- To include missing forecasts for Spain (split of total government consumption into collective and individual) and Türkiye (Compensation of employees and related variables),
- To include missing forecasts for Purchasing Power Parities for Albania, Bosnia-Hercegovina and Serbia,
- To correct series for Türkiye (number of employees and self-employed),
- To include updated series for India and Korea (GDP).
Contents removed
- NECD (civilian employment, domestic), NECN (civilian employment, national) and NLCN (civilian labour force): Provision of these variables in chapter 1.2 has been stopped.
- FA17 (Euro area, 17 members), FA18 (Euro area, 18 members), FU12 (European Union, 12 members) and FU28 (European Union, 28 members): Provision of these aggregates – used only with indicators expressing a performance relative to another country aggregate – has been stopped.
- OVG0 Gross value added, volume, total of branches: Provision of forecasts for these series in chapters 12.8 – 12.10 has been stopped.
Contents added
- Two new series have been added to chapter 1.1: NPAN1 (population 15 to 74 years) and NPON1 (population 75 years and over)
- Two new series will be added to chapter 1.2: NLLN (Labour Force (national) from LFS, persons; total economy) and NELN (Employment (national) from LFS, persons; total economy)
- One new series will be added to chapter 16.1 (General government, revenue): UCTRG (Other current transfers received (D.7r))
Database
The database contains data for the EU, the euro area, EU Member States, candidate countries and other OECD countries, for a total of over 40 countries. Data is organized in eighteen chapters, from population and employment via main national accounts aggregates such as gross domestic product to sector accounts and the cyclical adjustment of public finance variables.
To ensure that the Commission's analyses are verifiable and transparent to the public, AMECO data is made available free of charge.
Data can be accessed via:
Zipped files (txt, csv, xlsx) of the current release
Zipped text files of earlier releases
Forecasts
AMECO is updated with every full release of macro-economic forecasts by the Commission. In between the full forecast releases, AMECO is not updated. For results of the interim forecast exercises, please consult the Economic forecasts.
Until the autumn forecast 2020 release, on the occasion of an update, AMECO data was also packed in four documents that accompany the forecast release:
The Statistical annex to European Economy, which gives long time series for a selection of important macro-economic variables, both by variable and by country. (NB: The data overlaps partially with the tables in the statistical annex included within the main forecast document.)
General Government Data, which gives more detail on series from the general government sector, for size reasons split in two parts:
- Part I: Tables by country
Part II: Tables by series - Data on the cyclical adjustment of Budget Balances, which are important for fiscal surveillance.
Explanatory note
Time series
Data for Member States and candidate countries are based on the ESA 2010 system for the last period and on ESA 95 and ESA 79 for the earlier years. Data for other OECD countries are based on the SNA 2008.
Where appropriate, discontinuities of the levels of these series have been removed by applying the growth rates of the old series to the levels of the new series.
Data sources
The main data source is Eurostat (the Statistical Office of the European Commission), complemented, where necessary, by other appropriate national and international sources. Authoritative official statistics are available from Eurostat's online database, including the latest revisions to historical data.
Data in national currency for the euro area countries
Starting from 2002, euro area countries publish national series in EUR. National currency data for all years prior to the switch of the country to euro have been converted using the irrevocably fixed euro conversion rate. For presentation purposes, the currency denomination has changed, with the prefix EURO and the ISO code of the former currency (e.g. EURO-BEF for Belgium). This approach conserves the historical continuity of national series. However, cross country comparisons and aggregations should continue to be based only on historical series established in ECU up to 1998 and their statistical continuation in EUR from 1999 onwards. Exchange rates and purchasing power parities have also been converted in the same manner.
Forecasts
The Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs produces, under its own responsibility, short-term economic forecasts twice a year, in the Spring and in the Autumn. These forecasts are included in AMECO.
Reference metadata
Further information about the methodology and quality of the data included in the AMECO database is provided in the reference metadata document below.
AMECO Archive
The AMECO archive contains the data of past vintages, as released with earlier forecasts.
Download all the zipped text files of previous AMECO vintages.
