Eurostat Dissemination Database
The Eurostat Dissemination Database is the official European Union statistics portal, providing data in nine primary thematic areas:
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General and regional statistics
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Economy and finance
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Population and social conditions
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Industry, trade and services
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Agriculture and fisheries
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External trade
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Transport
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Environment and energy
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Science and technology
The Eurostat Dissemination Database can be explored via a navigation tree which is displayed and subdivided into several domains. (The database was formerly known as New Cronos .)
The Eurostat Dissemination Database covers up to four decades of observations, depending on series and the accession dates of EU member states.
The Eurostat site gives details EU statistical series and methodology.
For an overview of macroeconomic series – and Excel data files – see also the Eurostat Yearbook 2010 .
For other European, EU and Eurozone statistics, please consult this EUI Library page .
Data can be downloaded directly from the Eurostat Dissemination Database .
TSV files may be imported into Excel by (1) Saving on hard disk with the suffix .tsv. This will be a zipped file, and (2) Unzipping and saving the table as Text (*.txt).
Users who wish to download more than 10,000 cells must register on the Eurostat site .
Full instructions on bulk downloading are available on this Eurostat page . The bulk download manual is available at this link .
Other European, EU and Eurozone statistical sources
The EUI Library maintains a directory page on European, EU and Eurozone Statistics , providing details of how to access official and non-official data sources.
European Statistics on paper
A selection of official European statistics on paper is available in Room 2 of the EUI Statistics Collection (upper wing of the Badia Library; shelfmarks STA-FS-AA to STA-FS-AA to STA-FS-TM ).
More Statistics and Economics Resources
Contact: Thomas Bourke at econlibrary@eui.eu