European Central Bank — Structural Housing Indicators Statistics (SHI)
Structural Housing Indicators Statistics (SHI) — official time series from the European Central Bank Data Portal, published as the SHI 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 (21 fields)
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| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| FREQFrequency | dimension | Frequency of the observation, e.g. annual or quarterly.2 codes (e.g. Annual, Quarterly) |
| REF_AREAReference area | dimension | Reference country or area for the observation.33 codes (e.g. Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria) |
| SHI_INDICATORStructural housing indicators | dimension | Structural housing indicator being measured, e.g. dwellings or housing starts.11 codes (e.g. Number of dwellings, Number of housing completions, Number of housing starts) |
| SHI_SUFFIXSeries variation -SHI context | dimension | Indicates whether the value is an absolute figure or a percentage.2 codes (e.g. Absolute value, Percentage) |
| TIME_PERIODTime period or range | time | Time period of the observation, filterable by start/end date.Time dimension — filter with startPeriod / endPeriod query params. |
| OBS_VALUEObservation value | number | Numeric value observed for the series at this period.The observed numeric value for each cell. |
| TIME_FORMATTime format code | attribute | Code specifying the format used for the time period.Code specifying the format used for the time period. |
| COLLECTIONCollection indicator | attribute | Code indicating how the data was collected or aggregated over time.Code indicating how the data was collected or aggregated 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. |
| COMPILATION | attribute | Notes on the methodology used to compile the observation.Notes on the methodology used to compile the observation. |
| DECIMALS | attribute | Number of decimal places in the observation value.Number of decimal places in the observation value. |
| SOURCE_AGENCY | attribute | Agency that originally sourced or provided the data.Agency that originally sourced or provided the data. |
| TITLE | attribute | Title describing the data series.Title describing the data 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 flag indicating data quality, e.g. estimated or provisional.Status flag indicating data quality, e.g. estimated or provisional. |
| OBS_CONFObservation confidentiality | attribute | Confidentiality classification of the observation.Confidentiality classification of the observation. |
| OBS_PRE_BREAKPre-break observation value | attribute | Value of the observation prior to a break in the time series.Value of the observation prior to a break in the time series. |
| OBS_COMObservation comment | attribute | Free-text comment or note on the observation.Free-text comment or note on the observation. |
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 | SHI_INDICATOR | SHI_SUFFIX | TIME_PERIOD | OBS_VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | AT | DWEL | A | 2016 | — |
| A | AT | HCOM | A | 2016 | 56.359 |
| A | AT | HSTA | A | 2017 | 75.606 |
| A | AT | HTRA | A | 2018 | 78.125 |
| A | AT | PRHH | A | 2017 | 3890.092 |
Live sample captured at profiling time — values may have changed upstream.
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