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  • News articles Population and social conditions Industry, trade and services
  • PUBLISHED: 3 May 2024

891 600 employed as authors, journalists or linguists

In 2022, 891 600 people in the EU were employed as authors, journalists or linguists. This marks a 9.1% increase from the 816 800 recorded in 2017.  In 2022, the countries with the largest share of the EU people employed in these fields were Germany (25.6%), France (12.0%) and Spain (9.1%). Malta, ...
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  • News articles General and regional statistics
  • PUBLISHED: 2 May 2024

Join us on Europe Day

To mark the upcoming Europe Day, celebrated on 9 May, Eurostat will be setting up stands in Brussels and in Luxembourg. There you can explore our interactive publications and test your knowledge of the EU with a quiz. Depending on your score on the quiz, you can win different prizes.  Here are the ...
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  • News articles Population and social conditions
  • PUBLISHED: 1 May 2024

EU workers: 7.1% worked 49 hours or more a week in 2023

In 2023, 7.1% of employed people in the EU worked long hours in their main job.  Long working hours refer to those workers who usually spend 49 hours or more per week at work. Across the EU countries, Greece had the highest share of workers with long hours (11.6%), followed by Cyprus (10.4%) and Fr...
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  • News articles General and regional statistics
  • PUBLISHED: 1 May 2024

The 20th anniversary of the EU enlargement

On 1 May, we are celebrating the 20th anniversary of the 2004 EU enlargement when 10 new countries - Cyprus, Czechia, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia - joined the EU.  This marked the largest single enlargement of the EU in terms of territory, number of cou...
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  • News articles Industry, trade and services
  • PUBLISHED: 30 April 2024

EU controlled 2 592 large-scale MNE groups in 2022

In 2022, the EU controlled 2 592 large-scale multinational enterprise (MNE) groups operating in the EU and European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries.  This makes up 66% of all the large-scale MNE groups, with EFTA countries making 8% of the share, while the rest of the world stood at 26%.  ...
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  • News articles Agriculture, forestry and fisheries
  • PUBLISHED: 30 April 2024

EU aquaculture 2022: 1.08 million tonnes farmed

In 2022, an estimated 1.08 million tonnes of aquatic organisms were farmed in the EU, valued at €4.9 billion. Aquaculture involves the controlled cultivation of fish, molluscs, algae and crustaceans. In 2022, 4 EU countries collectively accounted for about two-thirds (67%) of the total production o...
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  • News articles Industry, trade and services
  • PUBLISHED: 30 April 2024

47 million employed by multinational enterprise groups

In 2022, 146 400 multinational enterprise (MNE) groups were operating in the EU and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries (EU-EFTA). They employed over 47 million people in EU-EFTA countries, or 28% of people working in the business economy including industry, construction and service...
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  • News articles Population and social conditions
  • PUBLISHED: 29 April 2024

24% of first-time asylum applicants were children in 2023

In 2023, 254 900 first-time asylum applicants registered in EU countries were children (persons under 18 years old), representing 24.3% of the total number of first-time asylum applications. Among those children, 17.0% were unaccompanied minors, corresponding to 4.1% of the total number of first-tim...
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  • News articles Population and social conditions
  • PUBLISHED: 29 April 2024

Number of prisoners increased in 2022

In 2022, there were 483 593 prisoners in the EU, equivalent to 108 prisoners per 100 000 people. The prisoner rate increased after the 106 prisoners per 100 000 people recorded in 2021.   Source dataset: crim_pris_cap The highest prisoner rates per 100 000 people in 2022 were in Hungary (200), ...
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  • News articles Industry, trade and services
  • PUBLISHED: 29 April 2024

EU affiliates contribute notably to economies outside EU

In 2021, 52.6% of active enterprises of market producers classified as EU’s foreign affiliates were located outside the EU (extra-EU).  The highest share in extra-EU of active enterprises for all foreign affiliates were reported by Ireland (66.9%), Croatia (64.9%) and France (58.0%). The lowest sha...
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  • News articles Science and technology
  • PUBLISHED: 29 April 2024

Digitalisation in Europe – 2024 edition out now

Digitalisation is changing our way of life, from everyday routines to public services and business procedures. Did you know that in 2023, 91% of people in the EU used the internet? Meanwhile, 56% possessed basic or above basic digital skills to perform a variety of activities in the digital world. ...
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