Deutsche Bundesbank — Consumer Prices of foreign countries (incl. ECOICOP2) (BBXP2)

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Time series dataset from the Deutsche Bundesbank providing consumer price statistics for foreign countries, classified according to the European Classification of Individual Consumption according to Purpose (ECOICOP2). Published as the BBXP2 dataflow through the Bundesbank's SDMX 2.1 REST API, it allows retrieval of specific series via a key path combined with startPeriod, endPeriod, or lastNObservations filters. Data can be obtained in XML (SDMX-ML), CSV, or JSON format from a single endpoint, supporting comparative analysis of international consumer price developments alongside German economic and price statistics maintained by the Bundesbank.Consumer Prices of foreign countries (incl. ECOICOP2) (BBXP2) — official time series from the Deutsche Bundesbank, published as the BBXP2 dataflow over SDMX 2.1 REST. One endpoint serves XML (SDMX-ML), CSV (?format=csv) and JSON (?format=json); extract exactly the series you need with a key path and startPeriod / endPeriod / lastNObservations filters.

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Data schema (20 fields)

Filterable via the API (8)

BBK_STD_FREQBBK_STD_AREA_WORLDBBK_STD_ADJUSTMENTBBK_EXPR2_CONCEPTBBK_EXPR2_BREAKDOWNBBK_EXWA_TYPEBBK_EXWA_SUFFIXTIME_PERIOD

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Field	Type	Description
BBK_STD_FREQ	dimension	1 codes (e.g. M)
BBK_STD_AREA_WORLD	dimension	21 codes (e.g. AT, BE, BG)
BBK_STD_ADJUSTMENT	dimension	1 codes (e.g. N)
BBK_EXPR2_CONCEPT	dimension	1 codes (e.g. HICP)
BBK_EXPR2_BREAKDOWN	dimension	1 codes (e.g. 000000)
BBK_EXWA_TYPE	dimension	1 codes (e.g. IND)
BBK_EXWA_SUFFIX	dimension	1 codes (e.g. I00)
TIME_PERIOD	time	Time dimension — filter with startPeriod / endPeriod query params.
OBS_VALUEObservation value	number	The observed numeric value for each cell.
TIME_FORMAT	attribute	—
BBK_DECIMALS	attribute	—
BBK_ID	attribute	—
BBK_UNIT_ENG	attribute	—
BBK_UNIT_MULT	attribute	—
BBK_TITLE	attribute	—
BBK_COMM_METH_ENG	attribute	—
BBK_COMM_SRC_ENG	attribute	—
WEB_CATEGORY	attribute	—
BBK_DIFF	attribute	—
BBK_DIFF_Y	attribute	—

Schema captured from sdmx 1 month ago.

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Sample data (5 records)

Record 1OBS_VALUE: 51.3 · TIME_PERIOD: 1996-01

{
  "OBS_VALUE": "51.3",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "1996-01",
  "BBK_STD_FREQ": "M",
  "BBK_EXWA_TYPE": "IND",
  "BBK_EXWA_SUFFIX": "I00",
  "BBK_EXPR2_CONCEPT": "HICP",
  "BBK_STD_ADJUSTMENT": "N",
  "BBK_STD_AREA_WORLD": "AT",
  "BBK_EXPR2_BREAKDOWN": "000000"
}

Record 2OBS_VALUE: 51.5 · TIME_PERIOD: 1996-02

{
  "OBS_VALUE": "51.5",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "1996-02",
  "BBK_STD_FREQ": "M",
  "BBK_EXWA_TYPE": "IND",
  "BBK_EXWA_SUFFIX": "I00",
  "BBK_EXPR2_CONCEPT": "HICP",
  "BBK_STD_ADJUSTMENT": "N",
  "BBK_STD_AREA_WORLD": "AT",
  "BBK_EXPR2_BREAKDOWN": "000000"
}

Record 3OBS_VALUE: 51.6 · TIME_PERIOD: 1996-03

{
  "OBS_VALUE": "51.6",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "1996-03",
  "BBK_STD_FREQ": "M",
  "BBK_EXWA_TYPE": "IND",
  "BBK_EXWA_SUFFIX": "I00",
  "BBK_EXPR2_CONCEPT": "HICP",
  "BBK_STD_ADJUSTMENT": "N",
  "BBK_STD_AREA_WORLD": "AT",
  "BBK_EXPR2_BREAKDOWN": "000000"
}

Record 4OBS_VALUE: 51.6 · TIME_PERIOD: 1996-04

{
  "OBS_VALUE": "51.6",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "1996-04",
  "BBK_STD_FREQ": "M",
  "BBK_EXWA_TYPE": "IND",
  "BBK_EXWA_SUFFIX": "I00",
  "BBK_EXPR2_CONCEPT": "HICP",
  "BBK_STD_ADJUSTMENT": "N",
  "BBK_STD_AREA_WORLD": "AT",
  "BBK_EXPR2_BREAKDOWN": "000000"
}

Record 5OBS_VALUE: 51.5 · TIME_PERIOD: 1996-05

{
  "OBS_VALUE": "51.5",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "1996-05",
  "BBK_STD_FREQ": "M",
  "BBK_EXWA_TYPE": "IND",
  "BBK_EXWA_SUFFIX": "I00",
  "BBK_EXPR2_CONCEPT": "HICP",
  "BBK_STD_ADJUSTMENT": "N",
  "BBK_STD_AREA_WORLD": "AT",
  "BBK_EXPR2_BREAKDOWN": "000000"
}

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curl -s 'https://api.statistiken.bundesbank.de/rest/metadata/dataflow/BBK' -H 'Accept: application/vnd.sdmx.structure+xml;version=2.1'

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