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E2: Environmental statistics and accounts; sustainable development

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The indicator is part of the EU Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) indicator set. It is used to monitor progress towards SDG 16 on peace, justice and strong institutions which is embedded in the European Commission’s Priorities under 'European Green Deal', 'Promoting our European way of life' and 'A new push for European democracy'.

SDG 16 calls for peaceful and inclusive societies based on respect for human rights, protection of the most vulnerable, the rule of law and good governance at all levels. It also envisions transparent, effective and accountable institutions, which promote non-discriminatory laws and policies, combat corruption, bribery and organised crime and prevent violence, terrorism and crime. 

Indicator can be considered as similar to global SDG indicator 16.2.2 "Number of victims of human trafficking per 100,000 population, by sex, age and form of exploitation".

On 24 July 2020, the European Commission set out a new EU Security Union Strategy for the period from 2020 to 2025, which replaces the previous security strategy set out in the European Agenda on Security  (2015-2020). As a core component of the strategy, the Commission defines a new way forward on internal security with actions in key areas: organised crime; terrorism and the prevention of violent radicalisation; resilience of our critical infrastructures and public spaces; cybercrime, including fighting child sexual abuse; law enforcement cooperation and information exchange; and research and innovation.

Safety is a crucial aspect in people’s lives. Insecurity of any kind is a source of fear and worry, which negatively affect quality of life. Physical insecurity includes all the external factors that could potentially put the individual’s physical integrity in danger. Criminal actions are one of the most obvious  auses of insecurity. Analyses of physical insecurity usually combine both subjective and objective aspects – the subjective perception of insecurity and the objective lack of safety as measured by crime statistics. This indicator therefore complements the indicator on homicide rates by focussing on the perception of insecurity.

This indicator shows victims of trafficking in human beings as defined under Article 2 of the Directive 2011/36/EU. A registered victim can include a person who has been formally identified as a victim of trafficking in human beings by the relevant formal authority in a Member State or a person who has met the criteria of the EU Directive but has not been formally identified by the relevant formal authority as a trafficking victim or who has declined to be formally or legally identified as trafficked.

per 100 000 inhabitants

Calendar year

The indicator is produced according to the high-level quality standards of European Statistics. Details on accuracy can be found in the metadata of the source datasets (see link to related metadata).

ESS

Data source: European Statistical System (ESS).

Data provider: Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, based on data reported by the countries.

Every year

Indicator is updated every year. Complete and updated ESS data release information can be accessed via Eurostat release calendar.

T+1 year

In general, new data points are disseminated within 13 months after the reference year.

All EU MS

Data are presented for all EU Member States.

All EU MS

Data are comparable between all EU Member States.

> 10 years

Presented time series including EU aggregates starts in 2008.

> 4 data points

Length of comparable time series without methodological break is longer than 4 data points.

Analysis of indicator is presented in Eurostat's annual monitoring report on Sustainable development in the EU (progress towards SDGs in the EU context).

See table sdg_16_70

Eurostat dedicated section on SDGs: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/sdi/overview

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