European Central Bank — Banking structural statistical indicators (SSI)
Banking structural statistical indicators (SSI) — official time series from the European Central Bank Data Portal, published as the SSI dataflow over SDMX 2.1 REST. One endpoint serves XML (SDMX-ML), CSV (?format=csvdata) and JSON (?format=jsondata); extract exactly the series you need with a key path and startPeriod / endPeriod / lastNObservations filters. Browse and chart the same series on the ECB Data Portal.
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Data schema (30 fields)
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| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| FREQFrequency | dimension | 1 codes (e.g. Annual) |
| REF_AREAReference area | dimension | 30 codes (e.g. Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria) |
| REF_SECTORReference sector | dimension | 3 codes (e.g. Credit Institutions (as defined in the Community Law), Insurance corporations, Pension funds) |
| SSI_INDICATORStructural statist indicator | dimension | 10 codes (e.g. Herfindahl index for Credit institutions (CIs) total assets, Herfindahl index for total credit, Number of branches) |
| DATA_TYPE | dimension | 2 codes (e.g. Not specified, Outstanding amounts at the end of the period (stocks)) |
| COUNT_AREACounterpart area | dimension | 5 codes (e.g. World (all entities), Domestic (home or reference area), Other EU member states (all countries except the reference area)) |
| CURRENCY_TRANSCurrency of transaction | dimension | 2 codes (e.g. Not applicable, All currencies combined) |
| SERIES_DENOMSeries denominat/spec calcul | dimension | 3 codes (e.g. Not applicable, Euro, National currency) |
| TIME_PERIODTime period or range | time | Time dimension — filter with startPeriod / endPeriod query params. |
| OBS_VALUEObservation value | number | The observed numeric value for each cell. |
| TIME_FORMATTime format code | attribute | — |
| BREAKS | attribute | — |
| COLLECTIONCollection indicator | attribute | — |
| COMPILING_ORGCompiling organisation | attribute | — |
| DISS_ORGData dissemination organisation | attribute | — |
| DOM_SER_IDSDomestic series ids | attribute | — |
| PUBL_ECBSource publication (ECB only) | attribute | — |
| PUBL_MUSource publication (Euro area only) | attribute | — |
| PUBL_PUBLICSource publication (public) | attribute | — |
| COMPILATION | attribute | — |
| COVERAGE | attribute | — |
| DECIMALS | attribute | — |
| NAT_TITLENational language title | attribute | — |
| SOURCE_AGENCY | attribute | — |
| TITLE | attribute | — |
| TITLE_COMPLTitle complement | attribute | — |
| UNIT | attribute | — |
| UNIT_MULTUnit multiplier | attribute | — |
| OBS_STATUSObservation status | attribute | — |
| OBS_CONFObservation confidentiality | attribute | — |
Schema captured from sdmx 1 month ago.
Query the data
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Sample data (5 records)
Record 1FREQ: A · REF_AREA: AT
{
"FREQ": "A",
"REF_AREA": "AT",
"DATA_TYPE": "X",
"OBS_VALUE": 0.0379,
"COUNT_AREA": "A1",
"REF_SECTOR": "122C",
"TIME_PERIOD": "2025",
"SERIES_DENOM": "Z",
"SSI_INDICATOR": "H10",
"CURRENCY_TRANS": "Z0Z"
}Record 2FREQ: A · REF_AREA: AT
{
"FREQ": "A",
"REF_AREA": "AT",
"DATA_TYPE": "X",
"OBS_VALUE": 0.0278,
"COUNT_AREA": "U6",
"REF_SECTOR": "122C",
"TIME_PERIOD": "2025",
"SERIES_DENOM": "Z",
"SSI_INDICATOR": "H20",
"CURRENCY_TRANS": "Z0Z"
}Record 3FREQ: A · REF_AREA: AT
{
"FREQ": "A",
"REF_AREA": "AT",
"DATA_TYPE": "1",
"OBS_VALUE": 18,
"COUNT_AREA": "L0",
"REF_SECTOR": "122C",
"TIME_PERIOD": "2025",
"SERIES_DENOM": "Z",
"SSI_INDICATOR": "N10",
"CURRENCY_TRANS": "Z0Z"
}Record 4FREQ: A · REF_AREA: AT
{
"FREQ": "A",
"REF_AREA": "AT",
"DATA_TYPE": "1",
"OBS_VALUE": 16,
"COUNT_AREA": "U5",
"REF_SECTOR": "122C",
"TIME_PERIOD": "2025",
"SERIES_DENOM": "Z",
"SSI_INDICATOR": "N10",
"CURRENCY_TRANS": "Z0Z"
}Record 5FREQ: A · REF_AREA: AT
{
"FREQ": "A",
"REF_AREA": "AT",
"DATA_TYPE": "1",
"OBS_VALUE": 3109,
"COUNT_AREA": "U6",
"REF_SECTOR": "122C",
"TIME_PERIOD": "2020",
"SERIES_DENOM": "Z",
"SSI_INDICATOR": "N10",
"CURRENCY_TRANS": "Z0Z"
}Live sample captured at profiling time — values may have changed upstream.
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