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  • News articles General and regional statistics
  • PUBLISHED: 5 May 2025

Join us on Europe Day 2025!

To mark the upcoming Europe Day, celebrated on 9 May, Eurostat will be setting up stands in Brussels and in Luxembourg on Saturday 10 May:  The Brussels event will be held from 10:00 to 18:00 (CEST) in the Berlaymont building, the seat of the European Commission.  In Luxembourg, the event will...
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  • News articles Population and social conditions
  • PUBLISHED: 5 May 2025

Number of prisoners increased by 3.2% in 2023

In 2023, there were around 499 000 prisoners in the EU, indicating a 3.2% increase compared with 2022. There were 111 prisoners per 100 000 people, slightly more than in 2022, when this rate was 108. In the period between 1993 and 2023, the highest number of prisoners was recorded in 2012 (553 0...
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  • News articles Population and social conditions Industry, trade and services
  • PUBLISHED: 2 May 2025

868 700 employed as authors, journalists or linguists

In 2023, 868 700 people in the EU were employed as authors, journalists or linguists. The number of people employed in these professions decreased by 2.5% compared with 2022. In 2023, Germany employed the largest number of authors, journalists or linguists (237 600 people), followed by France (9...
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  • News articles Population and social conditions
  • PUBLISHED: 1 May 2025

Over 20% of employed people worked on weekends in 2023

In 2023, 22.4% of employed people in the EU usually worked during weekends. Working on weekends was more common among skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers (49.5%), service and sales workers (48.9%) and people with elementary occupations (26.7%). Source dataset: lfsa_qoe_3b3  Wh...
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  • News articles Population and social conditions
  • PUBLISHED: 30 April 2025

People at risk of poverty or social exclusion in 2024

In 2024, 93.3 million people in the EU (21.0% of the population) were at risk of poverty or social exclusion, which means they lived in households experiencing at least 1 of 3 poverty and social exclusion risks: risk of poverty, severe material and social deprivation, and living in a household wi...
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  • News articles Industry, trade and services
  • PUBLISHED: 30 April 2025

151 004 multinational enterprise groups in EU and EFTA

In 2023, 151 004 multinational enterprise groups were operating in the EU and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries, employing 49.0 million people. In the EU, multinational enterprise groups employed 29.3% of people working in the business economy including industry, construction a...
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  • News articles Science and technology
  • PUBLISHED: 29 April 2025

Digitalisation in Europe – 2025 edition out now

Did you know that in 2024, 13% of EU businesses used artificial intelligence technologies? Or that 72% of internet users used online banking services, compared with 56% in 2014? Were you aware that 24% of EU enterprises conducted e-sales in 2024? The 2025 edition of Eurostat’s interactive public...
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  • News articles Transport
  • PUBLISHED: 29 April 2025

EU road fatalities decreased by 1.3% in 2023

In 2023, road traffic accidents claimed the lives of 20 380 people in the EU, a 1.3% decrease compared with 2022 (20 652 fatalities). In 2020, the number of fatalities had dropped sharply to 18 830 fatalities, which was attributed to COVID-19 mobility restrictions affecting passenger transport. A...
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  • News articles International trade
  • PUBLISHED: 28 April 2025

EU exported 29.8 billion worth of alcoholic beverages

In 2024, the EU exported €29.8 billion worth of alcoholic beverages, indicating a 10.9% increase since 2019 (€26.9 billion).  Exports were dominated by wine of fresh grapes, including fortified wines, representing 56.2% (€16.8 billion) of all alcoholic beverages. Spirits and liqueurs up the seco...
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  • News articles Population and social conditions
  • PUBLISHED: 28 April 2025

Accidents at work down 5% in 2022 from 2017

In 2022, 2.97 million non-fatal work accidents resulted in workers being absent from work for 4 days or more in the EU, while 3 286 work-related accidents were fatal. Compared with 2017, there were 4.6% less accidents (-143 031).   Manufacturing recorded the highest number of accidents in 2022, ...
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  • News articles Population and social conditions
  • PUBLISHED: 25 April 2025

Asylum decisions up by 7% in 2024

In 2024, EU countries granted protection status to 437 900 asylum seekers, a 7% increase compared with 2023 (409 530).  Among these persons, 42% received refugee status, 39% were given subsidiary protection, and 19% received humanitarian status. Compared with 2023, the number of refugee status g...
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