Historical facts in short

1912 – publication of Margers Skujenieks “National Issue in Latvia” where area of the territory of Latvia, number of population and national composition was calculated for the very first time.

September 1, 1919 – the Cabinet of Ministers established State Statistical Bureau, adopted the interim regulations on its activity and appointed M. Skujenieks as director of the office.

1940-1944
World War II interrupted the activity of State Statistical Bureau. Its director M. Skujenieks was arrested and later – shot.
During the Nazi Occupation compilation of statistical data was taken over by Reichskommissar für das Ostland, and available statistical data on occupied eastern regions – the Baltic States, Belarus and eastern part of Poland – were compiled in the publication „Structural Report on the Ostland” („Strukturbericht über das Ostland”).

1945 – Latvia became part of the USSR, therefore, statistical office was restructured and incorporated into statistical system of the USSR.

1987 – Statistical State Bureau was renamed State Committee on Statistics.

1992 – Restructuring of the statistical system was taken up to successfully integrate into the EU statistical system.

1998 – State Committee on Statistics was renamed Central Statistical Bureau.