Business surveys - NACE Rev. 2 activity - Sentiment indicators - monthly data - ei_bssi_m_r2

Data - Eurostat

Info

Last observation: Annual: 2026M06 (N = 346)

First observation: Annual: 1980M01 (N = 42)

Last data update: 23 jul 2026, 23:25. Last compile: 24 jul 2026, 01:23

Structure

Economic Sentiment Indicator

France, Germany, Italy, Spain (seasonally adjusted)

Code
ei_bssi_m_r2 %>%
  filter(geo %in% c("FR", "DE", "IT", "ES"),
         indic == "BS-ESI-I",
         s_adj == "SA") %>%
  month_to_date %>%
  left_join(colors, by = c("Geo" = "country")) %>%
  ggplot + geom_line(aes(x = date, y = values, color = color)) +
  theme_minimal() + scale_color_identity() + add_4flags +
  scale_x_date(breaks = as.Date(paste0(seq(1980, 2100, 5), "-01-01")),
               labels = date_format("%Y")) +
  xlab("") + ylab("Economic Sentiment Indicator") +
  geom_hline(yintercept = 100, linetype = "dashed", color = "black")

France: Confidence Indicators by Sector

Since 2000 (seasonally adjusted)

Code
ei_bssi_m_r2 %>%
  filter(geo == "FR",
         indic %in% c("BS-CCI-BAL", "BS-CSMCI-BAL", "BS-ICI-BAL", "BS-RCI-BAL", "BS-SCI-BAL"),
         s_adj == "SA") %>%
  month_to_date %>%
  filter(date >= as.Date("2000-01-01")) %>%
  ggplot + geom_line(aes(x = date, y = values, color = Indic)) +
  theme_minimal() +
  scale_x_date(breaks = as.Date(paste0(seq(1980, 2100, 2), "-01-01")),
               labels = date_format("%Y")) +
  xlab("") + ylab("Confidence indicator (balance, pp)") +
  geom_hline(yintercept = 0, linetype = "dashed", color = "black")

Latest Month by Country

Code
latest_m <- ei_bssi_m_r2 %>%
  filter(indic == "BS-ESI-I",
         s_adj == "SA",
         geo %in% c("FR", "DE", "IT", "ES", "EA20", "EU27_2020"),
         !is.na(values)) %>%
  summarise(m = max(time)) %>%
  pull(m)

ei_bssi_m_r2 %>%
  filter(indic == "BS-ESI-I",
         s_adj == "SA",
         geo %in% c("FR", "DE", "IT", "ES", "EA20", "EU27_2020"),
         time == latest_m) %>%
  select(Geo, values) %>%
  arrange(-values) %>%
  print_table_conditional()
Geo values
Spain 103.3
Italy 99.1
European Union - 27 countries (from 2020) 95.1
France 92.5
Germany 91.5