European Central Bank — Securities exchange - Trading Statistics (SEE)
The Securities Exchange - Trading Statistics (SEE) dataset is published by the European Central Bank as part of its official statistical data warehouse, the ECB Data Portal. It provides time series data on securities exchange trading activity across the euro area, delivered through the SDMX 2.1 REST API under the SEE dataflow. Data can be retrieved in XML (SDMX-ML), CSV, or JSON formats via a single endpoint, with support for key-based series selection and time filters such as startPeriod, endPeriod, and lastNObservations. The same series can also be browsed and visualized interactively on the ECB Data Portal website.Securities exchange - Trading Statistics (SEE) — official time series from the European Central Bank Data Portal, published as the SEE 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 (25 fields)
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| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| FREQFrequency | dimension | 1 codes (e.g. Annual) |
| REF_AREAReference area | dimension | 22 codes (e.g. Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria) |
| SEE_SYSTEMSystem in securities exchange (trading) context | dimension | 33 codes (e.g. CEESEG - Vienna, Euronext Brussel S.A., Fonds des rentes) |
| SSS_INFO_TYPEInformation type in securities settlement, clearing, trading context | dimension | 22 codes (e.g. Total participants - central bank, Total participants - central counterparty (CCP), Total participants - credit institution) |
| SSS_INSTRUMENTInstrument in securities settlement, clearing and trading context | dimension | 7 codes (e.g. Not applicable, Equity, Equity, of which investment fund shares) |
| SERIES_DENOMSeries denominat/spec calcul | dimension | 3 codes (e.g. Quantity, 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 | — |
| COLLECTIONCollection indicator | attribute | — |
| COMPILING_ORGCompiling organisation | attribute | — |
| DISS_ORGData dissemination organisation | attribute | — |
| PUBL_ECBSource publication (ECB only) | attribute | — |
| PUBL_MUSource publication (Euro area only) | attribute | — |
| PUBL_PUBLICSource publication (public) | attribute | — |
| DECIMALS | attribute | — |
| SOURCE_AGENCY | attribute | — |
| TITLE | attribute | — |
| TITLE_COMPLTitle complement | attribute | — |
| UNIT | attribute | — |
| UNIT_MULTUnit multiplier | attribute | — |
| OBS_STATUSObservation status | attribute | — |
| OBS_CONFObservation confidentiality | attribute | — |
| OBS_PRE_BREAKPre-break observation value | attribute | — |
| OBS_COMObservation comment | attribute | — |
Schema captured from sdmx 1 month ago.
Query the data
Pick columns and a sort, then fetch a live preview straight from the source. Choose an API-filterable column (marked ▾) under “Where” to pick from its list of values.
Sample data (5 records)
| FREQ | REF_AREA | SEE_SYSTEM | SSS_INFO_TYPE | SSS_INSTRUMENT | SERIES_DENOM | TIME_PERIOD | OBS_VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | AT | WBR0 | D00 | Z | Q | 2008 | — |
| A | AT | WBR0 | D01 | Z | Q | 2008 | — |
| A | AT | WBR0 | D03 | Z | Q | 2008 | — |
| A | AT | WBR0 | D04 | Z | Q | 2008 | — |
| A | AT | WBR0 | D0T | Z | Q | 2018 | 80 |
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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