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eurostat R package

R tools to access open data from Eurostat. Data search, download, manipulation and visualization.

Installation and use

Install stable version from CRAN:

install.packages("eurostat")

Alternatively, install development version from GitHub:

# Install from GitHub
library(devtools)
devtools::install_github("ropengov/eurostat")

Development version can be also installed using the r-universe:

# Enable this universe
options(repos = c(
  ropengov = "https://ropengov.r-universe.dev",
  CRAN = "https://cloud.r-project.org"
))

install.packages("eurostat")

The package provides several different ways to get datasets from Eurostat. Searching for data is one way, if you know what to look for.

# Load the package
library(eurostat)

# Perform a simple search and print a table
passengers <- search_eurostat("passenger transport")
knitr::kable(head(passengers))

See the Tutorial and other resources at the package homepage for more information and examples.

Recommended packages

It is recommended to install the giscoR package (https://dieghernan.github.io/giscoR/). This is another API package that provides R tools for Eurostat geographic data to support geospatial analysis and visualization.

Contribute

Contributions are very welcome:

• Use issue tracker for feedback and bug reports.
• Send pull requests
• Discuss with developers and other users in GitHub Discussions
• Star us on the Github page

Acknowledgements

Kindly cite this work as follows:

print(citation("eurostat"), bibtex = TRUE)
Kindly cite this package by citing the following R Journal article:

  Lahti L., Huovari J., Kainu M., and Biecek P. (2017). Retrieval and
  analysis of Eurostat open data with the eurostat package. The R
  Journal 9(1), pp. 385-392. doi: 10.32614/RJ-2017-019

A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is

  @Article{10.32614/RJ-2017-019,
    title = {Retrieval and Analysis of Eurostat Open Data with the eurostat Package},
    author = {Leo Lahti and Janne Huovari and Markus Kainu and Przemyslaw Biecek},
    journal = {The R Journal},
    volume = {9},
    number = {1},
    pages = {385--392},
    year = {2017},
    doi = {10.32614/RJ-2017-019},
    url = {https://doi.org/10.32614/RJ-2017-019},
  }

In addition, please provide a citation to the specific software version
used:

  Lahti L, Huovari J, Kainu M, Biecek P, Hernangomez D, Antal D,
  Kantanen P (2026). "eurostat: Tools for Eurostat Open Data."
  doi:10.32614/CRAN.package.eurostat
  <https://doi.org/10.32614/CRAN.package.eurostat>. R package version
  4.1.1, <https://github.com/rOpenGov/eurostat>.

A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is

  @Misc{R-eurostat,
    title = {eurostat: Tools for Eurostat Open Data},
    doi = {10.32614/CRAN.package.eurostat},
    author = {Leo Lahti and Janne Huovari and Markus Kainu and Przemyslaw Biecek and Diego Hernangomez and Daniel Antal and Pyry Kantanen},
    url = {https://github.com/rOpenGov/eurostat},
    type = {Computer software},
    year = {2026},
    note = {R package version 4.1.1},
  }

We are grateful to all contributors, including Daniel Antal, Joona Lehtomäki, Francois Briatte, and Oliver Reiter, and for the Eurostat open data portal! This project is part of rOpenGov.

This project has received funding from the European Union under grant No 101095295 (OpenMUSE), the FIN-CLARIAH research infrastructure and the Strategic Research Council’s YOUNG program by the Research Council of Finland (decisions 345630, 358720, 367756, 352604).

Disclaimer

This package is in no way officially related to or endorsed by Eurostat.

When using data retrieved from Eurostat database in your work, please indicate that the data source is Eurostat. If your re-use involves some kind of modification to data or text, please state this clearly to the end user. See Eurostat policy on copyright and free re-use of data for more detailed information and certain exceptions.

These binaries (installable software) and packages are in development.
They may not be fully stable and should be used with caution. We make no claims about them.
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