Eurostat Yearbook
The Eurostat Yearbook ('Europe in Figures') provides general statistics about the 27 EU member states, other European countries and selected non-EU states.
The Eurostat Yearbook is derived from the Eurostat Dissemination Database (formerly the New Cronos database).
Most series in the 2010 Eurostat Yearbook cover the previous ten years. Earlier data may be downloaded from the Eurostat Dissemination Database .
The Yearbook provides data on the European economy; education; health; living conditions and welfare; the labour market; industry and services; agriculture, forestry and fisheries; international trade; transport; the environment, energy, science and technology; and European regions.
For other European, EU and Eurozone data, please consult this Library page .
Data for 2000 to 2010 are available in the 2010 edition of the Eurostat Yearbook .
Earlier data are available via the Eurostat Dissemination Database .
Paper copies of the Eurostat Yearbook are available in Room 2 of the Library Statistics Collection at STA FS-AA.
Methodolgies and series' descriptions are available on the Eurostat site .
The Eurostat Yearbook 2010 is available at this link .
More detailed statistical series and bulk downloads are available via the Eurostat Dissemination Database , where files may be exported to Excel by (1) saving to hard disk with the suffix .tsv (2) unzipping and (3) saving the table as Text (*.txt). Users who wish to download more than 10,000 cells from the Eurostat Dissemination Database 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 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 from Eurostat and other entities is available on paper in Room 2 of the 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
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