Data by scheme
The files below contain data by scheme and a list of schemes for each country in csv format.
EU countries
EFTA countries
Candidate countries
Other countries
Important note to users
ESSPROS results are based on a methodology which is very close to that of national accounts, including general accounting conventions that may be different from other, more well-known frameworks, such as business accounting or public administration accounting.
As a result, users should not expect to find the same numbers in the data of a specific scheme as in the accounts of the institutional unit managing the scheme, which may publish its accounts in accordance with business or other accounting laws.
As with similar statistics, the level of accuracy and precision of data is in general inversely proportional to the level of data detail.
In summary, the data at the level of each social protection scheme are meant for expert users who already have a good knowledge of the social protection systems of countries as well as ESSPROS methodology.
Rather than for ad-hoc extractions, the format and presentation of the data files are more suitable for a download into a user-dedicated database to get detailed insights of results at the national level. For further details, please consult our explanations on how to decode information and data from the SDMX-CSV files.