What is the European Statistics Competition (ESC)?

The ESC is a competition organized by Eurostat and volunteering National Statistical Institutes addressed to secondary education students with the purpose of encouraging students to get familiar with statistics and official statistical sources.

The competition is structured in two stages: national and European. The winners or finalists of the national stage of each country are eligible to take part in the European stage. It is necessary to take part in the national stage to be eligible to participate in the European stage.

The language of the national stage is the national language while the European stage is in English.

Detailed information about the national stages can be found in the national sites.

Detailed information about the European stage is available in the rules

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Previous editions

Participant countries

Belgium

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

Italy

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malta

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Registration

The competition is open to secondary school students of participating countries. In order to participate in the ESC, you’ll have to register in the national stage of your country.

National stage

Registration will start in many cases by September and October 2026. Please visit your national site to get all the details.

European stage

The European stage of the European Statistics Competiton (ESC) is open to those teams having finished among the winners or finalists in their national stages of the ESC and have been proposed to participate in the European stage by their countries.

Please refer to the rules of the European stage to obtain detailed information.

Calendar

From September 2026
to April 2027

National stage

More detailed calendar in each country site

Established by each country
Last deadline: 5th May

European stage

Registration + Assignment

Early June 2027

Announcement of the 24 best videos

Week of 21st June 2027

Award ceremony - announcement of winners

Assignments

Participants will have to pass some assignments related to statistics in order to win the ESC (more information in the rules)

National stage

Assignments in the national stage might vary from country to country, so please visit your national site to get complete information about the national assignments.

European stage

The assignment consists of preparing a video, plus a making of document, where teams will reflect on a proposed question related to statistics.

Videos will be assessed by the jury, who will proclaim a winner.

Topic European stage

Awards

There will be one winner per category. Each member (including the tutor) of each winner team will receive:

A gift card (400 €).
Promotional material from Eurostat.
A diploma.
A trophy.

There will also be trophies for the second and third team in each category.

European Statistics Competition 2026-2027

This contest is funded by a grant in the field of dissemination and communication under the European Statistics part of the Single Market Programme (ESS)

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