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EU KLEMS Growth and Productivity Accounts: November 2009 ReleaseFor a summary overview of the methodology and construction of the EU KLEMS database, see: O’Mahony, Mary and Marcel P. Timmer (2009), “Output, Input and Productivity Measures at the Industry Level: the EU KLEMS Database”, Economic Journal, 119(538), pp. F374-F403 For more details and analysis, see: Timmer, Inklaar , O'Mahony and van Ark, Economic Growth in Europe, Cambridge University Press, 2010 Sources and methods:The November 2009 release is an update of the March 2008 release and provides data up to 2007. The sources used for the update are from the National Accounts and obtained from National Statistical Institutes, Eurostat and EU KLEMS consortium partners. The consortium partners are named in the last column of the table below. The updates for detailed intermediate inputs as for detailed labour inputs are not provided at this point and will be added in the next update. A detailed description of methods and sources for the 2007 dataset, on which the current dataset is based, can be found here: The changes in this release compared to the March 2008 Release can be found here:A description of variables and starting year for each variable in the November 2009 release can be found here:Downloadable country files in Excel:The November 2009 release contains data at the level of 32 industries and various aggregations. Data files in the first column include standard industry aggregates (basic files). Data files in the second column include alternative industry aggregations such as market versus non-market, goods versus services and ICT production (additional files). The third column contains the capital input files. The last column contains a link to the consortium partner that provided (part of) the underlying data sets for a particular country. |
Country Groups | Basic files | Additional files |
EU-15* | EU15 Basic 09I | EU15 Add. 09I |
EU-15ex (growth accounting)** | EU15ex Basic 09I | EU15ex Add. 09I |
EU-10*** | EU10 Basic 09I | EU10 Add. 09I |
EU-25**** | EU25 Basic 09I | EU25 Add. 09I |
Eurozone***** | EURO Basic 09I | EURO Add. 09I |
EurozoneEx (growth accounting)****** | EUROex Basic 09I | EUROex Add. 09I |
(*) EU-15 represents the EU member states as of 1 January 1995, namely: AUT, BEL, DNK, ESP, FIN, FRA, GER, GRC, IRL, ITA, LUX, NLD, PRT, SWE & UK. Downloadable country files in Txt format:For the use of the EU KLEMS dataseries in statistical programs we have constructed txt files (comma separated) of the Excel files displayed above. These files contain the data of all countries and variables. We have made a distinction between all countries and EU aggregates. Please note that these text files are not updated on a regular basis and might contain older vintages of the dataset. If you want to be sure of having the most recent data, we would suggest to look at the Excel files. The EU KLEMS Excel files can be reformatted into txt files using the following macro: EUKLEMSFlatFile Creator. |
Countries covered | Text files | Packed files | Description |
All Countries Basic Files | All Basic TXT (16.3 MB) | All Basic ZIP (7.5 MB) | ALL Basic Readme |
All Countries Additional Files | All Add. TXT (13.3 MB) | All Add. ZIP (6.2 MB) | ALL Add. Readme |
EU Aggregates Basic Files | EU TXT (2.5 MB) | EU ZIP (1.2 MB) | EU Basic Readme |
EU Aggregates Additional Files | EU TXT (2.5 MB) | EU ZIP (1.2 MB) | EU Add. Readme |
All Capital Input Files | All Capital TXT (16.0 MB) | All Capital ZIP (7.1 MB) | All Capital Readme |
All Labour Input Files | There are no Labour Input Files available in this release. |