Economic sentiment indicator methods, notes and classification

The Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI) is a composite indicator made up of five sectoral confidence indicators with different weights: Industrial confidence indicator, Services confidence indicator, Consumer confidence indicator, Construction confidence indicator Retail trade confidence indicator.Confidence indicators are arithmetic means of seasonally adjusted balances of answers to a selection of questions closely related to the reference variable they are supposed to track (e.g. industrial production for the industrial confidence indicator). Surveys are defined within the Joint Harmonised EU Programme of Business and Consumer Surveys.The economic sentiment indicator (ESI) is calculated as an index with mean value of 100 and standard deviation of 10 over a fixed standardised sample period. Data are compiled according to the Statistical classification of economic activities in the European Community, (NACE Rev.2). Source: DG ECFIN

• • Indicator
    • 00 Economic sentiment indicator
  • Seasonal adjustment
    • 0 Seasonally adjusted data, not calendar adjusted data
  • Geopolitical entity (reporting)
    • 000 European Union - 27 countries (from 2020)
    • 001 Euro area – 21 countries (from 2026)
    • 002 Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025)
    • 003 Belgium
    • 004 Bulgaria
    • 005 Czechia
    • 006 Denmark
    • 007 Germany
    • 008 Estonia
    • 009 Ireland
    • 00a Greece
    • 00b Spain
    • 00c France
    • 00d Croatia
    • 00e Italy
    • 00f Cyprus
    • 00g Latvia
    • 00h Lithuania
    • 00i Luxembourg
    • 00j Hungary
    • 00k Malta
    • 00l Netherlands
    • 00m Austria
    • 00n Poland
    • 00o Portugal
    • 00p Romania
    • 00q Slovenia
    • 00r Slovakia
    • 00s Finland
    • 00t Sweden
    • 00u Montenegro
    • 00v North Macedonia
    • 00w Albania
    • 00x Serbia
    • 00y Türkiye