Regions in the spotlight: Eurostat regional yearbook

The 2024 Eurostat regional yearbook package has just been published, offering a comprehensive overview of economic, social, demographic and environmental developments at regional level in the EU countries. This package reveals the diverse realities across the regions, providing deeper insight into how they are evolving.

Along with the Eurostat regional yearbook (also available as a set of Statistics Explained articles), the Statistical Atlas and the interactive publication Regions in Europe offer a complete set of resources for those interested in data on EU regions.

This year’s Eurostat regional yearbook highlights the Sustainable Development Goals information in maps, figures, and infographics, making it easy for readers to locate and explore these indicators. Particular emphasis is placed on climate change indicators in the revised chapter on the environment.

Several chapters offer insights into regional data on skills and the labour market, set within the context of the European Year of Skills, which ended in April 2024. 

The Eurostat regional yearbook includes data for 27 EU countries, 4 EFTA countries, as well as 9 candidate countries.

Maps presented in the yearbook are also available as interactive maps in the Statistical Atlas, allowing users to explore the data from their own region and compare it with the results across EU. 

The interactive publication Regions in Europe offers a variety of dynamic visualisations with short and concise text. Perfect for classroom use. 

What’s next?

Eurostat is participating in the European Week of Regions and Cities, taking place in Brussels from 7 to 10 October, and we would like to invite you to join our sessions.

On 9 October, from 16:30 to 17:30 CET, Eurostat will be hosting a collaborative workshop: Charting the course: Navigating competitiveness and convergence for Europe's regions and at 12:30 on the same day, Eurostat will have a short presentation, Regions and cities go green and digital.