Our mission is to provide high-quality statistics and data on Europe

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Our key responsibilities are to independently develop, produce, disseminate, and coordinate European statistics following standardised procedures established with EU countries. Working closely with national partners in the European Statistical System, we ensure that our statistics are:

  • reliable: based on accurate and carefully verified data
  • impartial: produced objectively and independently, free from any political or other external influences
  • comparable: consistent across countries and regions over time

Eurostat’s statistics and data provide users with trustworthy information. To uphold this trust, we adhere to the high-quality standards and principles defined in EU legislation and the European Statistics Code of Practice, taking into account statistical confidentiality and data protection.

Our values

In our work, we are guided by these core values:

  • Professional independence

    ensuring credibility through unbiased practices

  • Excellence

    striving for the highest standards

  • Service orientation

    meeting the needs of our users and stakeholders

  • Innovation

    driving progress in statistical methods, tools, and practices

  • Respect

    valuing our users, partners, and staff, and the privacy of data providers

Eurostat - 70 years of high-quality statistics and data on Europe