# European Economic Indicators: Inflation, Jobs and Growth (`scrapemint/european-economic-indicators`) Actor

Keyless official European statistics by country. Inflation, unemployment, GDP growth, industrial production and government debt, monthly or quarterly, with the latest value each country has published and the change on the period before. Any other Eurostat dataset can be pulled by code.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/scrapemint/european-economic-indicators.md
- **Developed by:** [Ken M](https://apify.com/scrapemint) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, News
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$3.00 / 1,000 indicator rows

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## European Economic Indicators: Inflation, Jobs and Growth

The EU statistics office publishes inflation, unemployment, growth, industrial output and public debt for every member state, monthly or quarterly rather than once a year. This reads that publication directly and returns one row per country per period. No key, no login, no proxy.

### Indicators

| Name | What it measures | Frequency |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `inflation` | Annual rate of change, all items | monthly |
| `unemployment` | Percent of the active population, seasonally adjusted | monthly |
| `gdp_growth` | Change on the previous quarter, chain linked volumes | quarterly |
| `industrial_production` | Change on the previous month, seasonally adjusted | monthly |
| `government_debt` | General government gross debt, percent of GDP | quarterly |

Coverage runs well beyond the EU itself: the reporting list includes candidate countries, EFTA members and, for some series, the United States and Japan.

### Three modes

**Latest** returns the most recent figure each country has actually published, with the previous period, the change and the direction.

**History** returns every period in the window, one row each.

**Dataset** takes any Eurostat dataset code with your own dimension filters and decodes it into rows, with each remaining dimension of the cube carried on the row so the output is self describing.

### Example input

```json
{
  "mode": "latest",
  "indicators": ["inflation", "unemployment", "gdp_growth"]
}
```

A year of inflation for the big five:

```json
{
  "mode": "history",
  "indicators": ["inflation"],
  "countries": ["DE", "FR", "IT", "ES", "NL"],
  "periods": 12
}
```

### Three things worth knowing

**Countries publish on different schedules, so "latest" is not one date.** Inflation may be current to December while unemployment runs to May and GDP to the first quarter, and within a single series one country reports a month ahead of another. Latest mode therefore returns each country's own most recent figure and states the period on the row, rather than picking one date and leaving half the map blank.

**Aggregates are excluded by default.** The source publishes the EU and the euro area, in several historical vintages, in the same list as the countries. Any ranking or average built from that list counts the same economies twice, so aggregates are flagged with `isAggregate` and left out unless you ask for them.

**Greece is EL, not GR.** The country codes are the statistical ones, and the United Kingdom appears as UK. Values carry the publisher's own status flag where present, so a provisional or estimated figure is marked rather than presented as final.

### Pricing

Pay per indicator row, `$0.003`. The first 2 rows of every run are free. Unknown indicators, empty windows and filters that match nothing return a free note explaining why.

One request covers a whole indicator across every country and period, so a full sweep of all five indicators is five requests and about twelve seconds.

### Related actors

- **World Economic Indicators Scraper: GDP, Inflation & More** for World Bank annual series covering the whole world
- **European Electricity Prices** for energy costs behind the inflation numbers
- **US Treasury Yields & Interest Rates Scraper** and **SOFR & Money Market Rates** for the rates side

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

latest = the most recent value each country has actually published, with the change on the period before. history = every period in the window. dataset = any Eurostat dataset code with your own filters.

## `indicators` (type: `array`):

inflation, unemployment, gdp\_growth, industrial\_production, government\_debt.

## `countries` (type: `array`):

Two letter codes, e.g. DE, FR, IT, ES, NL, PL. Note Greece is EL and not GR. Empty returns every reporting country.

## `periods` (type: `integer`):

How many periods to request. Countries publish on different schedules, so a small window is needed in latest mode to find each one's most recent figure.

## `includeAggregates` (type: `boolean`):

Off by default. The source publishes the EU and the euro area alongside the countries, so including them double counts any ranking or average you build.

## `datasetCode` (type: `string`):

Any Eurostat dataset code, for example prc\_hicp\_manr or nrg\_pc\_202.

## `datasetParams` (type: `string`):

Dimension filters as a query string, e.g. coicop=CP00\&unit=RCH\_A. A value that does not exist returns an empty result rather than an error.

## `maxRows` (type: `integer`):

Cap on rows returned across all indicators. Controls total cost.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "latest",
  "indicators": [
    "inflation",
    "unemployment",
    "gdp_growth"
  ],
  "countries": [],
  "periods": 6,
  "includeAggregates": false,
  "datasetCode": "",
  "datasetParams": "",
  "maxRows": 300
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "indicators": [
        "inflation",
        "unemployment",
        "gdp_growth"
    ],
    "periods": 6
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("scrapemint/european-economic-indicators").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "indicators": [
        "inflation",
        "unemployment",
        "gdp_growth",
    ],
    "periods": 6,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("scrapemint/european-economic-indicators").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "indicators": [
    "inflation",
    "unemployment",
    "gdp_growth"
  ],
  "periods": 6
}' |
apify call scrapemint/european-economic-indicators --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,scrapemint/european-economic-indicators"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/uqDPjIcNtQ1f6B8BS/builds/30BSfokIg6Ph3ewza/openapi.json