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In 2018, more than half of the population reported being unable to pay for unexpected financial expenses in Latvia (55.3 %), Croatia (52.9 %) and Greece (50.4 %), while less than a quarter of the population faced such difficulties in Belgium, Czechia, the Netherlands, Sweden, Austria, Luxembourg and Malta (where the lowest share was recorded, at 13.9 %). Read more...
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Statistics Explained, your guide to European statistics. Statistics Explained is an official Eurostat website presenting statistical topics in an easily understandable way. Together, the articles make up an encyclopedia of European statistics for everyone, completed by a statistical glossary clarifying all terms used and by numerous links to further information and the latest data and metadata, a portal for occasional and regular users.
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Updated 22/01/2021
The number of deaths rose rapidly in some Member States at the beginning of March 2020. In some parts of Europe, the difference compared with previous years was exceptionally high. On the other hand, some areas were less severely affected. In total, among the European countries for which data are available, in 2020 there were around 321 000 more deaths during weeks 1 to 44 (January to October) than the average number during the same period over the four years 2016 to 2019. In the most exposed period from mid-March to mid-May 2020 (weeks 12 to 20), there were more than 225 000 additional deaths. A first peak of additional deaths compared with the weekly average in 2016-2019 was recorded in week 14 (30 March to 5 April) 2020, while a second increase is registered from the end of September onwards. Countries and regions were hit quite differently during the two waves. More ...
Updated 21/01/2021
In 2019, 1 516 significant railway accidents were reported in the EU-27. A total of 802 persons were killed in these accidents, while another 612 persons were seriously injured. At EU-27 level, the number of fatalities in railway accidents decreased gradually from 1 245 in 2010 to 802 in 2019. More ...
Updated 21/01/2021
In 2020, among enterprises that used cloud computing services, 59 % were ‘highly dependent’, while 38 % were classified in the ‘upper-medium’ level (see Figure 7). At the two extremes, more than 40 % of enterprises in the manufacturing sector (45 %) and in construction (42 %) belonged to the upper-medium dependence group with the high level dependence on cloud in those sectors only slightly above 50 %, while in information and communication the majority (74 %) reported using advanced services and hence belonged to the high dependence group. More ...
Updated 21/01/2021
In the third quarter of 2020, seasonally adjusted total government revenue in the euro area amounted to 46.2 % of GDP, an decrease compared with 47.7 % of GDP in the second quarter of 2020. This decrease as a percentage of GDP is due to stronger relative increase in GDP than the increase in total revenue – seasonally adjusted total revenue in the euro area increased by around EUR 99 billion compared with the second quarter of 2020. Total government expenditure in the euro area stood at 52.1 % of GDP, a significant decrease compared with 59.6 % of GDP in the previous quarter. Seasonally adjusted total government expenditure decreased by around EUR 41 billion compared with the second quarter of 2020, mainly due to a lesser impact of policy measures to mitigate the economic and social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. More ...
Updated 21/01/2021
The 'integrated government finance statistics (GFS) presentation' is a dedicated presentation template for European Union (EU) government accounts that shows the economic activities of government in a manner suitable for fiscal analysis. It groups together all government statistics collected by Eurostat specifically for the general government sector (i.e. excluding public corporations) in the framework of national accounts, completed by statistical information gathered for administrative purposes. More ...
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Updated 22/01/2021
The number of deaths rose rapidly in some Member States at the beginning of March 2020. In some parts of Europe, the difference compared with previous years was exceptionally high. On the other hand, some areas were less severely affected. In total, among the European countries for which data are available, in 2020 there were around 321 000 more deaths during weeks 1 to 44 (January to October) than the average number during the same period over the four years 2016 to 2019. In the most exposed period from mid-March to mid-May 2020 (weeks 12 to 20), there were more than 225 000 additional deaths. A first peak of additional deaths compared with the weekly average in 2016-2019 was recorded in week 14 (30 March to 5 April) 2020, while a second increase is registered from the end of September onwards. Countries and regions were hit quite differently during the two waves. More ...
Updated 21/01/2021
In 2019, 1 516 significant railway accidents were reported in the EU-27. A total of 802 persons were killed in these accidents, while another 612 persons were seriously injured. At EU-27 level, the number of fatalities in railway accidents decreased gradually from 1 245 in 2010 to 802 in 2019. More ...
Updated 21/01/2021
In 2020, among enterprises that used cloud computing services, 59 % were ‘highly dependent’, while 38 % were classified in the ‘upper-medium’ level (see Figure 7). At the two extremes, more than 40 % of enterprises in the manufacturing sector (45 %) and in construction (42 %) belonged to the upper-medium dependence group with the high level dependence on cloud in those sectors only slightly above 50 %, while in information and communication the majority (74 %) reported using advanced services and hence belonged to the high dependence group. More ...
Updated 21/01/2021
In the third quarter of 2020, seasonally adjusted total government revenue in the euro area amounted to 46.2 % of GDP, an decrease compared with 47.7 % of GDP in the second quarter of 2020. This decrease as a percentage of GDP is due to stronger relative increase in GDP than the increase in total revenue – seasonally adjusted total revenue in the euro area increased by around EUR 99 billion compared with the second quarter of 2020. Total government expenditure in the euro area stood at 52.1 % of GDP, a significant decrease compared with 59.6 % of GDP in the previous quarter. Seasonally adjusted total government expenditure decreased by around EUR 41 billion compared with the second quarter of 2020, mainly due to a lesser impact of policy measures to mitigate the economic and social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. More ...
Updated 21/01/2021
The 'integrated government finance statistics (GFS) presentation' is a dedicated presentation template for European Union (EU) government accounts that shows the economic activities of government in a manner suitable for fiscal analysis. It groups together all government statistics collected by Eurostat specifically for the general government sector (i.e. excluding public corporations) in the framework of national accounts, completed by statistical information gathered for administrative purposes. More ...
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In 2018, more than half of the population reported being unable to pay for unexpected financial expenses in Latvia (55.3 %), Croatia (52.9 %) and Greece (50.4 %), while less than a quarter of the population faced such difficulties in Belgium, Czechia, the Netherlands, Sweden, Austria, Luxembourg and Malta (where the lowest share was recorded, at 13.9 %). Read more...
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