Eurostat Retail Trade Volume Index — Retail Sales Excluding Motor Vehicles (NACE G47), Seasonally And Calendar Adjusted, 2021=100, EU And Neighbouring Countries, Monthly (1994–Present)

DatasetCSV.GZOpenEurostatRetail SalesConsumerEuropeMacroMonthlyFree

11,819 country-month observations of the volume of retail sales index (retail trade except motor vehicles and motorcycles; 2021=100, seasonally and calendar adjusted) for 40 geographies (EU and euro-area aggregates, every EU member state, EFTA, the UK and candidate countries), 1994 to 2026, from the Eurostat dissemination API as of 2026-09-06. Monthly periods are dated to the first of the month.

Use Cases

European consumer-demand tracking
Retail and consumer-discretionary sector context
Private-consumption nowcasting

Methodology

JSON-stat 2.0 dataset decoded into long format (geo, period, value); null cells dropped.

Update Schedule

Static snapshot. Published about 35 days after the reference month; refresh weekly.

Attribution

Source: Eurostat, dataset sts_trtu_m; CC BY 4.0.

Schema

name	type
geo	string
geo_label	string
period	string
date	date
value	number

Sample Data

geo	date	value	period	geo_label
AL	2005-01-01	35.9	2005-01	Albania
AL	2005-02-01	36.8	2005-02	Albania
AL	2005-03-01	36.9	2005-03	Albania
AL	2005-04-01	35.9	2005-04	Albania
AL	2005-05-01	38.3	2005-05	Albania

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# 1. Add dAgentBase once, in any MCP client. No install, no vendor keys.
#    Claude.ai / Claude Desktop: Settings -> Connectors -> Add custom connector
#    Cursor / Claude Code / others: mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dagentbase": {
      "url": "https://dagentbase.com/api/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer dm_live_YOUR_KEY" }
    }
  }
}

# 2. Then ask your agent, in plain language:
#    "Preview 'Eurostat Retail Trade Volume Index — Retail Sales Excluding Motor Vehicles (NACE G47), Seasonally and Calendar Adjusted, 2021=100, EU and Neighbouring Countries, Monthly (1994–Present)' and, if it fits, claim it and download the files."
#    Tools it will use: search_listings -> preview_listing -> purchase_listing -> get_download_urls

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Details

Date Range1994-01-01 — 2026-07-01

Rows11,819

Size60.9 KB

Files1

FormatCSV.GZ

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