Annual national accounts (2020 Base)
Documentation on methodology
The general methodological framework for the compilation of national accounts in the EU is ESA 2010.
In addition, several handbooks have been developed to help compilers to produce national accounts data. Some of the most important methodological manuals are the Handbook on quarterly national accounts, Manual on regional accounts methods, Eurostat Manual of Supply, Use and Input-Output Tables, Manual on Government Deficit and Debt. Also, guidance manuals on specific topics are available, e.g. compilation guide on land estimation, compilation guide on inventories, Manual on measuring Research and Development in ESA 2010.
The manuals above specifically apply to EU national accounts statistics. However, world-wide equivalents are often also available: SNA 2008, Quarterly National Accounts Manual, Handbook on Input-Output Table Compilation and Analysis, Government Finance Statistics Manual.
consulter Methodology of national accounts following the 2018 benchmark revision:
- National accounts switch to 2020 benchmark revision (pdf, en, 1 Mo, 18/07/2024)
- Methodological annex n°1: A new estimate of hidden activity in 2020 benchmark (pdf, en, 168 Ko, 18/07/2024)
- Methodological annex n°2: The adjustment of structural business statistics at the source in 2020 benchmark revision (pdf, en, 219 Ko, 18/07/2024)
- Methodological annex n°3: The perimeter of financial enterprises in 2020 benchmark (pdf, en, 214 Ko, 18/07/2024)
- Methodological annex n°4: Insurance services in 2020 benchmark revision (pdf, en, 223 Ko, 18/07/2024)
- Methodological annex n°5: The revision of FISIM (pdf, en, 219 Ko, 18/07/2024)
- Methodological annex n°6: Modification of the general government perimeter in 2020 benchmark (pdf, en, 248 Ko, 18/07/2024)
- Methodological annex n°7: Revision of deficit and debt data in benchmark 2020 (pdf, en, 254 Ko, 18/07/2024)
- Methodological annex n°8: Recording of tax credits in benchmark 2020 (pdf, en, 219 Ko, 18/07/2024)
- Methodological annex n°9: The household final consumption expenditure from the 2014 benchmark to the 2020 benchmark (pdf, en, 342 Ko, 18/07/2024)
- Methodological annex n°10: A new estimate of output for own final use of households under construction for 2020 benchmark revision (pdf, en, 181 Ko, 18/07/2024)
- Methodological annex n°11: The rest of the world and the international trade in 2020 benchmark (pdf, en, 371 Ko, 18/07/2024)
- Methodological annex n°12: The NPISH account in 2020 benchmark (pdf, en, 191 Ko, 18/07/2024)
- Methodological annex n°14: A new estimate of production and investment in R&D for 2020 benchmark (pdf, en, 194 Ko, 18/07/2024)
- Methodological annex n°15: A new estimate of investment in software and databases for 2020 benchmark (pdf, en, 266 Ko, 18/07/2024)
- Methodological annex n°16 : Quarterly national accounts switch to 2020 benchmark (pdf, en, 267 Ko, 18/07/2024)
- Methodological annex n°17: The national accounts retropolation for the 2020 benchmark (pdf, en, 506 Ko, 18/07/2024)
