European Central Bank — ECS dataflow
Official statistical time series published by the European Central Bank Data Portal under the ECS dataflow, accessible through the SDMX 2.1 REST API. A single endpoint provides data in multiple formats, including XML (SDMX-ML), CSV, and JSON, and supports filtering by key-path and time period. The dataset covers economic and price-related indicators within the ECB's statistical remit, making it suitable for automated retrieval and integration into analytical or reporting systems requiring standardized euro-area economic data.}Official time series from the European Central Bank Data Portal, published as the ECS dataflow over SDMX 2.1 REST. One endpoint serves XML (SDMX-ML), CSV (?format=csvdata) and JSON (?format=jsondata), with key-path and period filters.
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Data schema (28 fields)
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| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| FREQFrequency | dimension | 1 codes (e.g. Quarterly) |
| REF_AREAReference area | dimension | 3 codes (e.g. EU27 (fixed composition) as of 31 January 2020 (brexit), Euro area 21 (fixed composition) as of 1 January 2026, Euro area 20 (fixed composition) as of 1 January 2023) |
| ADJUSTMENTAdjustment indicator | dimension | 1 codes (e.g. Neither seasonally nor working day adjusted) |
| DATA_PROVIDER | dimension | 1 codes (e.g. European Commission (including Eurostat)) |
| SURVEY_ITEM | dimension | 8 codes (e.g. Consumer survey - quantitative price trends over last 12 months - 1st quartile, Consumer survey - quantitative price trends over last 12 months - median, Consumer survey - quantitative price trends over last 12 months - 3rd quartile) |
| SURVEY_BRKDWNSurvey breakdown | dimension | 14 codes (e.g. Age of respondent 16-29, Age of respondent 30-49, Age of respondent 50-64) |
| 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 | — |
| ADJU_DETAILAdjustment detail | attribute | — |
| TIME_PER_COLLECTTime period collection | attribute | — |
| COMPILING_ORGCompiling organisation | attribute | — |
| DISS_ORGData dissemination organisation | attribute | — |
| DOM_SER_IDSDomestic series ids | attribute | — |
| UNIT_INDEX_BASE | attribute | — |
| DATA_COMPUnderlying compilation | attribute | — |
| COVERAGE | attribute | — |
| DECIMALS | attribute | — |
| TITLE | attribute | — |
| TITLE_COMPLTitle complement | attribute | — |
| UNIT | attribute | — |
| UNIT_MULTUnit multiplier | attribute | — |
| TRANSFORMATION | attribute | — |
| UPDATE_STATUS | attribute | — |
| COMMENT_TSSeries comment including brief description of the underlying statistic | attribute | — |
| OBS_STATUSObservation status | attribute | — |
| CONF_STATUSConfidentiality status | attribute | — |
Schema captured from sdmx 1 month ago.
Query the data
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Sample data (5 records)
| FREQ | REF_AREA | ADJUSTMENT | DATA_PROVIDER | SURVEY_ITEM | SURVEY_BRKDWN | TIME_PERIOD | OBS_VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q | B6 | N | 4D1 | CNS051_25 | A1 | 2026-Q1 | 5.858003 |
| Q | B6 | N | 4D1 | CNS051_25 | A2 | 2026-Q1 | 6.55346 |
| Q | B6 | N | 4D1 | CNS051_25 | A3 | 2026-Q1 | 6.311846 |
| Q | B6 | N | 4D1 | CNS051_25 | A4 | 2026-Q1 | 5.951168 |
| Q | B6 | N | 4D1 | CNS051_25 | E1 | 2026-Q1 | 6.914559 |
Live sample captured at profiling time — values may have changed upstream.
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Query examples
curl -s 'https://data-api.ecb.europa.eu/service/dataflow/ECB' -H 'Accept: application/vnd.sdmx.structure+xml;version=2.1'All dataflows (datasets) published by this agency, as SDMX-ML.
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