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  • News articles Population and social conditions
  • PUBLISHED: 25 November 2024

A quarter of young people employed while in education

In 2023, 25.7% of young Europeans (aged 15-29) were employed during formal education. While 71.4% remained outside the labour force, 2.9% were available for employment and actively seeking employment (unemployed) while in formal education. This information comes from the Statistics Explained articl...
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  • News articles Population and social conditions
  • PUBLISHED: 25 November 2024

EU social benefits expenditure up 6% in 2023

In 2023, the total expenditure on social protection benefits in the EU reached €4 583 billion according to early estimates, a 6.1% increase compared with 2022.  However, as social protection benefits expenditure represented 26.8% of the EU’s GDP, this represents a drop of 0.1 percentage points (pp)...
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  • News articles Population and social conditions
  • PUBLISHED: 25 November 2024

Every third woman in the EU experienced gender-based violence

Around 50 million women aged 18-74 in the EU, or 31%, experienced physical (including threats) or sexual violence in adulthood, based on the EU gender-based violence survey (wave 2021). When comparing the prevalence of gender-based violence by age group, 35% of women in the youngest age group (aged...
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  • News articles General and regional statistics
  • PUBLISHED: 22 November 2024

Access to internet in urban and rural areas in 2023

In 2023, 95% households in EU cities had internet access, compared with 93% in towns and suburbs and 91% in rural areas.  In 2013, the share of EU households with internet access was 9.7 percentage points higher in cities than in rural areas. During the last decade, this gap had closed at a steady ...
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  • News articles Population and social conditions
  • PUBLISHED: 22 November 2024

Podcast: surveying gender-based violence

In the latest episode of the Eurostat podcast Stats in a Wrap, we explore how statistics approaches challenging aspects of criminal justice.   In May this year, the EU adopted a directive on violence against women and domestic violence, which obliges all EU countries to pass legislation to combat i...
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  • News articles Agriculture, forestry and fisheries
  • PUBLISHED: 21 November 2024

3.3 million tonnes of fish caught by EU fleet in 2023

In 2023, the total EU fish catch was an estimated 3.3 million tonnes (t) of live weight from the 7 marine areas covered by EU statistics. This continued the downward trend in catches since 4.6 million tonnes was taken in 2018. Spain’s fishing fleet accounted for slightly more than one-fifth of all ...
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  • News articles Industry, trade and services
  • PUBLISHED: 21 November 2024

Foreign enterprises contribute notably to the EU economy

In 2022, 1% of EU market producer enterprises were under foreign control. More than half, 63%, were controlled by institutional units from other EU countries, while 37% were resident outside the EU. Even if small in numbers, foreign-controlled enterprises contributed significantly to the EU economy...
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  • News articles General and regional statistics
  • PUBLISHED: 21 November 2024

Statistics Explained website gets a new revamped look

Welcome to Statistics Explained 2.0. This official Eurostat website, dedicated to a more in-depth analysis of European statistics, is launching its new look this morning. The revamped appearance offers easier navigation by theme, cleaner look, improved structure of articles and the main page, with r...
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  • News articles Industry, trade and services
  • PUBLISHED: 20 November 2024

EU production of bicycles down to 9.7 million in 2023

Cycling is an eco-friendly and health-conscious mode of transportation with many fans. In 2023, 9.7 million bicycles were produced in the EU, a 24% decrease in bicycle production compared with 2022 (12.7 million). Looking at the available non-confidential data, the biggest producer of bicycles in 2...
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  • News articles Population and social conditions
  • PUBLISHED: 20 November 2024

69 270 asylum applications in August 2024

In August 2024, 69 270 first-time asylum applicants (non-EU citizens) applied for international protection in EU countries, a fall of almost a quarter (24.8%) compared with August 2023 (92 055).  There were also 6 285 subsequent applicants, representing a 4.6% increase compared with August 2023 (6 ...
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  • News articles Agriculture, forestry and fisheries General and regional statistics
  • PUBLISHED: 20 November 2024

Experimental geospatial data from agricultural census

Today, Eurostat launched a new webpage on geospatial data from agricultural census as part of our experimental statistics collection. Users can find maps with information about number of farms, livestock density, ageing of farmers or gender gap in agriculture, among others. All the data refers to th...
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