European Central Bank — PDD dataflow
Official time series from the European Central Bank Data Portal, published as the PDD 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 (30 fields)
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| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| FREQFrequency | dimension | Frequency of the observation, such as annual, half-yearly or quarterly.3 codes (e.g. Annual, Half-yearly, Quarterly) |
| REF_AREAReference area | dimension | Country or area reporting the 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 party 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. file/batch or single payment.3 codes (e.g. All, File/batch, Single payment basis) |
| PYMNT_SCHMPayment scheme | dimension | Payment scheme covered, e.g. SEPA Direct Debit Core or B2B.10 codes (e.g. All direct debit schemes combined, SEPA Direct Debit B2B scheme (SDD B2B), SEPA Direct Debit Core scheme (SDD Core)) |
| CHNNL_CNSNTChannel used for giving consent | dimension | Channel used by the payer to give consent, e.g. electronic mandate.3 codes (e.g. All, Electronic mandate, Other than electronic mandate) |
| FRD_TYPFraud type | dimension | Indicates whether the figure covers fraudulent transactions or all transactions.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.14 codes (e.g. Euro, Pure number, Euro; ratio to number of transactions) |
| TIME_PERIODTime period or range | time | Time period to which the observation refers.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 express the time period.Code indicating the format used to express the time period. |
| BREAKS | attribute | Indicates any structural breaks in the time series.Indicates any structural breaks in the time series. |
| COMMENT_TSSeries comment including brief description of the underlying statistic | attribute | Free-text comment describing the underlying statistic for the series.Free-text 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 underlying data were collected.Time period over which the underlying data were collected. |
| COVERAGE | attribute | Description of the scope or coverage of the series.Description of the scope or coverage of the series. |
| DATA_COMPUnderlying compilation | attribute | Information on how the underlying data were compiled.Information on how the underlying data were compiled. |
| DECIMALS | attribute | Number of decimal digits used in the observation value.Number of decimal digits used in the observation value. |
| METHOD_REFMethodology reference | attribute | Reference to the methodology used to compile the series.Reference to the methodology used to compile the series. |
| TITLE | attribute | Short title describing the time series.Short title describing the time series. |
| TITLE_COMPLTitle complement | attribute | Additional text complementing the series title.Additional text complementing the series title. |
| UNIT | attribute | Unit of measurement associated with the series.Unit of measurement associated with the series. |
| UNIT_MULTUnit multiplier | attribute | Power-of-ten multiplier applied to the observation value.Power-of-ten multiplier applied to the observation value. |
| OBS_STATUSObservation status | attribute | Status code qualifying the observation, e.g. estimated or provisional.Status code qualifying the observation, e.g. estimated or provisional. |
| CONF_STATUSConfidentiality status | attribute | Confidentiality classification of the observation.Confidentiality classification of the observation. |
| PRE_BREAK_VALUE | attribute | Value of the series immediately before a structural break.Value of the series immediately before a structural break. |
| COMMENT_OBSComments to the observation value | attribute | Free-text comment relating to the specific observation value.Free-text comment relating to the specific observation value. |
Schema captured from sdmx 1 month ago.
Query the data
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Sample data (5 records)
Record 1FREQ: A · FRD_TYP: _Z
{
"FREQ": "A",
"FRD_TYP": "_Z",
"REF_AREA": "AT",
"OBS_VALUE": 1350.52721414,
"COUNT_AREA": "BE",
"PYMNT_SCHM": "DDS_ALL",
"RL_TRNSCTN": "1",
"CHNNL_CNSNT": "_T",
"INTTN_CHNNL": "_T",
"TIME_PERIOD": "2025",
"UNIT_MEASURE": "EUR",
"TRANSFORMATION": "N"
}Record 2FREQ: A · FRD_TYP: _Z
{
"FREQ": "A",
"FRD_TYP": "_Z",
"REF_AREA": "AT",
"OBS_VALUE": 0.6457120000000001,
"COUNT_AREA": "BE",
"PYMNT_SCHM": "DDS_ALL",
"RL_TRNSCTN": "1",
"CHNNL_CNSNT": "_T",
"INTTN_CHNNL": "_T",
"TIME_PERIOD": "2025",
"UNIT_MEASURE": "PN",
"TRANSFORMATION": "N"
}Record 3FREQ: A · FRD_TYP: _Z
{
"FREQ": "A",
"FRD_TYP": "_Z",
"REF_AREA": "AT",
"OBS_VALUE": 32.76723072,
"COUNT_AREA": "BE",
"PYMNT_SCHM": "DDS_ALL",
"RL_TRNSCTN": "2",
"CHNNL_CNSNT": "_T",
"INTTN_CHNNL": "2100",
"TIME_PERIOD": "2025",
"UNIT_MEASURE": "EUR",
"TRANSFORMATION": "N"
}Record 4FREQ: A · FRD_TYP: _Z
{
"FREQ": "A",
"FRD_TYP": "_Z",
"REF_AREA": "AT",
"OBS_VALUE": 0.090628,
"COUNT_AREA": "BE",
"PYMNT_SCHM": "DDS_ALL",
"RL_TRNSCTN": "2",
"CHNNL_CNSNT": "_T",
"INTTN_CHNNL": "2100",
"TIME_PERIOD": "2025",
"UNIT_MEASURE": "PN",
"TRANSFORMATION": "N"
}Record 5FREQ: A · FRD_TYP: _Z
{
"FREQ": "A",
"FRD_TYP": "_Z",
"REF_AREA": "AT",
"OBS_VALUE": 10.55548638,
"COUNT_AREA": "BE",
"PYMNT_SCHM": "DDS_ALL",
"RL_TRNSCTN": "2",
"CHNNL_CNSNT": "_T",
"INTTN_CHNNL": "2200",
"TIME_PERIOD": "2025",
"UNIT_MEASURE": "EUR",
"TRANSFORMATION": "N"
}Live sample captured at profiling time — values may have changed upstream.
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