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Statistics of the EU
Latest business news about statistics, facts and figures of the European Union.
- EU countries produced 34.3 bn litres of beer in 2023 — 03 August 2024, 23:37 CET
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Germany was Europe's top producer of beer in 2023, while the Netherlands was the top exporter of beer, and the United Kingdom the top destination for EU beer exports, the EU's statistics agency reports.
- EU population back on the increase in 2024 — 13 July 2024, 00:34 CET
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After declines in 2020 and 2021 due to the impact of COVID-19, the EU’s population increased for the second consecutive year in 2023, from 447.6m on 1 January 2023 to 449.2m people on 1 January 2024.
- Natural gas demand drops by 7.4% in 2023 — 29 May 2024, 00:12 CET
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The EU's demand for natural gas fell by another 7.4 per cent in 2023, according to figures released Tuesday by the EU's statistics agency, to a total of 12.72 million terajoules.
- Q1 2024: bankruptcies in EU down, registrations up — 16 May 2024, 23:42 CET
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The number of bankruptcy declarations of EU businesses decreased in the first quarter of 2024 by 0.8 per cent compared with the fourth quarter of 2023, EU statistics agency Eurostat reported Thursday.
- EU employment rate exceeds 75 pct in 2023 — 25 April 2024, 23:23 CET
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More than 75 per cent of the EU's 20 to 64-year-olds were employed in 2023, according to figures released Thursday by Eurostat, the highest share recorded since the start of Eurostat's time series in 2009.
- Oil import dependency at highest point in 2022 — 17 April 2024, 22:37 CET
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EU import dependency for the entire family of crude oil and petroleum products surged to a new record high of 97.7% in 2022, according to figures published Tuesday from EU statistics agency Eurostat.
- 54 pct of all EU deaths in 2021 due to circulatory diseases, cancer — 26 March 2024, 22:51 CET
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There were 5.3 million deaths in the EU in 2021, according to figures from Eurostat, with the main causes of death across the EU being circulatory diseases, cancer and COVID-19.
- 59 pct of Europeans use social networks: Eurostat — 19 March 2024, 22:04 CET
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59 per cent of the EU population took part in social networks such as Facebook, X, Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok in 2023, according to figures released Tuesday by the EU statistics agency.
- Madrid region has highest life expectancy in EU — 16 March 2024, 00:31 CET
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The region with the highest life expectancy at birth in the European Union in 2022 was the Spain's region of Comunidad de Madrid at 85.2 years, the EU's statistics agency Eurostat reported Thursday.
- EU-Russia trade remains at low levels — 22 February 2024, 23:59 CET
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EU trade with Russia has been strongly affected by import and export restrictions imposed following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, dropping considerably below levels prior to the invasion, Eurostat reports.
- EU reliance on fossil fuels increased slightly in 2022 — 30 January 2024, 18:32 CET
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The EU’s reliance on fossil fuels for its overall energy supply in 2022 showed a slight increase on 2021, from 69.9 to 70.9 per cent, according to figures released Tuesday by the EU statistics agency.
- Battery-only electric cars in Europe continue advance in 2022 — 24 January 2024, 23:42 CET
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The number of battery-only electric passenger cars in the EU reached nearly 3 million in 2022, data released Tuesday by Eurostat said - a 55 per cent increase compared with 2021 (1.9 million).
- Greenhouse gases in EU down 3.6 tonnes per employed person in a decade — 04 December 2023, 21:51 CET
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Greenhouse gas emissions from the EU economy per employed person decreased by 26 per cent or 3.6 tonnes over the last decade, according to figures from EU statistics agency Eurostat Monday.
- Europe's population on way down in 2021: Eurostat — 21 November 2023, 18:17 CET
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Natural population changes, as well as the role played by the pandemic, contributed to a decrease in most EU regions in 2021, according to figures produced Tuesday by the EU's statistics agency Eurostat.
- Skills shortages 'a serious problem' for majority of EU SMEs — 14 November 2023, 17:51 CET
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Skills shortages are one of the most serious problems for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in the EU, according to a new Eurobarometer survey released on Tuesday.
- 75.8m employed by EU's micro & small businesses — 09 November 2023, 22:56 CET
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In 2021, 98 per cent of the EU's 31 million enterprises were micro and small businesses employing 75.8 million people, or half the total number employed, the EU statistics agency Eurostat reported Thursday.
- Nearly half EU car imports in 2022 electric & hybrid — 06 November 2023, 23:36 CET
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Trade of electric & hybrid cars continued its strong rise in 2022, according to the EU's statistics agency Eurostat, with an increase of 35 percentage points compared with 2017.
- Highest life expectancy in Spain, EU figures show — 06 November 2023, 23:26 CET
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Spaniards live longest in Europe, according to figures from EU statistics agency Eurostat, recording EU overall life expectancy at birth reaching 80.1 years in 2021, with two year declines in 2020-21.
- 25 pct young Europeans employed while studying — 28 September 2023, 23:05 CET
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25% of young Europeans (aged 15-29) were simultaneously employed in formal education and in the labour market, Eurostat reported Thursday, while 72% remained outside the labour force.
- 45 pct of world's tourism arrivals are in the EU — 27 September 2023, 23:26 CET
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The EU received 45.8 per cent of all international tourism arrivals in the world in 2022, Eurostat reports, even though it represents just 5.6% of the world's population and 3.0% of the world's land area.
- Russia's share in EU trade falls below 2 pct — 05 September 2023, 23:25 CET
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EU trade with Russia has been strongly affected by import and export restrictions imposed by the EU following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the EU's statistical office reported on Friday.
- Business bankruptcies in EU at highest level since 2015 — 28 August 2023, 21:19 CET
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The number of bankruptcies declared by EU businesses in the second quarter of 2023 reached the highest level since the start of the data collection in 2015, the EU's statistical office Eurostat reported Thursday.
- EU free trade exports surpass EUR €1 trillion: report — 11 October 2022, 18:26 CET
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EU exports to preferential partners under Free Trade Agreements surpassed EUR 1 trillion in 2021 for the first time, a new report published Tuesday by the European Commission shows.
- Brussels reaches data-sharing agreement with Airbnb, Booking on short-term lets — 10 March 2020, 18:35 CET
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A landmark agreement with Airbnb, Booking and others on data sharing, reached Thursday by the EU Commission, will allow Eurostat to publish data on their short-stay accommodations across the EU.
- Unemployment in the EU at lowest rate since 2000 — 30 January 2020, 23:20 CET
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The unemployment rate in the 28 EU Member States was 6.2 per cent in December 2019, continuing a steady decline from previous months, according to figures published Thursday by Eurostat.