# Eurostat API

Category: [Statistics](https://free-web-services.com/web-services/open-data/statistics/)  
Page: https://free-web-services.com/web-services/open-data/statistics/eurostat-api.html  
Documentation: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/user-guides/data-browser/api-data-access/api-introduction

The Eurostat API gives the official statistics of the European Union: population, economy, prices, labour, energy, transport and more, per country and region, for example to chart unemployment across EU countries. Ask for a dataset by its code with filters in the URL and get JSON-stat, or SDMX and TSV through the SDMX API. Free, no key needed.

- API key: Not needed
- Pricing: Free, no key needed.
- From the browser: Yes (CORS)
- Formats: JSON
- Interface: REST, HTTP-GET
- Provider: ec.europa.eu
- Last checked: Working on November 7th, 2026

Example request:

```sh
curl 'https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/demo_pjan?geo=NL&time=2023&sex=T&age=TOTAL'
```

The JavaScript works in a web page as well as in Node.js 18 or newer.