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European Central Bank — Structural Financial Indicators for Payments (SSP)
This dataset provides the Structural Financial Indicators for Payments (SSP), part of the official statistical time series published by the European Central Bank via its Data Portal. The data is released as the SSP dataflow through the SDMX 2.1 REST API, with a single endpoint supporting multiple formats: SDMX-ML (XML), CSV, and JSON. Users can extract specific series using a key path combined with startPeriod, endPeriod, or lastNObservations filters to limit the returned observations. The same underlying series can also be browsed and visualized interactively on the ECB Data Portal, covering structural indicators relevant to payment systems across the euro area and EU.}Structural Financial Indicators for Payments (SSP) — official time series from the European Central Bank Data Portal, published as the SSP 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 (30 fields)
Filterable via the API (9)
FREQREF_AREAREF_SECTORSSI_INDICATORDATA_TYPECOUNT_AREACURRENCY_TRANSSERIES_DENOMTIME_PERIOD
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| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| FREQFrequency | dimension | Frequency of observations, e.g. annual or half-yearly.2 codes (e.g. Annual, Half-yearly) |
| REF_AREAReference area | dimension | Reference country or area the data relates to.30 codes (e.g. Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria) |
| REF_SECTORReference sector | dimension | Institutional sector covered, e.g. payment service providers or e-money issuers.14 codes (e.g. Other payment service providers and e-money issuers incl. Central banks, Other payment service providers and e-money issuers, Other payment service providers) |
| SSI_INDICATORStructural statist indicator | dimension | Structural statistical indicator being measured, e.g. number of institutions or accounts.10 codes (e.g. Number of institutions, Number of overnight deposit accounts held by non-MFIs, Number of e-money accounts) |
| DATA_TYPE | dimension | Type of data, e.g. stock outstanding amounts or per-inhabitant stock percentage.2 codes (e.g. Outstanding amounts at the end of the period (stocks), Stock as percentage per million inhabitants) |
| COUNT_AREACounterpart area | dimension | Counterpart geographic area for the transaction or holding.38 codes (e.g. Domestic (home or reference area), World not allocated (geographically), Extra EEA) |
| CURRENCY_TRANSCurrency of transaction | dimension | Currency of the transaction, usually not applicable for this dataset.1 codes (e.g. Not applicable) |
| SERIES_DENOMSeries denominat/spec calcul | dimension | Denominator or calculation basis of the series, e.g. growth rate or per million inhabitants.3 codes (e.g. Growth rate to previous period, Pure number per million inhabitants, Not applicable) |
| 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 observation for this series and period.The observed numeric value for each cell. |
| TIME_FORMATTime format code | attribute | Code indicating the format used for the time period.Code indicating the format used for the time period. |
| BREAKS | attribute | Notes on structural breaks affecting comparability of the series.Notes on structural breaks affecting comparability of the series. |
| COLLECTIONCollection indicator | attribute | Code indicating how the data was collected or recorded over time.Code indicating how the data was collected or recorded over time. |
| 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. |
| DOM_SER_IDSDomestic series ids | attribute | Identifiers used for the series in domestic data sources.Identifiers used for the series in domestic data sources. |
| PUBL_ECBSource publication (ECB only) | attribute | Source publication reference used internally by the ECB.Source publication reference used internally by the ECB. |
| PUBL_MUSource publication (Euro area only) | attribute | Source publication reference used for the euro area.Source publication reference used for the euro area. |
| PUBL_PUBLICSource publication (public) | attribute | Source publication reference available to the public.Source publication reference available to the public. |
| COMPILATION | attribute | Notes on how the data was compiled.Notes on how the data was compiled. |
| COVERAGE | attribute | Description of the scope or coverage of the data.Description of the scope or coverage of the data. |
| DECIMALS | attribute | Number of decimal places used in the observation value.Number of decimal places used in the observation value. |
| NAT_TITLENational language title | attribute | Title of the series in the national language.Title of the series in the national language. |
| SOURCE_AGENCY | attribute | Agency that originally provided the data.Agency that originally provided the data. |
| TITLE | attribute | Title of the data series.Title of the data series. |
| TITLE_COMPLTitle complement | attribute | Additional complementary title information for the series.Additional complementary title information for the series. |
| 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 unit.Power-of-ten multiplier applied to the unit. |
| OBS_STATUSObservation status | attribute | Status code of the observation, e.g. estimated or missing.Status code of the observation, e.g. estimated or missing. |
| OBS_CONFObservation confidentiality | attribute | Confidentiality status of the observation.Confidentiality status of the observation. |
Schema captured from sdmx 2 days ago.
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Sample data (5 records)
Record 1FREQ: A · OBS_COM: —
{
"FREQ": "A",
"OBS_COM": null,
"OBS_CONF": "F",
"REF_AREA": "AT",
"DATA_TYPE": "1",
"OBS_VALUE": null,
"COUNT_AREA": "U6",
"OBS_STATUS": "M",
"REF_SECTOR": "0PCB",
"TIME_PERIOD": "2022",
"SERIES_DENOM": "P",
"OBS_PRE_BREAK": null,
"SSI_INDICATOR": "N50",
"CURRENCY_TRANS": "Z0Z"
}Record 2FREQ: A · OBS_COM: —
{
"FREQ": "A",
"OBS_COM": null,
"OBS_CONF": "F",
"REF_AREA": "AT",
"DATA_TYPE": "1",
"OBS_VALUE": 1.0849067555190834e-7,
"COUNT_AREA": "U6",
"OBS_STATUS": "A",
"REF_SECTOR": "0PCB",
"TIME_PERIOD": "2025",
"SERIES_DENOM": "R_P6",
"OBS_PRE_BREAK": null,
"SSI_INDICATOR": "N50",
"CURRENCY_TRANS": "Z0Z"
}Record 3FREQ: A · OBS_COM: —
{
"FREQ": "A",
"OBS_COM": null,
"OBS_CONF": "F",
"REF_AREA": "AT",
"DATA_TYPE": "1",
"OBS_VALUE": 1,
"COUNT_AREA": "U6",
"OBS_STATUS": "A",
"REF_SECTOR": "0PCB",
"TIME_PERIOD": "2025",
"SERIES_DENOM": "Z",
"OBS_PRE_BREAK": null,
"SSI_INDICATOR": "N50",
"CURRENCY_TRANS": "Z0Z"
}Record 4FREQ: A · OBS_COM: —
{
"FREQ": "A",
"OBS_COM": null,
"OBS_CONF": "F",
"REF_AREA": "AT",
"DATA_TYPE": "1",
"OBS_VALUE": null,
"COUNT_AREA": "Z5",
"OBS_STATUS": "Q",
"REF_SECTOR": "0PEI",
"TIME_PERIOD": "2025",
"SERIES_DENOM": "Z",
"OBS_PRE_BREAK": null,
"SSI_INDICATOR": "L21",
"CURRENCY_TRANS": "Z0Z"
}Record 5FREQ: A · OBS_COM: —
{
"FREQ": "A",
"OBS_COM": null,
"OBS_CONF": "F",
"REF_AREA": "AT",
"DATA_TYPE": "1",
"OBS_VALUE": 0,
"COUNT_AREA": "Z5",
"OBS_STATUS": "A",
"REF_SECTOR": "0PEI",
"TIME_PERIOD": "2025",
"SERIES_DENOM": "Z",
"OBS_PRE_BREAK": null,
"SSI_INDICATOR": "L25",
"CURRENCY_TRANS": "Z0Z"
}Live sample captured at profiling time — values may have changed upstream.
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