In 2023, 1.55 million people were employed in the sports sector in the EU, representing 0.76% of total employment. Compared with 2022 (1.51 million), the number of people employed in the sports sector increased by 2.2%.
In 2023, employed non-EU citizens in the EU were almost twice as likely to be over-qualified than nationals for their job. The over-qualification rate was 39.4% for non-EU citizens (0.1 percentage points (pp) lower than in 2022) and 31.3%…
In 2023, the expected average duration of working life for 15-year-olds in the EU was 36.9 years. However, the expected average duration of working life varied broadly among EU countries.
After 2 successive increases, +8.5% in 2021 compared with 2020 and +0.4% in 2022 compared with 2021, the EU’s production of manufactured goods registered a decrease of 1.2% in 2023 compared with 2022.
The general government financial accounts cover transactions in financial assets and liabilities as well as the stock of financial assets and liabilities. In recent quarters, the liabilities of euro area governments increased because…
Did you know that young people up to 18 years of age make up 18.0% of the EU population? Or that 62.6% of children under the age of 3 are not in formal childcare or education? Did you know that there were 9.5% early leavers from education…
In April 2024, 76 695 first-time asylum applicants (non-EU citizens) applied for international protection in EU countries, a 12% increase compared with April 2023 (68 535).
In 2023, almost 20 million children in the EU were at risk of poverty or social exclusion. This figure represented 24.8% of children under the age of 18, remaining relatively stable compared with 2022, with only a slight increase of 0.1…
Did you know that the EU business economy included almost 31 million enterprises, employing around 156 million people and creating €9 400 billion of added value? Or that the EU produced 1.2 million full electric cars and 15% of all…
In 2022, 3.0% of people aged 15-64 worked through digital platforms at least 1 hour in the 12 months preceding the survey. This result comes from a pilot data collection in 16 EU countries and 1 EFTA country.
In the latest episode of the Eurostat podcast series Stats in a Wrap, we focus on new innovative tools to make official statistics, such as artificial intelligence (AI).
Today, Eurostat released the European Statistical Monitor, a dashboard with short-term indicators covering different areas, such as economy, environment, business, health and work.
In 2022, environmental tax revenue in the EU amounted to €317.2 billion (2.0% of the EU’s gross domestic product; GDP) compared with €330.2 billion recorded in 2021, indicating a 4% decrease (-€13 billion).
In 2022, EU exports to non-EU countries generated €2 526 billion of gross value added, or 17.7% of the total gross value added in the EU. The share increased by 0.2 percentage points (pp) compared with 2021 (from 17.5%) and by 3.9 pp…
In 2023, 9.5% of the EU population were unable to afford a meal containing meat, fish or a vegetarian equivalent every second day, 1.2 percentage points (pp) higher compared with 2022 (8.3%).
In 2022, the EU had 2.3 million hospital beds. Looking back to the last decade, the number of hospital beds decreased by 7% (-171 110 beds) since 2012. In relation to the EU population, on average, there were 516 hospital beds per 100 000…
After a decline in 2020 and 2021 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the EU’s population has increased for the second consecutive year, rising from 447.6 million on 1 January 2023 to 449.2 million people on 1 January 2024.
Did you know that there were almost 449 million people living in the EU in 2023? Or that in 2023 the EU exported €38 billion more in goods than it imported? Did you know that the share of renewables in EU energy consumption rose from 16%…
Eurostat has just released the statistical annex to the 2023 Annual report on migration and asylum, co-produced by Eurostat and the European Migration Network (EMN), which provides unique insights on the most significant migration and…
In 2023, the number of housing transactions decreased in 13 out of the 16 EU countries for which data are available, compared with 2022. This marks the second consecutive year that the majority of reporting countries have registered drops…
On 31 May 2024, approximately 4.3 million non-EU citizens, who fled Ukraine as a consequence of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, had temporary protection status in the EU.
In 2023, EU countries sent 186 910 outgoing requests to transfer the responsibility to examine an asylum application and effectively implemented 16 869 outgoing transfers to other EU countries. Dublin statistics provide information on the…
In 2022, the largest electricity and gas producers experienced a decrease in market share in many EU countries, highlighting the increasing competition in the energy market compared with 2021.
In the first quarter of 2024, the EU imported €95.5 billion worth of energy products, amounting to a total of 183.8 million tonnes. Compared with the same quarter of 2023, imports decreased both in value (-26.4%) and in net mass (-10.4%).