README.md
In eurostat: Tools for Eurostat Open Data

eurostat R package

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

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))

title code type last.update.of.data last.table.structure.change data.start data.end values hierarchy Air passenger transport - ENP-South countries enps_avia_pa dataset 05.03.2026 05.03.2026 2005 2025 425 6 Air passenger transport by type of schedule, transport coverage and country avia_paoc dataset 17.09.2026 10.09.2026 1993 2026-Q2 2666317 5 Air passenger transport by type of schedule, transport coverage and main airports avia_paoa dataset 17.09.2026 14.09.2026 1993 2026-Q2 22395010 5 Air passenger transport between reporting and partner countries by type of schedule avia_paocc dataset 17.09.2026 10.09.2026 1993 2026-Q2 11696875 5 Air passenger transport between main airports and partner reporting countries avia_paoac dataset 17.09.2026 14.09.2026 1993 2026-Q2 22026776 5 Air passenger transport by aircraft model, distance bands and transport coverage avia_paodis dataset 03.12.2025 29.10.2025 2008 2024 907536 5

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

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.

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

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).

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.