European Central Bank — PCT dataflow

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Official statistical time series published by the European Central Bank as the PCT dataflow within its Data Portal. The data is exposed through a single SDMX 2.1 REST endpoint supporting multiple output formats, including XML (SDMX-ML), CSV (via ?format=csvdata) and JSON (via ?format=jsondata), with filtering by key path and time period. The dataset falls under the economy and prices categories and is freely accessible without authentication, making it suitable for automated retrieval and integration into statistical or economic analysis tools across the euro area.Official time series from the European Central Bank Data Portal, published as the PCT 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 (31 fields)

Filterable via the API (12)

FREQREF_AREACOUNT_AREARL_TRNSCTNINTTN_CHNNLRMT_INTTNPYMNT_SCHMSCAFRD_TYPTRANSFORMATIONUNIT_MEASURETIME_PERIOD

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Field	Type	Description
FREQFrequency	dimension	Frequency of the observation, e.g. annual, half-yearly or quarterly.3 codes (e.g. Annual, Half-yearly, Quarterly)
REF_AREAReference area	dimension	Reference country or area for the reported statistic.29 codes (e.g. Austria, EU (Member States and Institutions of the European Union) changing composition, Belgium)
COUNT_AREACounterpart area	dimension	Counterpart country or area involved in the transaction.51 codes (e.g. Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus)
RL_TRNSCTNRole in transaction	dimension	Role of the reporting institution in the transaction, e.g. payer's or payee's PSP.2 codes (e.g. Payer's payment service provider (PSP), Payee's payment service provider (PSP))
INTTN_CHNNLInitiation channel	dimension	Channel used to initiate the payment, e.g. paper-based, electronic or file/batch.13 codes (e.g. Paper-based form, Electronic, File/batch)
RMT_INTTNRemote or non-remote initiation	dimension	Indicates whether the payment was initiated remotely, non-remotely, or either.3 codes (e.g. Initiated either via remote or non-remote channel, Initiated via non-remote channel, Intiated via remote channel)
PYMNT_SCHMPayment scheme	dimension	Payment scheme covered, e.g. SEPA Credit Transfer or SEPA Instant Credit Transfer.17 codes (e.g. All credit transfer schemes combined, SEPA Credit Transfer scheme (SCT), SEPA Instant Credit Transfer scheme (SCT Inst))
SCAStrong Customer Authentication	dimension	Indicates whether strong customer authentication was used, not used, or either.11 codes (e.g. Either strong customer authentication (SCA) or non-SCA used, Strong customer authentication (SCA) used, Non-strong customer authentication (non-SCA) used)
FRD_TYPFraud type	dimension	Indicates whether the figure relates to total transactions or fraud only.2 codes (e.g. Not applicable (total transactions including both non-fraud and fraud), Fraud)
TRANSFORMATION	dimension	Type of data transformation applied, e.g. non-transformed or growth rate.2 codes (e.g. Non transformed data, Growth rate %, period on period)
UNIT_MEASUREUnit of measure	dimension	Unit in which the observation value is expressed, e.g. euro or pure number.16 codes (e.g. Euro, Pure number, Euro; ratio to GDP)
TIME_PERIODTime period or range	time	Time period the observation refers to; filterable via start/end period.Time dimension — filter with startPeriod / endPeriod query params.
OBS_VALUEObservation value	number	Numeric value observed for the given series and period.The observed numeric value for each cell.
TIME_FORMATTime format code	attribute	Code indicating the format used to represent the time period.Code indicating the format used to represent the time period.
BREAKS	attribute	Indicates breaks in the time series continuity.Indicates breaks in the time series continuity.
COMMENT_TSSeries comment including brief description of the underlying statistic	attribute	Comment describing the underlying statistic for the series.Comment describing the underlying statistic for the series.
COMPILING_ORGCompiling organisation	attribute	Organisation responsible for compiling the data.Organisation responsible for compiling the data.
DISS_ORGData dissemination organisation	attribute	Organisation responsible for disseminating the data.Organisation responsible for disseminating the data.
TIME_PER_COLLECTTime period collection	attribute	Time period over which the data was collected.Time period over which the data was collected.
COVERAGE	attribute	Description of the scope or coverage of the data.Description of the scope or coverage of the data.
DATA_COMPUnderlying compilation	attribute	Information on how the underlying data was compiled.Information on how the underlying data was compiled.
DECIMALS	attribute	Number of decimal places used in the observation value.Number of decimal places used in the observation value.
METHOD_REFMethodology reference	attribute	Reference to the methodology used for compiling the data.Reference to the methodology used for compiling the data.
TITLE	attribute	Title of the data series.Title of the data series.
TITLE_COMPLTitle complement	attribute	Additional complementary information to the series title.Additional complementary information to the series title.
UNIT	attribute	Unit of measurement for the observation value.Unit of measurement for the observation value.
UNIT_MULTUnit multiplier	attribute	Multiplier applied to the unit of measurement, e.g. thousands or millions.Multiplier applied to the unit of measurement, e.g. thousands or millions.
OBS_STATUSObservation status	attribute	Status code describing the nature of the observation, e.g. normal or estimated.Status code describing the nature of the observation, e.g. normal or estimated.
CONF_STATUSConfidentiality status	attribute	Confidentiality status of the observation value.Confidentiality status of the observation value.
PRE_BREAK_VALUE	attribute	Value of the series immediately before a time series break.Value of the series immediately before a time series break.
COMMENT_OBSComments to the observation value	attribute	Comment providing additional context on the specific observation.Comment providing additional context on the specific observation.

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Sample data (5 records)

Record 1SCA: _X · FREQ: A

{
  "SCA": "_X",
  "FREQ": "A",
  "FRD_TYP": "_Z",
  "REF_AREA": "AT",
  "OBS_VALUE": 667.96861922,
  "RMT_INTTN": "_T",
  "COUNT_AREA": "BE",
  "OBS_STATUS": "A",
  "PYMNT_SCHM": "CTS_ALL",
  "RL_TRNSCTN": "1",
  "COMMENT_OBS": null,
  "CONF_STATUS": "F",
  "INTTN_CHNNL": "1200",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "2025",
  "UNIT_MEASURE": "EUR",
  "TRANSFORMATION": "N",
  "PRE_BREAK_VALUE": null
}

Record 2SCA: _X · FREQ: A

{
  "SCA": "_X",
  "FREQ": "A",
  "FRD_TYP": "_Z",
  "REF_AREA": "AT",
  "OBS_VALUE": 0.030092,
  "RMT_INTTN": "_T",
  "COUNT_AREA": "BE",
  "OBS_STATUS": "A",
  "PYMNT_SCHM": "CTS_ALL",
  "RL_TRNSCTN": "1",
  "COMMENT_OBS": null,
  "CONF_STATUS": "F",
  "INTTN_CHNNL": "1200",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "2025",
  "UNIT_MEASURE": "PN",
  "TRANSFORMATION": "N",
  "PRE_BREAK_VALUE": null
}

Record 3SCA: _X · FREQ: A

{
  "SCA": "_X",
  "FREQ": "A",
  "FRD_TYP": "_Z",
  "REF_AREA": "AT",
  "OBS_VALUE": 27877.67106346,
  "RMT_INTTN": "_T",
  "COUNT_AREA": "BE",
  "OBS_STATUS": "A",
  "PYMNT_SCHM": "CTS_ALL",
  "RL_TRNSCTN": "1",
  "COMMENT_OBS": null,
  "CONF_STATUS": "F",
  "INTTN_CHNNL": "2000",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "2025",
  "UNIT_MEASURE": "EUR",
  "TRANSFORMATION": "N",
  "PRE_BREAK_VALUE": null
}

Record 4SCA: _X · FREQ: A

{
  "SCA": "_X",
  "FREQ": "A",
  "FRD_TYP": "_Z",
  "REF_AREA": "AT",
  "OBS_VALUE": 1.5771319999999998,
  "RMT_INTTN": "_T",
  "COUNT_AREA": "BE",
  "OBS_STATUS": "A",
  "PYMNT_SCHM": "CTS_ALL",
  "RL_TRNSCTN": "1",
  "COMMENT_OBS": null,
  "CONF_STATUS": "F",
  "INTTN_CHNNL": "2000",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "2025",
  "UNIT_MEASURE": "PN",
  "TRANSFORMATION": "N",
  "PRE_BREAK_VALUE": null
}

Record 5SCA: _X · FREQ: A

{
  "SCA": "_X",
  "FREQ": "A",
  "FRD_TYP": "_Z",
  "REF_AREA": "AT",
  "OBS_VALUE": 7210.83214959,
  "RMT_INTTN": "_T",
  "COUNT_AREA": "BE",
  "OBS_STATUS": "A",
  "PYMNT_SCHM": "CTS_ALL",
  "RL_TRNSCTN": "1",
  "COMMENT_OBS": null,
  "CONF_STATUS": "F",
  "INTTN_CHNNL": "2100",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "2025",
  "UNIT_MEASURE": "EUR",
  "TRANSFORMATION": "N",
  "PRE_BREAK_VALUE": null
}

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curl -s 'https://data-api.ecb.europa.eu/service/dataflow/ECB' -H 'Accept: application/vnd.sdmx.structure+xml;version=2.1'

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