Eurostat: Refugee returns to third countries increased by 13% in 3rd quarter 2024
In the third quarter of this year, 112,335 non-EU citizens were ordered to leave an EU country, and 27 740 persons…
Hybrid & electric cars made up 48% of new registrations in 2023 – Eurostat
In 2023, 10.7 million new passenger cars were registered in the EU. Among them, the pure petrol cars had the…
Eurostat: EU foreign direct investment stocks outside the EU decreased to €9,160bn in 2023
Net foreign direct investment (FDI) stocks held in non-EU countries by investors resident in the EU amounted to €9,160 billion in 2023, reflecting a 4.1% decrease…
EU production of bicycles down to 9.7 million in 2023
In 2023, 9.7 million bicycles were produced in the EU, a 24% decrease in bicycle production compared with 2022 (12.7…
Sharp fall of first-time asylum applications in August 2024 – Eurostat
In August 2024, 69,270 first-time asylum applicants (non-EU citizens) applied for international protection in EU countries, a fall of almost…
EU economy greenhouse gas emissions decreased by 2.6 percent in Q2 of 2024
In the second quarter of 2024, the EU economy greenhouse gas emissions were estimated at 790 million tonnes of CO2-equivalents…
Eurostat: EU and euro area tax-to-GDP ratio down in 2023
The overall tax-to-GDP ratio, as the sum of taxes and net social contributions as a percentage of gross domestic product…
Eurostat: Tax hikes hinder gas price drop, raise electricity costs
Despite reductions in the cost of energy, supply and network services (-2% compared to second half of 2023), total prices…
Eurostat: 94.6 million people in Europe at risk of poverty or social exclusion in 2023
In 2023, 21.4% of the EU population - or some 94.6 million people - were at risk of poverty or…
Eurostat: Volatility in transport fuel and lubricant prices
Since 2020, fuel and lubricant prices for personal transport in the EU have shown significant volatility: According to Eurostat, annual…
Eurostat: EU enlargement webinar on 17 October 2024
Did you know that this year marks the 20th anniversary of the 2004 EU enlargement...
Eurostat: EU high-tech trade exports up in 2023
In 2023, the EU imported €478 billion worth of high-tech products, a slight decrease compared with 2022 (-1%). At the…
Eurostat: House prices and rents went up in 2nd quarter 2024
In the second quarter of 2024, house prices in the EU increased by 1.9% and rents by 0.7% compared with…
Eurostat reports drop in imports of energy products to the EU
In the second quarter of 2024, the EU imported €94.9 billion worth of energy products, amounting to a total of…
Use of renewables growing in Europe’s services sector – Eurostat
In 2022, renewables overtook both heat and oil and petroleum products in final consumption by the services sector in the…
IEA: Designing an Energy Statistics Roadmap
By providing insights into how energy is produced, transformed and used, energy statistics and balances constitute the basic description of…
EU trade in goods: four consecutive quarters with surplus – Eurostat
The EU balance for trade in goods was €40.4 billion in the second quarter of 2024, down from €55.3 billion…
Eurostat: Solar overtook hard coal as electricity source in 2022
In 2022, hard coal for the first time was overtaken by solar energy in electricity generation in the EU. The…
Eurostat on Q2 2024 bankruptcies and new registrations
In the second quarter of 2024, the number of bankruptcy declarations of EU businesses increased by 3.1% compared with the…
EU governments increased R&D allocations by five percent in 2023
In 2023, the total government budget allocations for R&D (GBARD) across the EU stood at €123,684 million, equivalent to 0.73%…
EU imports of energy products continue to drop
In the first quarter of 2024, the EU imported €95.5 billion worth of energy products, amounting to a total of…
Eurostat: Government gross debt of euro area largely in euro
Across the EU, there are significant differences in the structure of general government gross debt as concerns the initial and…
2023 environmental protection investment reaches €67 billion
Eurostat estimates that in 2023, EU countries invested about €67 billion into assets essential to provide environmental protection services. These…
Eurostat reports a decrease in import and export of bicycles in 2023
In 2023, the EU exported €1.03 billion worth of bicycles (both electric and non-electric), marking a 10% decrease compared with…
EU Business: decline in bankruptcies, rise in registrations – Eurostat
In the first quarter of 2024, the number of bankruptcy declarations of EU businesses decreased by 0.8% compared with the fourth…
European elections: Eurostat launches data and fact-checking service
For a limited time period, Eurostat now offers a data and fact-checking service for the European elections. Media and fact-checkers…
Eurostat: Cancer is main cause of death for people under 65 years
In 2021, cancer was the leading cause of death for both men and women aged less than 65 years in…
Eurostat: Immigration law enforcement in the EU 2023
In 2023, 118935 non-EU citizens were refused entry into the EU territory at one of its external borders, a 16%…
Eurostat on electricity and gas: EU prices decrease after 2022 surge
Electricity and gas bills decreased in the second half of 2023, after the increase which started before the Russian war…
Oil import dependency at its highest in 2022 – Eurostat
The import dependency recorded in 2022 resulted from a combination of changes in net imports (+9.5%), with imports rising by…
Online booking platforms sell 678.6 million nights in 2023
During 2023, guests spent more nights in short-term rental accommodation in the EU booked via Airbnb, Booking, Expedia Group or…
First-time asylum applications increased by 20% in 2023 – Eurostat
In 2023, 1,048,900 first-time asylum applicants (non-EU citizens) applied for international protection in EU countries, up by 20% compared with…
Share of health and social work at 7.4% of all EU businesses in 2021
In 2021, the number of businesses in the EU’s health and social work sector amounted to 2.3 million, representing 7.4%…
Q4 2023: Returns of irregular migrants from the EU up by 6%
In the fourth quarter of 2023, 105,585 non-EU citizens were ordered to leave an EU country, and a total of…
77,755 asylum applications in December 2023
In December 2023, 77 755 first-time asylum applicants (non-EU citizens) applied for international protection in EU countries, a 3% decrease compared…
EU The European Commission appoints Jean-Pierre Poncelet as new Director in Eurostat
Jean-Pierre Poncelet, a Belgian national, is endowed with a thorough understanding of the intricacies involved in the development, production, and…
Eurostat report shows EU’s progress on Sustainable Development Goals
Brussels, 24 May 2023 Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, published today the...
Short-term rental sector: EU Commission promotes transparency for all players
Brussels, 7 November 2022 Today, the Commission adopted a proposal for a Regulation to enhance...
Eurostat report on implementing the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Brussels, 23 May 2022 Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, published today the...
Eurostat: Coal production and consumption decreased by a third in 2 years
The decreasing trend observed in coal statistics in the EU continued in 2020. It affected...
Eurostat releases key figures on European business
26/03/2021 Did you know that small enterprises with up to 50 persons employed account for...