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Eurostat
Eurostat
Tim Allen
Head of Communication
Eurostat
We provide high quality statistics for Europe
...making a difference in the ocean of information
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What is Eurostat?
• Part of the European Commission
- Commissioner Marianne Thyssen
• The statistical office of the European Union
• The central institution of the European Statistical System
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The European Statistical System (ESS)
A partnership of Eurostat, all National Statistical Institutes and other national authorities
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How does this partnership work?
• ESS:
• Harmonisation of methodologies, concepts and classifications
• National statistical offices:
• Collection of data
• Eurostat:
• Consolidation the data
• Production of European aggregates
• Publication
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European statistics are comparable
National statistics European statistics
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Importance of comparable statistics
Population density
Comparisons between Member States, Regions...
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Importance of comparable statistics
Europe 2020
Employment Education
Poverty
Climate & Energy
R&D
Preparation and evaluation of policies, democratic control
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Importance of comparable statistics
Regional GDP per capita: Structural Funds
Automation of decisions
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EU policies and their statistics
• Almost all EU policies draw heavily on official statistics • Internal Market and Competition policy
• General (macro-) economic policy
• Social (employment) and regional policy
• External relations and trade policy
• Budgetary policy
• Humanitarian aid and development policy
• Enlargement and neighbourhood policy
• Sectoral policies: agriculture, transport, energy, ...
• Specific policies: R&D, health, justice home affairs, culture, education ...
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EU policies and their statistics
Jobs, Growth and Investment Europe 2020 indicators, national
accounts, labour market, R&D
Digital Single Market e-commerce, ICT
Energy Union renewable energies, energy consumption and savings
Internal market enterprises, production and trade
A Deeper and Fairer Economic and Monetary Union prices, social protection
EU-US Free Trade Agreement trade, foreign investments
Justice and Fundamental Rights gender equality, security of persons
Migration asylum, legal migration, migrants integration
A Stronger Global Actor enlargement and neighbourhood policy
Democratic Change Eurostat data freely available
And all sectoral policies: agriculture, health, culture, education…
The ten Commission Priorities 2014-2019
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STATISTICS
EU POLICIES EVERY DAY LIFE
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Statistics are used everywhere …
• To define and evaluate policies and strategies
- Decision makers and businesses
• To analyse the world
- Media, analysts, universities
• To comment reality
- Citizens
• As an instrument for democratic control
- Media, associations, civil society …
• …
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European Statistics Code of Practice
• 15 principles on institutional environment, production & dissemination
• Peer review of the Code
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15 principles: Professional independence Mandate for data collection Adequacy of resources Commitment to quality Statistical confidentiality Impartiality and objectivity Sound methodology Appropriate statistical procedures Non-excessive burden on respondents Cost effectiveness Relevance Accuracy and reliability Timeliness and punctuality Coherence and comparability Accessibility and clarity
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Eurostat statistics
• Geographical coverage
- Aggregates for the EU and the euro area
- 28 Member States
- If possible, EFTA and candidate countries
• Topics
- 8 + 1 statistical themes
- Over 4 600 tables
- Over 1,2 billion figures
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Economy and finance • GDP • Government deficit and debt • Prices and inflation • Balance of payments
• Demography • Migration and asylum • Labour market: employment and
unemployment • Living conditions and quality of life • Health and education
Population and social conditions
Industry, trade and services
Including tourism and ICT
Statistical themes
• Production • Forestry and fisheries • Agro-environmental indicators
Agriculture
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• C02 emissions • Renewable energies • Energy production and consumption • Electricity and gas prices
Environment and energy
• Research and development • Innovative enterprises • Intellectual property
Science and technology Regional statistics
• NUTS classification • Degree of urbanisation • Cities
Transport
Rail road, maritime, air transport
Exports, imports, balance
International trade in goods
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News Releases
• 230+ per year
• 155+ €-indicators
• 75+ others
• English, French & German
• EU, EA, Member States
• If possible Candidates, EFTA…
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€-indicators
• Monthly Flash inflation Inflation (HICP) Balance of payments Unemployment International trade Industrial production Industrial producer prices Construction production Retail trade
• Annual Public deficit & debt
• Quarterly GDP (2*flash, 2nd) House prices Employment Labour market flows Labour cost Job vacancies Quarterly sectoral accounts (Household/Business 1st release, 2nd release) Government debt Government deficit
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Other News Releases
• The latest analyses and data on a range of topics
• Energy
• Labour market
• Transport...
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Weekly calendar Annual release calendar
€-Indicators only
Also available as internet calendar
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Twitter – 84 000 Followers
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Eurostat website: ec.europa.eu/eurostat
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Statistics Explained
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Interactive tools
Economic Trends
Regional Statistics Illustrated
Country profiles
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Mobile apps
My Region
EU Economy
Country profiles
Eurostat quiz
Available for iPhone, iPad and Android
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Eurostat online database
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Publications
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New digital publication
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Some things we don't do...
• Economic and political comments (Spokesperson’s Service)
• Public Opinion - Eurobarometer (DG Comm)
• Economic forecasts (DG Ecfin)
• Business/consumer confidence (DG Ecfin)
• EU budget figures (DG Budget, DG Regio)
• Tax rates (DG Taxud)
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Copyright
Free re-use of:
• Statistical data
• Metadata
• Content of web pages
• Dissemination tools
provided that:
• The source is indicated as Eurostat
• Modifications to data or text are clearly stated to end users
For exceptions and more information: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/about/our-partners/copyright)
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Eurostat Institutional Support
• Dedicated service for staff of EU Institutions, International Organisations (UN, OECD, etc.), Central Banks and National Statistical Offices
• Requests are dealt with as rapidly as possible
• Tel: (+352) 4301 35555
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User support
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Eurostat and the ESS:
Tomorrow
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Challenges and opportunities facing the ESS
• Ever-increasing demand for high quality statistics
• Growing need to measure cross-cutting and complex
phenomena, such as globalisation or sustainable
development
• Demand to reduce the burden of data collection
• Cuts in resources
• The data revolution: new opportunities but also increased
competitive pressure
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Responding to the challenges: Vision 2020
5 Key areas:
• Users
• Quality
• New data sources
• Statistical processes
• Dissemination