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Eurostat

The European Union's statistical office, publishing free harmonized data on member states' economies and societies.

Eurostat is the EU's own statistical office, and its defining value is harmonization: every EU member state reports data using shared definitions and methodology, so cross-country comparisons on population, trade, prices, employment and the environment are actually comparable rather than reconciled after the fact. Data is organized into thematic databases and broken down to the sub-national NUTS regional level, not just national totals. It's free to reuse under the EU's open-data licence, with bulk downloads available in SDMX format and via API alongside an interactive browser for ad hoc queries. It's funded as part of the European Commission's core operations rather than sold, and functions as the primary reference source for anyone doing comparative EU economic or demographic research.

At a glance

Vendor European Commission
Pricing model Free
Free tier Yes
Deployment Cloud
Open source No
Best for Comparative research across EU member states needing harmonized, methodologically consistent statistics.

Pricing

Free public data, funded by the European Commission; reuse permitted under the EU open-data licence.

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Features

  • Harmonized statistics across all EU member states
  • Bulk download via API and SDMX format
  • Interactive data browser and visualization tools
  • Sub-national (NUTS) regional breakdowns
  • Thematic databases spanning economy, population, environment and trade
  • Free reuse under the EU open-data licence

Integrations

Profile last reviewed September 21, 2026

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