“Eurostat is the statistical office of the European Union, opens an external URL in a new window, based in Luxembourg (LU). It publishes official, harmonised statistics on the European Union and the euro area, opens an external URL in a new window, offering a comparable, reliable and objective portrayal of Europe's society and economy.

A vast range of data is available for the EU as a whole, for Member States and in many cases also for candidate countries, opens an external URL in a new window, EFTA, opens an external URL in a new window members, and other European countries, down to the level of regions and cities. All users may consult or download data and publications free of charge from the Eurostat website, opens an external URL in a new window.”

Source: Eurostat Glossary, opens an external URL in a new window, October 2024

 

In addition to the publicly available material, access to Eurostat microdata, opens an external URL in a new window is granted for scientific purposes on request.

FAQ on the use of Eurostat microdata

Microdata is the data from which aggregate statistics are compiled. Microdata consists of sets of records containing information on individual respondents or business entities. Access to microdata is restricted to protect the anonymity of respondents (persons, organisations).

TU Wien is a recognised research entity. This allows researchers of TU Wien to apply for access to Eurostat microdata by submitting a research proposal via the Eurostat Microdata Access Portal, opens an external URL in a new window

. If you don’t have the required EU login with two-factor authentication to access the portal, you can create it here: webgate.ec.europa.eu/cas/login, opens an external URL in a new window.

The research entity number of TU Wien is 2014/049/AT, and the Eurostat contact person at TU Wien is Barbara Sánchez Solís. According to Eurostat, the approval procedure takes around eight weeks.

Access to microdata is only valid for the period specified in the research proposal. At the end of that period, you must destroy any original scientific-use files sent by Eurostat and any confidential data derived from the files and send Eurostat your research results.