European Central Bank — Indices of Consumer prices (ICP)

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Indices of Consumer prices (ICP) — official time series from the European Central Bank Data Portal, published as the ICP 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 (28 fields)

Filterable via the API (7)

FREQREF_AREAADJUSTMENTICP_ITEMSTS_INSTITUTIONICP_SUFFIXTIME_PERIOD

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Field	Type	Description
FREQFrequency	dimension	Frequency of the observation, e.g. annual, quarterly or monthly.3 codes (e.g. Annual, Monthly, Quarterly)
REF_AREAReference area	dimension	Country or reference area the observation relates to.43 codes (e.g. Albania, Austria, Belgium)
ADJUSTMENTAdjustment indicator	dimension	Indicates whether the series is seasonally and/or working day adjusted.2 codes (e.g. Neither seasonally nor working day adjusted, Working day and seasonally adjusted)
ICP_ITEMClassification - ICP context	dimension	HICP product or expenditure category classification code.519 codes (e.g. HICP - Clothes washing machines, clothes drying machines and dish washing machines, HICP - Sugar, jam, honey, chocolate and confectionery, HICP - Combined passenger transport)
STS_INSTITUTIONInstitution originating the data flow	dimension	Institution that originated the data, e.g. Eurostat or ECB.2 codes (e.g. Eurostat, European Central Bank)
ICP_SUFFIXSeries variation - ICP context	dimension	Type of series variation, such as rate of change or weight.16 codes (e.g. Annual average rate of change, Sub-index weight, Euro area country weights)
TIME_PERIODTime period or range	time	Time period of the observation; filterable via startPeriod/endPeriod.Time dimension — filter with startPeriod / endPeriod query params.
OBS_VALUEObservation value	number	Numeric value of the price index observation.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 known structural breaks in the time series.Indicates known structural breaks in the time series.
COLLECTIONCollection indicator	attribute	Code describing how the observation was collected within the period.Code describing how the observation was collected within the period.
COMPILING_ORGCompiling organisation	attribute	Organisation responsible for compiling the data.Organisation responsible for compiling the data.
DATA_COMPUnderlying compilation	attribute	Information on the underlying compilation method used.Information on the underlying compilation method used.
DISS_ORGData dissemination organisation	attribute	Organisation responsible for disseminating the data.Organisation responsible for disseminating the data.
DOM_SER_IDSDomestic series ids	attribute	Identifier(s) of the corresponding domestic (national) series.Identifier(s) of the corresponding domestic (national) series.
PUBL_ECBSource publication (ECB only)	attribute	Reference to the ECB-only source publication.Reference to the ECB-only source publication.
PUBL_MUSource publication (Euro area only)	attribute	Reference to the euro area source publication.Reference to the euro area source publication.
PUBL_PUBLICSource publication (public)	attribute	Reference to the publicly available source publication.Reference to the publicly available source publication.
UNIT_INDEX_BASE	attribute	Base period or value used for the index.Base period or value used for the index.
COMPILATION	attribute	Description of the compilation approach used for the series.Description of the compilation approach used for the series.
COVERAGE	attribute	Scope or coverage of the underlying data.Scope or coverage of the underlying data.
DECIMALS	attribute	Number of decimal places in the observation value.Number of decimal places in the observation value.
SOURCE_AGENCY	attribute	Agency that is the original source of the data.Agency that is the original source of the data.
TITLE	attribute	Short title describing the series.Short title describing the series.
TITLE_COMPLTitle complement	attribute	Additional descriptive text complementing the series title.Additional descriptive text complementing the series title.
UNIT	attribute	Unit of measurement for the observation value.Unit of measurement for the observation value.
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 of the observation, e.g. estimated or provisional.Status code of the observation, e.g. estimated or provisional.

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Sample data (5 records)

FREQ	REF_AREA	ADJUSTMENT	ICP_ITEM	STS_INSTITUTION	ICP_SUFFIX	TIME_PERIOD	OBS_VALUE
A	AL	N	053120	4	AVR	2022	-0.9
A	AT	N	011800	4	INW	2025	8.38
A	AT	N	073500	4	AVR	2024	1.4
A	AT	N	08X000	4	INW	2025	18.78
A	BE	N	011740	4	INW	2025	2.54

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