National Institute Of Statistics (Italy)
Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (Istat) is the Italian National Statistical Institute. Its activities include the census of population, economic censuses and a number of social, economic and environmental surveys and analyses. Istat is by far the largest producer of Statistical information in Italy, and is an active member of the European Statistical System, coordinated by Eurostat.
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