The Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia (SURS) is the main producer and coordinator of national statistics in Slovenia. In line with theNational Statistics Act SURS is a professionally independent Government service; head of SURS is autonomous as regards professional and methodological issues. The mission of the Slovene statistical office is to provide to users statistical data on the status and trends in the economic, demographic and social fields, as well as in the field of environment and natural resources. These data must be of sufficient quality, timely, comparable in time and internationally, and presented clearly and understandably.

SURS is a member of the European Statistical System and in this role actively cooperates in working groups and committees of Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Union, and in technical and infrastructural projects coordinated by Eurostat. In addition, SURS is included in all procedures of preparing, coordinating and adopting European legislation governing statistics.

SURS also coordinates the implementation of statistical surveys between the institutions authorised for implementing national statistics in certain areas and is authorised for international cooperation in the field of statistics and for determining methodological and classification standards. One of its duties is also to take care of the confidentiality of collected data and strive for modern data dissemination adjusted to the needs of various user groups.

The Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia operates as a professionally independent government office, led by the Director-General. From an organizational point of view, it is divided into divisions (further divided into sections) and services. At the end of 2015, 324 people were employed, 76% of them with higher education. Two thirds of employees were women. The average age of an employee in 2015 was 44.5 years.