What is the European Statistics Competition (ESC)?

Winning and finalist teams and videos!!

Winning team Category A: VERDE (Portugal)
Winning team Category B: TEGLZAROŽE (Slovenia)

Finalist teams Category A:

Finalist teams Category B:

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 phases: national and European. The winners or finalists of the national phase of each country are eligible to take part in the European phase. It is necessary to take part in the national phase to be eligible to participate in the European phase.

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

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

Detailed information about the European phase is available in the rules

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Previous edition of the ESC: ESC 2019-2020

Participant countries

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 phase of your country.

National phase

Registration will start in many cases by the end of September / beginning of October 2020. Please visit your national site to get all the details.

European phase

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

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

Calendar

From October 2020
to March 2021

National phase

More detailed calendar in each country site

Established by each country
Last deadline: 9th May 2021

European phase

Registration + Assignment

31st May 2021

Publication 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 phase

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

European phase

The assignment consists of preparing a 2:00 minutes 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 (31st May 2021).

Topic European phase.

Upload your assignment.

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.

Prizes will be handed over at a virtual award ceremony that will take place on the 16th of June 2021, 17:00 CET

What is the European Statistics Competition (ESC)?

Participant countries

Registration

Calendar

Assignments

Awards

European Statistics Competition 2020-2021