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Royal Statistical Commission The creation of this institution means the beginning of official statistics in Spain. On the 3rd November 1856, General Narváez, President of the Cabinet of Ministers of Elizabeth II, signs a decree establishing a commission made up of expert personalities in charge of creating General Royal Statistics. Board of Statistics A few months later on 21st April 1857, the Commission is officially called the Board of Statistics. Its first task was the Population Census, reference date 21st May of the same year. Statistics as a University subject The Public Education Act of 9thSeptember 1857, decrees that statistics be a university subject. Institute of Geography and Statistics
In 1877, the Institute of Geography and Statisticsapproves its code. Statistics become the responsibility of the Ministry of Development in 1890. A decree dated 1 October 1901 establishes the setting out of official statistics and their publication. The Institute of Geography and Statistics becomes a Directorate-General and departments are created within the Ministries to carry out the work. In 1924, the Council for Statistical Services created in 1921 is restructured, four years before it is moved under the responsibility of the Ministry of Work and Social Welfare. In 1931, it becomes part of the Ministry of the Presidency. During the Civil War (1936-1939), Special Statistical Services began to operate in coordination with State statistical services within the so-called national zone. National Statistics Institute
The National Statistics Institute is created by an Act of 31st December 1945. Its mission is to elaborate and improve the current demographic, economic and social statistics, to work out new ones and to assure the co-ordination with the provincial and municipal statistical services. The Act was published in a BOE (official state gazette) on 3rd January 1946 As well as regular coordination between other statistical services such as the Special Statistical Services, the Act creates the High Council on Statistics. The National Statistics Institute is organised into central services, provincial delegations and delegations within the Ministries. Spanish statistics' centenary Ten years after the creation of the INE, the Spanish statistics' centenary is celebrated (1856-1956), whereby different types of scientific and historical work are presented and measures are adopted such as the Analysis of Short-term Statistics, the approval of an Act on Economic Censuses and the construction of a new INE building, whose head offices are located in the Calle de Ferraz in Madrid. The first computer At the end of 1964, the first computer is installed in the INE. It's a cutting edge IBM 1401 and a team of four higher professionals and 10 technicians is trained to use it. In the four subsequent years, this computer works at full capacity. In 1970, an IBM 360/50 is installed, one of the biggest computers in Spanish government at the time. 10 higher professionals and 20 technicians are trained to use it. INE head offices
In 2004, improvement works and an extension of the INE's head office facilities are started. These works are expected to be finished in 2007. Central services staff are temporarily moved to the Torre Rioja building in Calle Rosario Pino T The meaning of the colours and the indicators that are represented are described in a explanatory leaflet (PDF 1.147 Kb). The Law on Public Statistical Services On the 9th May 1989 the Law on Public Statistical Services is announced, which makes the National Statistics Institute an autonomous organisation to promote new statistical technologies, coordination between Autonomous Communities, the development of the National Statistics Plan and relationships with the European Union in terms of statistics. The National Statistical Institute Statute The statute is approved by Royal Decree 508/2001 of 11th May (Official State Journal 12-05-2001) assigning the National Statistics Institute with the general coordination functions of the General State Administration, vigilance, control and supervision of the technical competences of state statistical services and others foreseen in Law 12/1989 of 9 May, on Public Statistics Function. The INE's General Directors and Presidents Since it was set up until 1989, a General Director has administratively and scientifically managed the National Statistics Institute. In 1977, the statistician Francisco Azorín Poch is named honorary president. The following have been General Directors of the INE since 1946:
Following the entry into force of the Law on Public Statistical Services in 1989, the post of President is created to act as head of the autonomous organisation. Since 1989, the following have been INE Presidents:
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A Decree date 12th September 1870, during the provisional government of General Serrano, creates the Institute of Geography. Three years later, on 19th June 1873, it is called the Institute of Geography and Statistics thus taking responsibility of collecting any numerical information for the State.
In the programme of public investment within the II Development Plan (1969-1972), 175 million pesetas are included for the construction of new INE head offices. The extension of the I Plan and new administrative regulations delay works however. Likewise, price increases mean the loan is not enough and a larger loan is requested. Following the intervention of three general directors and their collaborators, the new INE head offices, located in Paseo de la Castellana in Madrid, are finished in 1972.
he needs that have arisen since then, the new working methods, and modern communication systems, required a complete remodelling of said central offices, and in 2004, work began on the improvement and extension of our installations, this work being completed in the summer of 2007. The new building is fitted out with the latest technologies and designs in its architectural concept. A top priority has been the incorporation of systems that are energy-saving and that reduce environmental impact from all types of greenhouse effect waste and gas emissions on the atmosphere. The most noteworthy element is undoubtedly the decoration of its façade, which features a transcription of numbers to colours, in which each colour corresponds to a digit between 0 and 9, rather appropriate for an Institution that presents the results of its studies in a principally numerical form.