Statistical Committee of Armenia

The Statistical Committee of Armenia (Հայաստանի վիճակագրական կոմիտե), or ArmStat in short, is the national statistical agency of Armenia.

History
The statistical institution started its main activities on 7 January 1922 and was previously known as the Statistical Department of Soviet Socialist Republic of Armenia. It was also previously known as:
 * National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia (May 2000- April 2018)
 * Ministry of Statistics, State Register and Analysis of the Republic of Armenia (April 1998-May 2000),
 * State Department of Statistics, State Register and Analysis of the Republic of Armenia (1992-1998),
 * State Statistical Committee of the Soviet Socialist Republic of Armenia (1987-1992).

International cooperation
Armenia joined the International Monetary Fund's Special Data Dissemination Standard on 7 November 2003, being the third member of the Commonwealth of Independent States to join. From 1 January 2009, Armenia was a member of the United Nations Statistical Commission until the end of 2012.