Fujairah Statistics Center was first established by rule No (1) of 1997 under the name of Department of Statistics and Planning, issued by His Highness Sheikh Hamad Bin Mohammed Al Sharqi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Fujairah. In 2009 decree no (6) changed the Department of Statistics and Planning to Fujairah Statistics Center and now has an independent legal personality and full legal capacity for business and legal transactions, and became responsible for the preparation of statistical system in the emirate and official source of statistics.