Background - NUTS - Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics

The current NUTS 2021 classification is valid from 1 January 2021 and lists 92 regions at NUTS 1, 242 regions at NUTS 2 and 1166 regions at NUTS 3 level.

The NUTS classification (Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics) is a hierarchical system for dividing up the economic territory of the EU and the UK for the purpose of:

•  The collection, development and harmonisation of European regional statistics
•  Socio-economic analyses of the regions
  •  NUTS 1: major socio-economic regions
  •  NUTS 2: basic regions for the application of regional policies
  •  NUTS 3: small regions for specific diagnoses 
•  Framing of EU regional policies
  • Regions eligible for support from cohesion policy have been defined at NUTS 2 level
  • The Cohesion report has so far mainly been prepared at NUTS 2 level

This video dives into the world of geographical categorisations and classifications. Meet Oliver Müller, who will explain the principles behind NUTS, the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics, which is the basic classification for regional data in the EU. He will also introduce the concept of territorial typologies used for classifying territories at either regional or local level.