Ryu Geun-gwan, Commissioner of Statistics Korea, Elected as Chair of OECD Statistical Policy Committee

[Asia Economy Sejong=Reporter Kwon Haeyoung] The Statistics Korea announced on the 27th that Ryu Geungwan, Commissioner of Statistics Korea, has been elected to the chairmanship of the OECD Committee on Statistics Policy.

The OECD Committee on Statistics Policy is a specialized committee leading international cooperation in advanced statistics. The chairmanship is elected based on individuals rather than nationality, and this year, eight countries including Canada (Chair), Korea, Poland, Norway, the Netherlands, EUROSTAT, the United Kingdom, and Chile are serving as the chairmanship.

This election to the chairmanship was unusually made at the direct request of the OECD Directorate for Statistics. It is reported that Commissioner Ryu's outstanding expertise as an economist and statistician and his activities in the international statistical community were highly evaluated.

Commissioner Ryu participated in the 18th OECD Committee on Statistics Policy in 2021, where he emphasized the importance of utilizing big data such as mobile data and data sharing among ministries as data innovation measures to support COVID-19 recovery policies. He also announced plans to establish the "K-Statistics System," which applies privacy protection technologies such as data linkage and homomorphic encryption, drawing great interest from member countries.

With this election to the chairmanship, Korea will participate in setting major OECD statistical agendas, actively reflecting its position, and spreading the K-Statistics System to OECD member countries centered on advanced nations, thereby securing leadership in the international statistical community.

Commissioner Ryu Geungwan stated, "As a member of the chairmanship, I will contribute to supporting policy decisions based on high-quality internationally comparable data and evidence-based analysis, and to expanding the latest statistical techniques such as linking and utilizing public data."

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