European Union API: Get Eurostat statistic for a country
Looks up an official Eurostat statistic for an EU or EEA country and the EU27 figure for the same period. Quarterly and half-yearly series return the reporting period that contains a requested month.
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Inputs
Values from the run on Oct 23, 2026, shown under Output.
- Topic, required
topic Statistic to look up, for example inflation or household electricity price.
household electricity price
- Period optional
period Year or month to look up; for example 2025 or 2025-06. Defaults to latest available.
2025-06
Default
latest.- Country, required
country EU or EEA country name, for example Spain.
Spain
Input as JSON
{ "topic": "household electricity price", "period": "2025-06", "country": "Spain"}Output
{ "unit": "EUR per kWh, including taxes, household band 2,500–4,999 kWh", "topic": "household electricity price", "value": 0.2612, "period": "2025-S1", "country": "Spain", "eu_average": 0.2879, "dataset_code": "nrg_pc_204", "dataset_name": "Electricity prices for household consumers - bi-annual data", "data_page_link": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/nrg_pc_204/default/table?lang=en" }Code
curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"method":"ec.europa.eu/get_statistic","input":{"topic":"household electricity price","period":"2025-06","country":"Spain"}}' # Save as fous.py, then run: python3 fous.pyimport json, os, timefrom urllib.error import HTTPErrorfrom urllib.request import Request, urlopenAPI = "https://api.fous.com/v1/runs" KEY = os.environ["FOUS_API_KEY"]HEADERS = { "Authorization": f"Bearer {KEY}", "Content-Type": "application/json" ,}def call(url, body=None): data = json.dumps(body).encode() if body else None request = Request(url, data, HEADERS) try: with urlopen(request, timeout=120) as r: return r.status, json.load(r) except HTTPError as error: message = json.load(error)["error"]["message"] raise RuntimeError(message) from errorstatus, run = call(API, { "method": "ec.europa.eu/get_statistic" , "input": { "topic": "household electricity price", "period": "2025-06", "country": "Spain" }})# 202: still going after 30 s. Ask again until it ends.while status == 202: time.sleep(2) status, run = call(f"{API}/{run['id']}")print(json.dumps(run["data"], indent=2))// Save as fous.mjs, then run: node fous.mjsconst api = "https://api.fous.com/v1/runs" ;const headers = { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.FOUS_API_KEY}`, "Content-Type": "application/json" ,};let response = await fetch(api, { method: "POST", headers, body: JSON.stringify({ "method": "ec.europa.eu/get_statistic" , "input": { "topic": "household electricity price", "period": "2025-06", "country": "Spain" } }), signal: AbortSignal.timeout(120_000),});let run = await response.json();// 202: still going after 30 s. Ask again until it ends.while (response.status === 202) { await new Promise((done) => setTimeout(done, 2_000)); response = await fetch(`${api}/${run.id}`, { headers }); run = await response.json();}if (!response.ok) throw new Error(run.error.message);console.log(run.data);# Connect your agent to Fous once, over MCP (Streamable HTTP):# https://api.fous.com/mcp# Set FOUS_API_KEY first: create a key at https://app.fous.com/keys.# Claude Codeclaude mcp add \ --scope user \ --transport http fous https://api.fous.com/mcp \ --header "Authorization: Bearer ${FOUS_API_KEY:?Set FOUS_API_KEY to your Fous API key}"# Codexcodex mcp add fous \ --url https://api.fous.com/mcp \ --bearer-token-env-var FOUS_API_KEY# Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, Cline and morenpx -y add-mcp https://api.fous.com/mcp -g -n fous \ --header "Authorization: Bearer ${FOUS_API_KEY:?Set FOUS_API_KEY to your Fous API key}"# Then ask your agent:# "Use Fous to run ec.europa.eu/get_statistic# with {"topic":"household electricity price","period":"2025-06","country":"Spain"}"Over HTTP, the answer’s data holds the output. A run still going after 30 seconds answers 202 with its id: ask GET /v1/runs/{id} until it ends.
Schema
Input schema
{ "type": "object", "required": [ "country", "topic" ], "properties": { "topic": { "type": "string", "description": "Statistic to look up, for example inflation or household electricity price." }, "period": { "type": "string", "default": "latest", "description": "Year or month to look up; for example 2025 or 2025-06. Defaults to latest available." }, "country": { "type": "string", "description": "EU or EEA country name, for example Spain." } }, "additionalProperties": false}Output schema
{ "type": "object", "required": [ "country", "topic", "value", "unit", "period", "eu_average", "dataset_name", "data_page_link", "dataset_code" ], "properties": { "unit": { "type": "string", "description": "Plain-language units of measurement." }, "topic": { "type": "string", "description": "Statistic name." }, "value": { "type": "number", "description": "Country figure." }, "period": { "type": "string", "description": "Reporting year, month, quarter or half-year." }, "country": { "type": "string", "description": "Country name." }, "eu_average": { "type": [ "number", "null" ], "description": "EU figure for the same period, if Eurostat reports it." }, "dataset_code": { "type": "string", "description": "Eurostat dataset code.", "x-fous-developer": true }, "dataset_name": { "type": "string", "description": "Name of the official dataset." }, "data_page_link": { "type": "string", "description": "Eurostat page for this dataset." } }, "additionalProperties": false}- Price
- 1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free.
- Method
ec.europa.eu/get_statistic- Returns
- country value, unit, period, EU average, dataset name, data page link, dataset code
Use it from your agent
Give your agent this line. It reads SKILL.md, gets a Fous API key and connects the Fous MCP server. Its run then takes the method ec.europa.eu/get_statistic with the inputs above.
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