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  • News articles General and regional statistics
  • PUBLISHED: 10 July 2024

Key figures on Europe: 2024 edition

Did you know that there were almost 449 million people living in the EU in 2023? Or that in 2023 the EU exported €38 billion more in goods than it imported? Did you know that the share of renewables in EU energy consumption rose from 16% in 2012 to 23% in 2022? You can find this information and muc...
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  • News articles Population and social conditions
  • PUBLISHED: 10 July 2024

Out now: statistics for 2023 migration & asylum report

Eurostat has just released the statistical annex to the 2023 Annual report on migration and asylum, co-produced by Eurostat and the European Migration Network (EMN), which provides unique insights on the most significant migration and asylum-related developments in the year. The annex contains an ov...
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  • News articles Economy and finance
  • PUBLISHED: 9 July 2024

House sales drop in 2023

In 2023, the number of housing transactions decreased in 13 out of the 16 EU countries for which data are available, compared with 2022. This marks the second consecutive year that the majority of reporting countries have registered drops in sales.  The largest decreases in the number of transactio...
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  • News articles Population and social conditions
  • PUBLISHED: 9 July 2024

4.3 million people under temporary protection

On 31 May 2024, approximately 4.3 million non-EU citizens, who fled Ukraine as a consequence of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, had temporary protection status in the EU. At the end of May 2024, the EU countries hosting the highest number of beneficiaries of temporary protection from...
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  • News articles Industry, trade and services
  • PUBLISHED: 8 July 2024

Total market production increased in April 2024

In April 2024, total market production increased by 0.7% in the EU and 0.3% in the euro area compared with the previous month.  The total market production index (TMPI) is a composite indicator that combines 4 short-term business statistics indicators covering most of the market economy, i.e. produ...
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  • News articles Population and social conditions
  • PUBLISHED: 5 July 2024

Key data on the Dublin system in 2023

In 2023, EU countries sent 186 910 outgoing requests to transfer the responsibility to examine an asylum application and effectively implemented 16 869 outgoing transfers to other EU countries. Dublin statistics provide information on the functioning of the Dublin system, which establishes which EU ...
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  • News articles Economy and finance
  • PUBLISHED: 5 July 2024

House prices and rents rose between Q4 2023 and Q1 2024

In the first quarter of 2024, house prices in the EU increased by 0.4% and rents by 0.9% compared with the fourth quarter of 2023. Compared with the first quarter of 2023, house prices in the EU went up by 1.3%, while rents increased by 3.0%.  This information comes from data on house prices and r...
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  • News articles Economy and finance
  • PUBLISHED: 4 July 2024

Increase of cocoa prices slows down

In May 2024, the consumer price of cocoa and powdered chocolate in the EU was 6.3% higher than in May 2023.  The consumer price of cocoa and powdered chocolate, already on the rise since early 2022, saw a significant acceleration in the last quarter of 2022, with annual inflation rates exceeding 10...
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  • News articles Environment and energy
  • PUBLISHED: 2 July 2024

Declining market shares of biggest EU energy companies

In 2022, the largest electricity and gas producers experienced a decrease in market share in many EU countries, highlighting the increasing competition in the energy market compared with 2021. A market share indicator shows the proportion of the market’s energy that is provided by the largest compa...
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  • News articles Industry, trade and services
  • PUBLISHED: 2 July 2024

Experimental statistics assess tourism’s economic impact

Today, Eurostat released a new webpage on tourism satellite accounts on Europe as part of our experimental statistics section.  The data released under the new experimental statistics presents indicators that help assess the economic contribution of the tourism sector, complementing the information...
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  • News articles General and regional statistics
  • PUBLISHED: 1 July 2024

Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the EU

On 1 July 2024, Hungary took over the presidency of the Council of the EU. The presidency rotates among EU countries every 6 months. During this 6-month period, the presidency chairs meetings at every level in the Council, helping to ensure the consistency of the EU's work. On this occasion, Eur...
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