Classifications and documentation

Classifications, concepts and the documentation of statistics together describe the conditions with which statistics can be interpreted. Additionally, we provide information on these pages about changes made to statistics and development of statistics.

Publication principles for statistics

At what time are statistics published? Why do we not give advance information about the statistics to be published? The publication principles describe how and when we publish new statistical data.Read more about the publication principles

How to select an industry category

Do you need an industry category for your enterprise? Or do you have questions about the transition to the new Standard Industrial Classification? Our industry guidance helps you to select a category and provides information about the changeover to the new Standard Industrial Classification.

Industry guidance

Other guidance and information service

Our information services helps you in finding statistics and using classifications. However, in questions concerning industries, it is best to contact our industry guidance directly.

Guidance and information service

Regional divisions on map

Our geographic data allow you to view the boundaries of most regional classifications on the map.

Municipality-based statistical units

Geographic data

Most detailed area level: Municipality

Old classifications in the publication archive

Old classifications and classification handbooks have been compiled into the Otos publication archive where they can be used as PDF files.

Go to the Otos publication archive