What is the Statistics Competition?
Why a Statistics Competition?
The data literacy of young people and adults is an important point of interest for statistical offices worldwide. Eurostat, as the European statistical office, also wants to contribute to this. That is why Eurostat launched the first European Statistics Competition in 2017-2018.
What is the European Statistics Competition?
The European Statistics Competition is an initiative of Eurostat, the European statistical office. It will be organised in the school year 2025-2026 in more than 20 EU countries. Belgium will participate again.
The entire competition takes place online and consists of two rounds. A national round and a European round.
The national round
The national round consists of two tests.
- An online test that assesses knowledge, critical thinking and analytical skills.
New! There are two options for the online test:- Option π: ≥ 5 hours maths
- Option σ: < 5 hours maths
- A video assignment in which students demonstrate their creative communication skills, their ability to interpret statistics and their research skills.
You can participate in the first test in Dutch, French or German. Knowledge of English is also important for the second assignment.
European round
The winning teams will automatically compete with their video in the “European Statistics Competition”.
A more detailed calendar is available in the section: What can you expect as a team.
Who can participate?
The European Statistics Competition is for all students in the third grade of secondary education.
Students participate in teams of 1 to 3 students, accompanied by a teacher. It does not matter in which subject you participate: whether it is mathematics, geography, or economics, or a much broader subject, everything is possible. The accompanying teacher takes care of the registration and later the follow-up of all assignments.
We give all assignments in Dutch, French or German but for certain assignments knowledge of English is also important.
