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source	dataset	Title	Updated
eurostat	api	NA	NA

List of APIs

source	dataset	Title	Updated
bdf	api	NA	NA
bea	api	NA	NA
bis	api	NA	NA
bls	api	NA	NA
dbnomics	api	NA	NA
ecb	api	NA	NA
eurostat	api	NA	NA
imf	api	NA	NA
insee	api	NA	NA
oecd	api	OECD's API	2026-08-02
wdi	api	NA	NA

Info

All datasets: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/sdmx/2.1/dataflow/ESTAT/all
All codelists: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/sdmx/2.1/codelist/ESTAT/all
API for data access: https://wikis.ec.europa.eu/display/EUROSTATHELP/API+for+data+access
JSON example: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/nama_10_gdp?format=JSON&lang=EN&time=2019
Examples:
- Data: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/sdmx/2.1/data/NAMA_10_GDP/A.CP_MEUR.B1GQ.LU

Listings

Components

namq_10_gdp

Code

"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/sdmx/2.1/datastructure/ESTAT/namq_10_gdp"  |>
  readSDMX() |>
  slot("datastructures") |>
  pluck(1) |>
  slot("Components") |>
  as_tibble() |>
  print_table_conditional()

component	conceptRef	conceptVersion	conceptAgency	conceptSchemeRef	conceptSchemeVersion	conceptSchemeAgency	codelist	codelistVersion	codelistAgency	isMeasureDimension	isFrequencyDimension	isEntityDimension	isCountDimension	isNonObservationTimeDimension	isIdentityDimension	crossSectionalAttachDataset	crossSectionalAttachGroup	crossSectionalAttachSection	crossSectionalAttachObservation
Dimension	freq	NA	NA	NAMQ_10_GDP	128.1	ESTAT	FREQ	3.9	ESTAT	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	NA	NA	NA	NA
Dimension	unit	NA	NA	NAMQ_10_GDP	128.1	ESTAT	UNIT	82.0	ESTAT	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	NA	NA	NA	NA
Dimension	s_adj	NA	NA	NAMQ_10_GDP	128.1	ESTAT	S_ADJ	1.12	ESTAT	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	NA	NA	NA	NA
Dimension	na_item	NA	NA	NAMQ_10_GDP	128.1	ESTAT	NA_ITEM	30.1	ESTAT	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	NA	NA	NA	NA
Dimension	geo	NA	NA	NAMQ_10_GDP	128.1	ESTAT	GEO	28.0	ESTAT	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	NA	NA	NA	NA
TimeDimension	TIME_PERIOD	128.1	ESTAT	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
PrimaryMeasure	OBS_VALUE	128.1	ESTAT	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Attribute	OBS_FLAG	NA	NA	NAMQ_10_GDP	128.1	ESTAT	OBS_FLAG	1.39	ESTAT	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	NA	NA	NA	NA
Attribute	CONF_STATUS	NA	NA	NAMQ_10_GDP	128.1	ESTAT	CONF_STATUS	1.2	ESTAT	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	NA	NA	NA	NA

prc_hicp_manr

Code

"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/sdmx/2.1/datastructure/ESTAT/prc_hicp_manr"  |>
  readSDMX() |>
  slot("datastructures") |>
  pluck(1) |>
  slot("Components") |>
  as_tibble() |>
  print_table_conditional()

component	conceptRef	conceptVersion	conceptAgency	conceptSchemeRef	conceptSchemeVersion	conceptSchemeAgency	codelist	codelistVersion	codelistAgency	isMeasureDimension	isFrequencyDimension	isEntityDimension	isCountDimension	isNonObservationTimeDimension	isIdentityDimension	crossSectionalAttachDataset	crossSectionalAttachGroup	crossSectionalAttachSection	crossSectionalAttachObservation
Dimension	freq	NA	NA	PRC_HICP_MANR	69.0	ESTAT	FREQ	3.9	ESTAT	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	NA	NA	NA	NA
Dimension	unit	NA	NA	PRC_HICP_MANR	69.0	ESTAT	UNIT	70.0	ESTAT	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	NA	NA	NA	NA
Dimension	coicop	NA	NA	PRC_HICP_MANR	69.0	ESTAT	COICOP	6.3	ESTAT	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	NA	NA	NA	NA
Dimension	geo	NA	NA	PRC_HICP_MANR	69.0	ESTAT	GEO	27.0	ESTAT	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	NA	NA	NA	NA
TimeDimension	TIME_PERIOD	69.0	ESTAT	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
PrimaryMeasure	OBS_VALUE	69.0	ESTAT	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Attribute	OBS_FLAG	NA	NA	PRC_HICP_MANR	69.0	ESTAT	OBS_FLAG	1.39	ESTAT	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	NA	NA	NA	NA
Attribute	CONF_STATUS	NA	NA	PRC_HICP_MANR	69.0	ESTAT	CONF_STATUS	1.2	ESTAT	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	NA	NA	NA	NA

hbs_str_t223

Code

"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/sdmx/2.1/datastructure/ESTAT/hbs_str_t223"  |>
  readSDMX() |>
  slot("datastructures") |>
  pluck(1) |>
  slot("Components") |>
  as_tibble() |>
  print_table_conditional()

component	conceptRef	conceptVersion	conceptAgency	conceptSchemeRef	conceptSchemeVersion	conceptSchemeAgency	codelist	codelistVersion	codelistAgency	isMeasureDimension	isFrequencyDimension	isEntityDimension	isCountDimension	isNonObservationTimeDimension	isIdentityDimension	crossSectionalAttachDataset	crossSectionalAttachGroup	crossSectionalAttachSection	crossSectionalAttachObservation
Dimension	freq	NA	NA	HBS_STR_T223	41.0	ESTAT	FREQ	3.7	ESTAT	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	NA	NA	NA	NA
Dimension	quant_inc	NA	NA	HBS_STR_T223	41.0	ESTAT	QUANT_INC	2.2	ESTAT	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	NA	NA	NA	NA
Dimension	coicop	NA	NA	HBS_STR_T223	41.0	ESTAT	COICOP	6.3	ESTAT	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	NA	NA	NA	NA
Dimension	unit	NA	NA	HBS_STR_T223	41.0	ESTAT	UNIT	65.0	ESTAT	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	NA	NA	NA	NA
Dimension	geo	NA	NA	HBS_STR_T223	41.0	ESTAT	GEO	25.2	ESTAT	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	NA	NA	NA	NA
TimeDimension	TIME_PERIOD	41.0	ESTAT	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
PrimaryMeasure	OBS_VALUE	41.0	ESTAT	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Attribute	OBS_FLAG	NA	NA	HBS_STR_T223	41.0	ESTAT	OBS_FLAG	1.38	ESTAT	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	NA	NA	NA	NA
Attribute	CONF_STATUS	NA	NA	HBS_STR_T223	41.0	ESTAT	CONF_STATUS	1.1	ESTAT	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	FALSE	NA	NA	NA	NA

Codelists

FREQ

Code

"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/sdmx/2.1/codelist/ESTAT/FREQ"  |>
  readSDMX() |>
  as_tibble() |>
  select(1, 4) |>
  print_table_conditional()

id	label.en
P	Pluri-annual
A	Annual
S	Half-yearly, semesterly
Q	Quarterly
M	Monthly
W	Weekly
B	Daily - business week
D	Daily
H	Hourly
I	Irregular / A-periodic
NAP	Not applicable
A3	Triannual

coicop

Code

"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/sdmx/2.1/codelist/ESTAT/coicop"  |>
  readSDMX() |>
  as_tibble() |>
  select(1, 4) |>
  print_table_conditional()

https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/sdmx/2.1/contentconstraint/ESTAT/ISOC_CI_ID_H/1.0

New

Code

data_structure <- "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/sdmx/2.1/datastructure/ESTAT/NAMA_10_GDP/28.0"  |>
  readSDMX()

components <- "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/sdmx/2.1/datastructure/ESTAT/NAMQ_10_GDP"  |>
  readSDMX() |>
  slot("datastructures") |>
  pluck(1) |>
  slot("Components") |>
  as_tibble()

components <- "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/sdmx/2.1/datastructure/ESTAT/NAMQ_10_GDP"  |>
  readSDMX() |>
  slot("datastructures") |>
  pluck(1) |>
  slot("Components") |>
  as_tibble()

Concept_scheme <- "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/sdmx/2.1/conceptscheme/ESTAT/ISOC_CI_ID_H/28.0"  |>
  readSDMX()

GDP Data

https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/sdmx/2.1/codelist/ESTAT/FREQ/1.31

Example 1

Code

"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/sdmx/2.1/data/NAMA_10_GDP/A.CP_MEUR.B1GQ.FR+DE+IT"  |>
  readSDMX() |>
  as_tibble() |>
  mutate(date = as.Date(paste0(obsTime, "-01-01"))) |>
  ggplot() + geom_line(aes(x = date, y = obsValue, color = geo)) + 
  scale_y_log10() + theme_minimal()

Example 3

Code

"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/sdmx/2.1/data/PRC_HICP_MANR/M..CP01+CP04.FR"  |>
  readSDMX() |>
  as_tibble() |>
  mutate(date = as.Date(paste0(obsTime, "-01-01"))) |>
  ggplot() + geom_line(aes(x = date, y = obsValue, color = coicop)) + 
  scale_y_continuous() + theme_minimal()

Example 4

Without label

Code

"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/sdmx/2.1/data/UNE_RT_M/M.SA.TOTAL.PC_ACT.T.EA21+FR"  |>
  rsdmx::readSDMX() |>
  as_tibble() |>
  mutate(date = obsTime |> paste0("-01-01") |> as.Date()) |>
  filter(date >= as.Date("2000-01-01")) |>
  ggplot() + geom_line(aes(x = date, y = obsValue/100, color = geo)) + 
  theme_minimal() + xlab("") + ylab("") +
  scale_x_date(breaks = as.Date(paste0(seq(1960, 2100, 1), "-01-01")),
               labels = date_format("%Y")) +
  theme(axis.text.x = element_text(angle = 45, vjust = 1, hjust = 1),
        legend.position = c(0.2, 0.8),
        legend.title = element_blank()) +
  scale_color_manual(values = c("#003399", "#ED2939")) +
  xlab("") + ylab("Unemployment, Percentage of active population") +
  scale_y_continuous(breaks = 0.01*seq(0, 200, 1),
                     labels = scales::percent_format(accuracy = 1))

With label

Code

geo <- "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/sdmx/2.1/codelist/ESTAT/GEO"  |>
  readSDMX() |>
  as_tibble() |>
  select(1, 4) |>
  setNames(c("geo", "Geo"))

"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/sdmx/2.1/data/UNE_RT_M/M.SA.TOTAL.PC_ACT.T.EA21+FR"  |>
  rsdmx::readSDMX() |>
  as_tibble() |>
  mutate(date = obsTime |> paste0("-01-01") |> as.Date()) |>
  filter(date >= as.Date("2000-01-01")) |>
  left_join(geo, by = "geo") |>
  mutate(values = obsValue/100) |>
  left_join(colors, by = c("Geo" = "country")) |>
  ggplot() + geom_line(aes(x = date, y = values, color = color)) +
  scale_color_identity() + add_flags + 
  theme_minimal() + xlab("") + ylab("") +
  scale_x_date(breaks = as.Date(paste0(seq(1960, 2100, 1), "-01-01")),
               labels = date_format("%Y")) +
  theme(axis.text.x = element_text(angle = 45, vjust = 1, hjust = 1),
        legend.position = c(0.2, 0.8),
        legend.title = element_blank()) +
  scale_color_manual(values = c("#003399", "#ED2939")) +
  xlab("") + ylab("Unemployment, Percentage of active population") +
  scale_y_continuous(breaks = 0.01*seq(0, 200, 1),
                     labels = scales::percent_format(accuracy = 1))

Example 2

Getting started with SDMX 2.1
New one: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/sdmx/2.1/data/ISOC_CI_ID_H/A.H_IPC.PC_HH_IACC.TOTAL.EU27_2020?startPeriod=2008&endPeriod=2010
Bulk Download Facility: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/estat-navtree-portlet-prod/BulkDownloadListing
Listing: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/estat-navtree-portlet-prod/BulkDownloadListing?sort=1&dir=data
get_eurostat_raw: https://rdrr.io/cran/eurostat/src/R/get_eurostat_raw.R.

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