Micro data linking and Nordic databases
The foundation of the project is national register databases established in each of the Nordic statistical offices containing a number of harmonized statistical variables and enterprise populations covering a range of annual business and trade statistics. The databases cover all active enterprises in the non-financial business economy (NACE Rev.2 sections B to N, excl. K) for the period 2022 to 2024, the latter being the most recent year available across the Nordic countries, when it comes to annual business and trade statistics.
Core to micro data linking (MDL) is the unique enterprise ID, operating as key for identifying the same enterprises across statistical registers, e.g., Structural Business Statistics and International Trade in Goods Statistics, and matching the data from the different registers.
To the extent possible, the project tailored MDL databases use input data for the reference period 2022–2024 from the Structural Business Statistics, International Trade in Goods Statistics and the Statistical Business Register for each of the Nordic countries.
For the above sources, annual micro- level datasets are created. For the purpose of producing output smoothly yearly dataset are stored for each reference years and register included in the MDL database. These are stored locally at each NSI and identifiable data will not be exchanged.
Shared syntax
One of the major benefits of the applied design and coherent MDL databases at the Nordic NSI is the possibility of applying centrally scripted SAS syntax locally at each NSI. This ensures a similar approach to the tailoring of panel data for each country and a consistent output.
Definition of regions
Europe includes all EU member states, EFTA countries (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland) and the UK.
Other BRICS+ r includes the following countries: Brazil, Russia, India, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Indonesia.