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• Nachrichtenartikel Bevölkerung und soziale Bedingungen

• VERÖFFENTLICHT: 22. Mai 2025

4.6% of people aged 50-74 rely on disability pensions

In 2023, 45.1% of people aged 50 to 74 in the EU received a pension. Within this age group, 39.7% were old-age pension beneficiaries, 4.6% received disability pensions or other periodic disability benefits, and 0.8% received both types of pensions. From the age of 50 up until the age of 59, disa...

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• Nachrichtenartikel Bevölkerung und soziale Bedingungen

• VERÖFFENTLICHT: 22. Mai 2025

Immigration law enforcement in the EU: 2024 figures

In 2024, 123 655 third-country nationals were refused entry into the EU territory at one of its external borders, a small increase of 0.3% compared with 2023.  918 925 people were found to be illegally present in an EU country, representing a 27.4% decrease compared with the 1.27 million in the ...

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• Nachrichtenartikel Verkehr

• VERÖFFENTLICHT: 21. Mai 2025

Passenger cars per inhabitant stable in 2023

In 2023, there were on average 0.55 passenger cars per inhabitant in the EU, down 0.1 percentage points compared with 2022. This information comes from data on regional transport statistics published by Eurostat today. The article presents a handful of findings from the more detailed Statistics ...

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• Nachrichtenartikel Allgemeine und Regionalstatistik

• VERÖFFENTLICHT: 20. Mai 2025

European Statistical Monitor: May edition

Today, Eurostat released the European Statistical Monitor, a dashboard with short-term indicators covering different areas, such as economy, environment, business, health and work. This monthly updated dashboard is designed to track developments within the EU as a whole and its members, as well ...

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• Nachrichtenartikel Bevölkerung und soziale Bedingungen

• VERÖFFENTLICHT: 20. Mai 2025

Interactive Demography of Europe: 2025 edition out now

Eurostat has released the 2025 version of the interactive publication Demography of Europe. Here you can find interesting insights about how the population is developing, ageing and much more.  Did you know that the share of those aged 80+ increased from 3.8% to 6.1% between 2004 and 2024? Were ...

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• Nachrichtenartikel Bevölkerung und soziale Bedingungen

• VERÖFFENTLICHT: 19. Mai 2025

59 085 asylum applications in February 2025

In February 2025, 59 085 first-time asylum applicants (non-EU citizens) applied for international protection in EU countries, marking a 23% decrease compared with February 2024 (77 170) and a 12% decline compared with January 2025 (66 800).  There were also 7 630 subsequent applicants, represent...

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• Nachrichtenartikel Bevölkerung und soziale Bedingungen

• VERÖFFENTLICHT: 16. Mai 2025

Mark EU Diversity Month with equality insights

To celebrate EU Diversity Month 2025, we’ve prepared an insightful infographic that highlights key data on equality and inclusion in the EU.  Did you know that:  1 in 7 people in the EU is foreign-born?   there are 137 female students for every 100 male students in the EU, while in science, t...

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• Nachrichtenartikel Industrie, Handel und Dienstleistungen

• VERÖFFENTLICHT: 16. Mai 2025

Bankruptcies and registrations decrease in Q1 2025

In the first quarter of 2025, the number of bankruptcy declarations of EU businesses decreased by 0.9% compared with the fourth quarter of 2024.  At the same time, business registrations also dropped by 5.1% compared with the fourth quarter of 2024.  This information comes from data on business...

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• Nachrichtenartikel Umwelt und Energie

• VERÖFFENTLICHT: 15. Mai 2025

EU economy greenhouse gas emissions up 2.2% in Q4 2024

In the fourth quarter of 2024, the EU economy greenhouse gas emissions were estimated at 897 million tonnes of CO2-equivalents (CO2-eq), a 2.2% increase compared with the same quarter of 2023 (878 million tonnes of CO2-eq). The EU’s gross domestic product (GDP) registered a 1.5% increase in the f...

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• Nachrichtenartikel Wissenschaft und Technologie

• VERÖFFENTLICHT: 14. Mai 2025

53% of EU enterprises held remote meetings in 2024

In 2024, in the EU, 52.9% of enterprises with 10 or more employees conducted meetings remotely via the internet. With a 2.9 percentage points (pp) increase from 2022, this indicates that the changes implemented in work models during the COVID-19 pandemic might be here to stay.  Among the EU coun...

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• Nachrichtenartikel Bevölkerung und soziale Bedingungen

• VERÖFFENTLICHT: 14. Mai 2025

People in the EU worked on average 36 hours per week

In 2024, the actual weekly hours of work for both full-time and part-time workers aged 20-64 in the EU in their main job averaged 36.0 hours, down from 37.0 hours in 2014.  A closer look at EU countries reveals notable differences. In 2024, the longest working weeks were recorded in Greece (39.8...

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