countries: Country metadata

In hicp: Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices

Country metadata

Description

This data set contains metadata for the euro area, EU, EFTA, and candidate countries that submit(ted) HICP data on a regular basis.

Usage

# country metadata:
countries

Format

A data.table with metadata on the individual euro area (EA), EU, EFTA, and candidate countries producing the HICP.

• code: the country code

• name_[en|fr|de]: the country name in English, French, and German

• protocol_order: the official protocol order of countries

• is_eu, is_ea, is_efta, is_candidate: a logical indicating if a country belongs to the EU, the euro area, or if it's an EFTA or candidate country, respectively

• eu_since, eu_until: date of joining and leaving the European Union

• ea_since: the date of introduction of the euro as the official currency

• index_decimals: the number of index decimals used for dissemination

Author(s)

Sebastian Weinand

Examples

# subset to euro area countries:
countries[is_ea==TRUE, ]

hicp documentation built on Aug. 8, 2025, 6:30 p.m.