| Publication year | Year N + 1 | Year N + 2 | Year N + 3 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publication month | Mid february | End of march | Mid may | Mid may | Mid may |
| Degree of completion | First estimate of the 4th quarter and of the year | Detailed results of the 4th quarter | Provisional annual account | Semi-finalized annual account | Finalized annual account |
| Type of accounts | Quarterly accounts | Quarterly accounts | Annual accounts | Annual accounts | Annual accounts |
| Type of data | Seasonally adjusted and corrected for working days | Seasonally adjusted and corrected for working days | Gross data | Gross data | Gross data |
| Available data | First estimate of the GDP evolution and of the balance of resources and uses of products | First estimate of the non-financial corporations account and of the households account | Complete accounts | Complete accounts | Complete accounts |
| Basic rule | As the main data sources become available, the national accounts are gradually updated. Thus, the estimate of each transaction and flow is progressively finalized. | ||||
Example: for the year 2010, the provisional annual account was published mid may 2011, the semi-finalized annual account mid may 2012 and the finalized annual account mid may 2013.