Government, the Administrative Litigation Tribunal, the Electoral Court, the supreme audit institution, Autonomous State Entities and Decentralized Services, and Departmental Governments.