Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, is the synonym for a high-quality information service providing statistical data about, and for, the European Union. Using this data means having a finger on the pulse of current developments in Europe. Eurostat reports the background figures and facts needed to understand these developments. Its task is to gather and analyze figures from the different European statistics offices in order to provide comparable and harmonized data. Data for the European Union, the Euro Zone, and its Member States could be accessed through this database.

Information provided
Some samples of data available in Eurostat:

HARMONIZED CONSUMER PRICES
Indices, Annual Rate of Change, Monthly Rate of Change, Country Weights, Item Weights

INDUSTRIAL NEW ORDERS
Domestic, External and Total Market

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION
Data Adjusted by Working Days, Seasonally Adjusted Data and Trend Cycle Data

LABOR MARKET
Harmonized Unemployment Rates, Harmonized Unemployment (Thousands of Persons), Employment

POPULATION
Population Structure Indicators

PRODUCER PRICES
Domestic, Non-domestic and Total

PUBLIC FINANCE
Public Balance, General Government Debt, Subsidies Paid by General Government

QUARTERLY NATIONAL ACCOUNTS
GDP and Main Components, Exports and Imports, Breakdown of Final Consumption Expenditure, Breakdown of Gross Fixed Capital Formation – data available in Current Prices, Constant Prices, Price Indices, Employment Data, and expressed in EUR, EUR per Inhabitant, % of GDP, Percentage of EU15 for example

TOURISM
Arrivals in Hotels and Similar Establishments, Nights Spent in Hotels and Similar Establishments, Tourists

The database is extended continuously with new data.

Countries covered
EU15, EU25, Euro Zone (Euro Zone11 up to 2000 / Euro Zone12 from 2001), Euro Zone12 (Euro Zone11 plus Greece up to 2000 / Euro Zone12 from 2001), Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom, as well as Norway and Switzerland.