Material type: Website

Description: Eurostat is the Statistical Office of the European Communities, established in 1953. Its mission is to gather and analyse figures from the different European statistics offices in order to provide comparable and harmonised data to European Institutions so they can define, implement and analyse Community policies. Data cover the European Union, its Member States and its partners, and are published under a variety of Themes and Collections. The website is updated daily and provides:

- Direct access to the latest and most complete statistical information available on the European Union, the EU Member States, the euro-zone and other countries

- Free statistical information, including a wide range of structural and short-term information that can be viewed online or downloaded

- A personalised data-extraction service that offers greater precision in finding precise information.

Website: Eurostat