European Central Bank — Data Portal API
Official statistics API of the European Central Bank's Data Portal, successor to the Statistical Data Warehouse, providing exchange rates, interest rates, and monetary and financial time series via the SDMX REST protocol. The legacy host sdw-wsrest.ecb.europa.eu no longer resolves; access has migrated to data-api.ecb.europa.eu, with the redirect window closed since 2025-10-01. The service supports If-Modified-Since headers for efficient polling. The portal lists 104 datasets, including AMECO, Banknotes statistics, Bank Lending Survey Statistics, and Euro Area Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Statistics, covering euro-area monetary, financial, and balance-sheet data.Official statistics API of the European Central Bank (Data Portal, successor to the Statistical Data Warehouse): exchange rates, interest rates, monetary and financial time series over SDMX REST. Legacy host sdw-wsrest.ecb.europa.eu no longer resolves — migrated to data-api.ecb.europa.eu (redirect window closed 2025-10-01). Supports If-Modified-Since for efficient polling.
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Datasets104
Every dataset below is a live SDMX REST endpoint, not just a file: download it as XML, CSV or JSON, or query it with startPeriod / endPeriod / lastNObservations parameters and a series key path (e.g. /data/EXR/D.USD.EUR.SP00.A) to extract exactly the series you need.
Verification Status
Using the API
Configuration
- Base URL
- https://data-api.ecb.europa.eu/service
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.
Rate limits
No documented rate limit; supports If-Modified-Since (304) for efficient polling.
Dataset
Volume & freshness
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