ESRI DATA Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics

The NUTS classification is a hierarchical system for dividing up the economic territory of the EU for the purpose of:

• The collection, development and harmonisation of EU regional statistics.
• Socio-economic analyses of the regions.
  • NUTS 1: major socio-economic regions
  • NUTS 2: basic regions for the application of regional policies
  • NUTS 3: as small regions for specific diagnoses * Framing of EU regional policies.
• Regions eligible for aid from the Structural Funds (Objective 1) have been classified at the NUTS 2 level.
• Areas eligible under the other priority objectives have mainly been classified at the NUTS 3 level.
• The Cohesion report has so far mainly been prepared at the NUTS 2 level. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/portal/page/portal/nuts_nomenclature/introduction