Reference metadata describe statistical concepts and methodologies used for the collection and generation of data. They provide information on data quality and, since they are strongly content-oriented, assist users in interpreting the data. Reference metadata, unlike structural metadata, can be decoupled from the data.
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3.1. Data description
Supply, use and input-output tables (SUIOTs) are matrices that provide a detailed picture of how goods and services are supplied and used in an economy. By balancing data from various sources in a consistent framework, they allow compiling a single coherent estimate of gross domestic product (GDP) based on production, expenditure, and income.
SUIOTs comprise four main types of tables:
Supply table: This table depicts how products (in rows) enter the economy, either through domestic production by industries or imports (in columns). The supply table also includes data on trade and transport margins as well as taxes less subsidies (in columns) to convert total supply from basic prices to purchasers' prices.
Use table: This table depicts how products (in rows) are used by the economy, either for intermediate consumption by industries, or for final uses (both in columns). Final uses are disaggregated into 1) final consumption expenditure by households, general government, and non-profit institutions serving households, 2) gross capital formation and 3) exports. The use table contains additional rows to show, for each industry, how gross value added is generated, distinguishing compensation of employees, other taxes less subsidies on production, consumption of fixed capital, and net operating surplus and mixed income. The use table can refer to all transactions, domestic transactions or imported products.
Input-output table: This table captures the supply and use of products in a single matrix, depicting either products or industries in both rows and columns. Similar to use tables, input-output tables can refer to all transactions, domestic transactions or imported products.
Margin tables: These tables present separately 1) trade and transport margins and 2) taxes less subsidies, by products (in rows) and industries (in columns).
The supply-use system is built upon two fundamental equations:
total supply = production + imports = intermediate consumption + final consumption + gross capital formation + exports = total use (this equation is satisfied for any given product category)
value added = production – intermediate consumption = compensation of employees + gross operating surplus and mixed income + other taxes less subsidies on production (this equation is satisfied for any given economic activity).
SUIOTs distinguish 64 product and industry categories. Products are classified according to the statistical classification of products by activity (CPA 2.1). Industries are classified according to the statistical classification of economic activities (NACE Revision 2).
The data are presented in million euro and million national currency.
Eurostat collects and publishes SUIOTs for the 27 European Union (EU) countries, the countries of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), and the EU enlargement countries. The tables are compiled in line with the European System of Accounts - ESA 2010 and the related transmission programme. Countries should deliver their SUIOTs 36 months after the end of the reference year according to the ESA 2010 transmission programme. This means that, for example, data for the year 2022 must be transmitted by 31 December 2025.
SUIOTs comprise annual and 5-yearly data transmissions. The annual mandatory data transmission includes the supply table at basic prices, including transformation into purchasers' prices (T1500) and the use table in purchasers' prices (T1600), both in current and previous year’s prices. The 5-yearly mandatory data transmissions concerns years ending with ‘0’ or ‘5’ and includes the following tables:
use table at basic prices (T1610)
use table for domestic output at basic prices (T1611)
use table for imports at basic prices (T1612)
table of trade and transport margins (T1620)
table of taxes less subsidies on products (T1630)
symmetric input-output table at basic prices (T1700/50)
symmetric input-output table for domestic output at basic prices (T1800/50)
symmetric input-output table for imports at basic prices (T1900/50).
The 5-yearly tables are to be transmitted in current prices. Countries are free to compile their input-output tables in product-by-product or industry-by-industry format. Eurostat encourages voluntary data transmissions. Several countries provide, e.g., 5-yearly tables on an annual basis or in both current and previous year’s prices.
Eurostat publishes annual and 5-yearly tables in current prices from reference year 2010 onward and the annual tables in previous year’s prices from reference year 2015 onward.
Next to publishing SUIOTs for individual countries, Eurostat compiles annually consolidated tables at current prices for the European Union (EU, that is, the 27 member countries as a whole) and the euro area (EA). The consolidated SUIOTs are based on the EU inter-country supply, use and input-output tables (EU inter-country SUIOTs; so-called FIGARO tables). Intra-EU and intra-EA trade are considered as domestic transactions. Imports and exports correspond to the respective trade in goods and services with countries outside of the European Union and the euro area, respectively.
The regional breakdown of imports and exports in the SUIOTs for the EU and the EA is based on the country composition of both regions in the most recent reference year, and this composition is applied to the entire time series. This approach ensures consistency over time. However, it deviates from the approach used for the SUIOTs of individual countries, where an evolving country composition reflects the member countries of the EU and the EA in each respective year.
Products are classified according to the statistical classification of products by activity (CPA 2.1). Industries are classified according to the statistical classification of economic activities (NACE Revision 2).
3.3. Coverage - sector
SUIOTs cover the total economy, that is, all goods and services that are:
produced by industries (non-financial and financial corporations);
used as intermediates for production by non-financial and financial corporations, for final purposes by general government, households, and non-profit institutions serving households, for gross capital formation;
traded with the rest of the world through exports, imports, direct purchases abroad by residents and purchases on the domestic territory by non-residents.
Institutional units are economic entities characterised by decision-making autonomy to exercise its principal function. A resident unit is regarded as an institutional unit in the economic territory where it has its centre of predominant economic interest if it has decision-making autonomy and either keeps a complete set of accounts or is able to compile a complete set of accounts. Institutional units are used to capture income, expenditure, output and financial flows.
Local kind of activity units (local KAUs) comprise all parts of an institutional unit in its capacity as producer which are located in one single site or in closely related sites, and which contributes to an activity at the four-digit class level of NACE Rev. 2. Local KAUs are used to capture production processes.
An institutional unit can be composed of one or more local KAUs. However, a local KAU belongs to one and only one institutional unit.
3.6. Statistical population
The statistical population encompasses all resident statistical units (institutional units or local KAUs) that contribute to the production, supply and use of goods and services each year within a country’s economy. A statistical unit is considered a resident of a country if it has its centre of predominant economic interest in the economic territory of that country, meaning it engages in economic activities in that territory for an extended period (one year or more).
National accounts aim to be comprehensive, covering all resident statistical units. This means that all resident statistical units are covered.
3.7. Reference area
The reference area corresponds to the economic territory of the country transmitting the SUIOTs, which includes the 27 EU countries, EFTA countries, and EU enlargement countries. For the consolidated tables, the reference area is defined as the territory of the European Union and the euro area, respectively. This area covers all production, consumption and trade activities occurring each year within its boundaries.
3.8. Coverage - Time
SUIOTs provide annual data on economic activities in a given calendar year. Tables in current prices tend to be available from 2010 to year N-3 (with N being the current year). The tables in previous year’s prices tend to be available from 2015 to year N-3. However, several countries provide longer timeseries, reaching back to the 1990ies. Five-yearly tables are published for years ending with ‘0’ and ‘5’. Several countries make voluntary transmissions, which may include tables covering more recent years, annual 5-yearly tables, or extended time series for tables in previous year’s prices.
3.9. Base period
The concept of 'base period' is not applied to supply, use and input-output tables.
Data are presented in million euro and million of national currency for both current and previous year's prices. Data in national currency represent fixed euro series for the euro area countries.
The reference period is the calendar year.
6.1. Institutional Mandate - legal acts and other agreements
Four regulations have direct relevance for the compilation and transmission of SUIOTs. Regulation (EU) No 549/2013 as amended by Regulation (EU) No 2023/734 defines the structure and concepts of the European System of Accounts – ESA 2010 and the transmission programme for the related data and metadata.
Implementing Regulation (EU) No 724/2014 defines the interchange standard for the transmission of national accounts data, including supply, use and input-output tables.
Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2016/2304 describes the modalities of quality reporting, including provisions for the assessment of timeliness, completeness, and consistency of the transmitted data.
Two auxiliary regulations establish the statistical classification of products and activities that are used by supply, use, and input-output tables. Regulation (EU) No 1209/2014 establishes the statistical classification of products by activity (CPA 2.1). Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006 as amended by Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/137 establishes the statistical classification of economic activities (NACE Rev. 2.1).
6.2. Institutional Mandate - data sharing
There is no institutional mandate for SUIOT data sharing.
7.1. Confidentiality - policy
Eurostat preserves confidentiality of data and metadata in line with Regulation (EC) No 223/2009, that establishes the legal framework for the development, production and dissemination of European statistics.
7.2. Confidentiality - data treatment
Confidential data are included in all steps of the validation process, but they are automatically replaced by flag ‘c’ in the files uploaded to Eurostat’s online database. Likewise, the compilation of aggregated tables for the European Union and the euro area includes confidential data. However, it is ensured that these data cannot be retrieved directly or indirectly from the consolidated tables.
8.1. Release calendar
Eurostat’s release calendar does not include a specific release date for SUIOTs as tables are published throughout the year, whenever countries transmit new data to Eurostat. However, the release calendar mentions the two Statistics Explained articles featuring data from the supply and use tables for individual countries and for the European Union and the euro area (see section 10.2).
8.2. Release calendar access
Eurostat’s release calendar is available on the Eurostat website under the tab ‘News’.
The supply, use and input-output tables for individual countries are published throughout the year, whenever a country submits new or updated data. The consolidated tables for the European Union and the euro area are published in autumn each year after the release of the EU inter-country SUIOTs (so-called FIGARO tables).
10.1. Dissemination format - News release
Eurostat does not issue a news release for the publication of national supply, use and input-output tables as these are published continuously throughout the year.
Supply, use and input-output tables are available for individual countries as well as for the European Union and the euro area in Eurostat’s online database. The published data include all transmissions that have passed validation and are not flagged as confidential/not for publication, even if these include incomplete tables or provisional data.
10.4. Dissemination format - microdata access
Microdata are not available.
10.5. Dissemination format - other
Further information on supply, use and input-output tables is available on the Eurostat website.
Eurostat and national data compilers ensure the quality of supply, use and input-output tables through a robust quality assurance procedure. During data production, the European System of Accounts - ESA 2010 concepts and definitions are strictly applied. For data validation, Eurostat applies a standardised two-step procedure (see section 18.4) to verify internal and cross-table consistency, completeness, and plausibility of the transmitted data.
Quality is further monitored through annual quality reports under to Regulation (EU) No 2016/2304, which assess timeliness, completeness, and consistency with national accounts main aggregates.
Regulation (EU) 2023/734 strengthens the SUIOT quality assurance. Since 1 September 2024 countries must include in each data transmission data-specific metadata, detailing methodological inconsistencies and updates, unusual zero values, negatives and outliers, as well as flags in the transmitted tables.
11.2. Quality management - assessment
Eurostat evaluates the quality of transmitted supply, use and input-output tables through a standardised validation process (see section 18.4). This ensures internal and cross-table consistency, completeness, and data plausibility. Any inconsistencies within and across tables of the same transmission prevent publication of tables until they are corrected and re-transmitted by the respective country. Issues related to data gaps and plausibility are communicated with each country. If confirmed, the tables are published. The quality assessment covers both mandatory and voluntary transmissions.
As part of the annual quality reporting, Eurostat reviews the completeness, timeliness, and the alignment of tables with national accounts main aggregates, in line with Regulation (EU) No 2016/2304. Prefilled quality reports are sent to countries by 15 February of each year.
12.1. Relevance - User Needs
Supply, use and input-output tables are indispensable tools for researchers, policymakers and statisticians who seek to understand the economic structure of individual countries, the EU, and the euro area. User needs concern a range of applications, among others:
GDP compilation: Allowing to calculate GDP through production, income and expenditure approaches, thereby ensuring data consistency within the national accounts and between national accounts and trade statistics.
Extended SUIOTs: Providing the basis for extended supply, use and input-output tables and the development of thematic accounts to address specific economic activities or domains such as tourism, the digital economy, or the space economy.
Inter-country SUIOTs: Providing the building blocks for regional and global inter-country supply, use and input-output tables such as FIGARO (Eurostat) or ICIO (OECD).
Value chain indicators: Supporting the development of value chain indicators to capture economic linkages across sectors.
Economic analyses: Providing the basis for economic modelling and assessment of the impacts of policy intervention, technological innovation, environment factors, or any other disruptive events on the economy of individual countries, the EU, and the euro area.
12.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction
Eurostat obtains regular user feedback through:
bi-annual meetings of the Integrated Global Accounts Expert Group;
bi-annual meetings of the National Accounts Working Group;
collaboration with international organisations under the GIANT initiative, which aims to harmonise international data sources and methodologies for globally-consistent inter-country supply, use and input-output tables;
Users of supply, use and input-output tables are invited to provide feedback to Eurostat via the following mailbox: ESTAT-SUIOT@ec.europa.eu.
12.3. Completeness
Most EU countries have transmitted a complete set of mandatory SUIOTs according to the ESA 2010 transmission programme. However, there is a limited number of countries for which tables for certain years are missing or for which the transmitted tables still contain data gaps. Eurostat is working together with these countries to resolve persisting issues.
The situation for EFTA countries and enlargement countries is more diverse. While several countries provide rather complete series of SUIOTs, other just began transmitting tables for a few selected years or have not yet transmitted tables at all.
13.1. Accuracy - overall
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13.2. Sampling error
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13.3. Non-sampling error
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14.1. Timeliness
The ESA 2010 transmission programme requires countries to transmit SUIOTs to Eurostat within 36 months after the end of the reference year.
14.2. Punctuality
Most countries transmit their data on time. Therefore, Eurostat tends to validate and publish the bulk of SUIOTs before the annual legal deadline of 31 December. However, a few exceptions occur each year. A limited number of countries transmit their data late or fail to transmit certain tables altogether. Eurostat monitors annually the legal compliance of countries. Additionally, countries are informed about the punctuality of their transmissions during the annual quality reporting.
15.1. Comparability - geographical
Geographical comparability of supply, use and input-output tables is insured by the application of common definitions and concepts according to the European System of Accounts - ESA 2010.
15.2. Comparability - over time
Comparability of supply, use and input-output tables over time is generally limited as countries are not obliged to revise their tables after benchmark revisions or updates of main aggregates. However, several countries revise their time series, specifically after benchmark revisions. The Eurostat Practical Guidelines for Revising ESA 2010 Data – 19 edition recommend updating SUIOTs for as many years as possible after such revisions. At minimum, SUIOTs for the most recent years, N-4 and N-3 (with N being the current year), should be aligned with the revised main aggregates.
15.3. Coherence - cross domain
Countries are not required to ensure coherence between SUIOTs and national accounts main aggregates. Therefore, they are also not required to revise their SUIOTs after each update of the main aggregates.
Eurostat verifies coherence between SUIOTs and national accounts main aggregates for the two most recent years, N-4 and N-3, during the annual quality reporting. Cross-domain coherence is generally good for the most recent year N-3; larger differences may occur for year N-4.
15.4. Coherence - internal
Eurostat ensures that supply, use, and input-tables are internally coherent through the standardised data validation process.
Cost and burden to compile supply, use and input-output tables differ across countries and are not systematically assessed by Eurostat. Each country compiles its SUIOTs using the statistical data available to them. Eurostat produces the consolidated SUIOTs for the European Union and the euro area using the EU inter-country SUIOTs (FIGARO tables), which does not create additional burden for countries.
For SUIOTs, there is no agreed scheme for data revisions. Countries may transmit preliminary supply and use tables to Eurostat which are later revised and complemented with input-output tables. Countries may re-transmit data at any time, to align them with updated national accounts main aggregates, or in case errors are detected.
Following the Eurostat Practical Guidelines for Revising ESA 2010 Data – 2019 edition, SUIOTs can be revised for individual years, several years, or the entire time series. After national accounts benchmark revisions, it is recommended to update SUIOTs for as many years as possible. However, tables should be consistent with main aggregates for at least the most recent years, e.g., N-4 and N-3.
The consolidated tables for the European Union and the euro area are updated annually. The entire data series or individual years may be revised following the revisions of the underlying EU inter-country supply, use and input-output (FIGARO) tables (naio_10_f).
17.2. Data revision - practice
All reported errors (once validated) result in corrections of the disseminated data. Errors are corrected as soon as the re-transmitted and updated data have been validated by Eurostat. Already disseminated data are updated whenever new supply, use and input-output tables are provided by countries, and after these were validated by Eurostat. Data may be published even if they are incomplete, flagged as provisional, or of low reliability. They are replaced with final data once transmitted and validated.
Aggregates for the EU-27 and the Euro Area are calculated and revised based on the EU inter-country SUIOTs (so-called FIGARO)naio_10_f) and are updated once per year after the publication of FIGARO. So far, data revisions haven been covering the entire time series from 2010 up to year T-2 (with T being the current year).
Routine revisions are documented during the data validation and communicated afterward with the data providers. Data revisions and break in timeseries are also documented in data-specific metadata that accompany data transmissions since 1 September 2024. The impact of major revisions is not systematically analysed. Time series breaks caused by major revisions are not flagged. Major revisions, such as national accounts benchmark revisions, are pre-announced and discussed with countries. In addition, scope and impact of major revisions are communicated during the data validation and will be documented from 2024 onwards in specific metadata, that countries will transmit together with the data.
18.1. Source data
The compilation of SUIOTs requires a variety of source data from different statistical domains, including administrative data from government statistics, censuses, trade statistics, and various surveys of businesses and households. There is not a single harmonised survey used by all countries. Instead, data sources vary from country to country and can include information that may not in all cases be strictly related to national accounts.
For further information about data sources and collection methods, please refer to:
Structural metadata for the SUIOTs of each country, available from 1 September 2025;
Webpages and publications of the respective National Statistical Institutes and Central Banks compiling the SUIOTs.
18.2. Frequency of data collection
Eurostat collects and publishes supply, use and input-output tables annually. However, countries may transmit updated data at any time. These will be validated and published once they become available.
Eurostat ensures the quality of national supply, use and input-output tables through a standardised two-step validation process.
Internal consistency checks: The first step involves 52 checks to verify that tables are internally consistent. If errors are identified, countries are asked to correct and retransmit their tables.
Plausibility checks: Once the data pass these checks, some 130 additional checks are applied to assess the plausibility of the data. The findings are shared with countries in a validation report. Countries may either confirm the data or correct and re-transmit them.
In addition, Eurostat verifies the completeness of tables, and examines the plausibility of primary and secondary production in the supply tables.
The data validation is complemented by an annual quality reporting. According to Regulation (EU) No 2016/2304, Eurostat verifies punctuality, completeness and cross-domain consistency of tables. The countries receive a pre-filled quality report by 15 February of each year. Eurostat ensures the consolidated SUIOTs for the European Union and the euro area are consistent with the national accounts main aggregates.
18.5. Data compilation
Every country compiles its own SUIOTs and delivers them to Eurostat. The consolidated SUIOTs for the European Union and euro area are compiled by Eurostat, based on the EU IC-SUIOTs (so-called FIGARO tables).
Supply, use and input-output tables (SUIOTs) are matrices that provide a detailed picture of how goods and services are supplied and used in an economy. By balancing data from various sources in a consistent framework, they allow compiling a single coherent estimate of gross domestic product (GDP) based on production, expenditure, and income.
SUIOTs comprise four main types of tables:
Supply table: This table depicts how products (in rows) enter the economy, either through domestic production by industries or imports (in columns). The supply table also includes data on trade and transport margins as well as taxes less subsidies (in columns) to convert total supply from basic prices to purchasers' prices.
Use table: This table depicts how products (in rows) are used by the economy, either for intermediate consumption by industries, or for final uses (both in columns). Final uses are disaggregated into 1) final consumption expenditure by households, general government, and non-profit institutions serving households, 2) gross capital formation and 3) exports. The use table contains additional rows to show, for each industry, how gross value added is generated, distinguishing compensation of employees, other taxes less subsidies on production, consumption of fixed capital, and net operating surplus and mixed income. The use table can refer to all transactions, domestic transactions or imported products.
Input-output table: This table captures the supply and use of products in a single matrix, depicting either products or industries in both rows and columns. Similar to use tables, input-output tables can refer to all transactions, domestic transactions or imported products.
Margin tables: These tables present separately 1) trade and transport margins and 2) taxes less subsidies, by products (in rows) and industries (in columns).
The supply-use system is built upon two fundamental equations:
total supply = production + imports = intermediate consumption + final consumption + gross capital formation + exports = total use (this equation is satisfied for any given product category)
value added = production – intermediate consumption = compensation of employees + gross operating surplus and mixed income + other taxes less subsidies on production (this equation is satisfied for any given economic activity).
SUIOTs distinguish 64 product and industry categories. Products are classified according to the statistical classification of products by activity (CPA 2.1). Industries are classified according to the statistical classification of economic activities (NACE Revision 2).
The data are presented in million euro and million national currency.
Eurostat collects and publishes SUIOTs for the 27 European Union (EU) countries, the countries of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), and the EU enlargement countries. The tables are compiled in line with the European System of Accounts - ESA 2010 and the related transmission programme. Countries should deliver their SUIOTs 36 months after the end of the reference year according to the ESA 2010 transmission programme. This means that, for example, data for the year 2022 must be transmitted by 31 December 2025.
SUIOTs comprise annual and 5-yearly data transmissions. The annual mandatory data transmission includes the supply table at basic prices, including transformation into purchasers' prices (T1500) and the use table in purchasers' prices (T1600), both in current and previous year’s prices. The 5-yearly mandatory data transmissions concerns years ending with ‘0’ or ‘5’ and includes the following tables:
use table at basic prices (T1610)
use table for domestic output at basic prices (T1611)
use table for imports at basic prices (T1612)
table of trade and transport margins (T1620)
table of taxes less subsidies on products (T1630)
symmetric input-output table at basic prices (T1700/50)
symmetric input-output table for domestic output at basic prices (T1800/50)
symmetric input-output table for imports at basic prices (T1900/50).
The 5-yearly tables are to be transmitted in current prices. Countries are free to compile their input-output tables in product-by-product or industry-by-industry format. Eurostat encourages voluntary data transmissions. Several countries provide, e.g., 5-yearly tables on an annual basis or in both current and previous year’s prices.
Eurostat publishes annual and 5-yearly tables in current prices from reference year 2010 onward and the annual tables in previous year’s prices from reference year 2015 onward.
Next to publishing SUIOTs for individual countries, Eurostat compiles annually consolidated tables at current prices for the European Union (EU, that is, the 27 member countries as a whole) and the euro area (EA). The consolidated SUIOTs are based on the EU inter-country supply, use and input-output tables (EU inter-country SUIOTs; so-called FIGARO tables). Intra-EU and intra-EA trade are considered as domestic transactions. Imports and exports correspond to the respective trade in goods and services with countries outside of the European Union and the euro area, respectively.
The regional breakdown of imports and exports in the SUIOTs for the EU and the EA is based on the country composition of both regions in the most recent reference year, and this composition is applied to the entire time series. This approach ensures consistency over time. However, it deviates from the approach used for the SUIOTs of individual countries, where an evolving country composition reflects the member countries of the EU and the EA in each respective year.
Institutional units are economic entities characterised by decision-making autonomy to exercise its principal function. A resident unit is regarded as an institutional unit in the economic territory where it has its centre of predominant economic interest if it has decision-making autonomy and either keeps a complete set of accounts or is able to compile a complete set of accounts. Institutional units are used to capture income, expenditure, output and financial flows.
Local kind of activity units (local KAUs) comprise all parts of an institutional unit in its capacity as producer which are located in one single site or in closely related sites, and which contributes to an activity at the four-digit class level of NACE Rev. 2. Local KAUs are used to capture production processes.
An institutional unit can be composed of one or more local KAUs. However, a local KAU belongs to one and only one institutional unit.
The statistical population encompasses all resident statistical units (institutional units or local KAUs) that contribute to the production, supply and use of goods and services each year within a country’s economy. A statistical unit is considered a resident of a country if it has its centre of predominant economic interest in the economic territory of that country, meaning it engages in economic activities in that territory for an extended period (one year or more).
National accounts aim to be comprehensive, covering all resident statistical units. This means that all resident statistical units are covered.
The reference area corresponds to the economic territory of the country transmitting the SUIOTs, which includes the 27 EU countries, EFTA countries, and EU enlargement countries. For the consolidated tables, the reference area is defined as the territory of the European Union and the euro area, respectively. This area covers all production, consumption and trade activities occurring each year within its boundaries.
The reference period is the calendar year.
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Data are presented in million euro and million of national currency for both current and previous year's prices. Data in national currency represent fixed euro series for the euro area countries.
Every country compiles its own SUIOTs and delivers them to Eurostat. The consolidated SUIOTs for the European Union and euro area are compiled by Eurostat, based on the EU IC-SUIOTs (so-called FIGARO tables).
The compilation of SUIOTs requires a variety of source data from different statistical domains, including administrative data from government statistics, censuses, trade statistics, and various surveys of businesses and households. There is not a single harmonised survey used by all countries. Instead, data sources vary from country to country and can include information that may not in all cases be strictly related to national accounts.
For further information about data sources and collection methods, please refer to:
Structural metadata for the SUIOTs of each country, available from 1 September 2025;
Webpages and publications of the respective National Statistical Institutes and Central Banks compiling the SUIOTs.
The supply, use and input-output tables for individual countries are published throughout the year, whenever a country submits new or updated data. The consolidated tables for the European Union and the euro area are published in autumn each year after the release of the EU inter-country SUIOTs (so-called FIGARO tables).
The ESA 2010 transmission programme requires countries to transmit SUIOTs to Eurostat within 36 months after the end of the reference year.
Geographical comparability of supply, use and input-output tables is insured by the application of common definitions and concepts according to the European System of Accounts - ESA 2010.
Comparability of supply, use and input-output tables over time is generally limited as countries are not obliged to revise their tables after benchmark revisions or updates of main aggregates. However, several countries revise their time series, specifically after benchmark revisions. The Eurostat Practical Guidelines for Revising ESA 2010 Data – 19 edition recommend updating SUIOTs for as many years as possible after such revisions. At minimum, SUIOTs for the most recent years, N-4 and N-3 (with N being the current year), should be aligned with the revised main aggregates.
