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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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European Neighbourhood Policy - South - labour market statistics

Updated 18/01/2019

In 2017, the EU-28 activity rate for women was 67.9 % (see Figure 1). Apart from Israel, where the female activity rate was 68.7 %, the female activity rate in the ENP-South countries was consistently much lower than in the EU-28. One third or fewer of all women of working age were active in the labour force in the remaining ENP-South countries as female activity rates ranged from 29.1 % in Tunisia (2015 data) to 14.5 % in Jordan (2015 data). More ...

European Neighbourhood Policy - South - agriculture statistics

Updated 18/01/2019

In 2017, the largest producers of cereals among the ENP-South countries were Egypt (2016 data) and Morocco, with 23.3 million tonnes and 9.8 million tonnes of output respectively. Their main cereal crops were wheat (both countries; note the data for Egypt exclude information for common wheat), barley (Morocco) and grain maize (Egypt) More ...

Healthcare activities statistics - preventive services

Updated 18/01/2019

In 2014, about 18 % of the EU-28 population reported that they had never had a blood cholesterol measurement (see Figure 12). This percentage varied from less than 8 % in Czechia, Spain, Portugal and Cyprus to more than one third of the population in the United Kingdom, Denmark, the Netherlands as well as Iceland, Norway and Turkey. More ...

Housing price statistics - house price index

Updated 18/01/2019

The annual growth rate of the euro area and EU HPIs is presented in Figure 2. Looking at the entire period, the annual growth rate of the EU HPI reached a maximum of 9.9% in the first quarter of 2007, and a minimum in the second quarter of 2009, with -6.0%. More ...

European Neighbourhood Policy - South - indicators for sustainable development goals

Updated 17/01/2019

EU-28 unemployment rates stood at 7.4 % for men and at 7.9 % for women in 2017 (see Figure 4). Within the ENP-South countries there was quite a wide range in unemployment rates, although these were generally higher than in the EU-28, especially when looking at the latest rates for women. In 2017, the highest unemployment rates both for men and for women among the five ENP-South countries for which data are available were recorded in Palestine, while the lowest rates for both sexes were recorded in Israel: unemployment rates for men and for women in Israel were a little over half those recorded in the EU-28. More ...

European Neighbourhood Policy - South - transport statistics

Updated 17/01/2019

Between 2007 and 2016, the length of the EU-28 rail network was reduced by approximately 8 %. By contrast, the length of the rail network in most of the ENP-South countries grew during the period 2007 to 2017, with particularly high growth rates in Algeria (up 24.3 % overall; 2007-2016), Egypt (37.8 %) and Israel (51.6 %). The length of the rail network was unchanged in Jordan and Tunisia during this period. More ...

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European Neighbourhood Policy - South - labour market statistics

Updated 18/01/2019

In 2017, the EU-28 activity rate for women was 67.9 % (see Figure 1). Apart from Israel, where the female activity rate was 68.7 %, the female activity rate in the ENP-South countries was consistently much lower than in the EU-28. One third or fewer of all women of working age were active in the labour force in the remaining ENP-South countries as female activity rates ranged from 29.1 % in Tunisia (2015 data) to 14.5 % in Jordan (2015 data). More ...

European Neighbourhood Policy - South - agriculture statistics

Updated 18/01/2019

In 2017, the largest producers of cereals among the ENP-South countries were Egypt (2016 data) and Morocco, with 23.3 million tonnes and 9.8 million tonnes of output respectively. Their main cereal crops were wheat (both countries; note the data for Egypt exclude information for common wheat), barley (Morocco) and grain maize (Egypt) More ...

Healthcare activities statistics - preventive services

Updated 18/01/2019

In 2014, about 18 % of the EU-28 population reported that they had never had a blood cholesterol measurement (see Figure 12). This percentage varied from less than 8 % in Czechia, Spain, Portugal and Cyprus to more than one third of the population in the United Kingdom, Denmark, the Netherlands as well as Iceland, Norway and Turkey. More ...

Housing price statistics - house price index

Updated 18/01/2019

The annual growth rate of the euro area and EU HPIs is presented in Figure 2. Looking at the entire period, the annual growth rate of the EU HPI reached a maximum of 9.9% in the first quarter of 2007, and a minimum in the second quarter of 2009, with -6.0%. More ...

European Neighbourhood Policy - South - indicators for sustainable development goals

Updated 17/01/2019

EU-28 unemployment rates stood at 7.4 % for men and at 7.9 % for women in 2017 (see Figure 4). Within the ENP-South countries there was quite a wide range in unemployment rates, although these were generally higher than in the EU-28, especially when looking at the latest rates for women. In 2017, the highest unemployment rates both for men and for women among the five ENP-South countries for which data are available were recorded in Palestine, while the lowest rates for both sexes were recorded in Israel: unemployment rates for men and for women in Israel were a little over half those recorded in the EU-28. More ...

European Neighbourhood Policy - South - transport statistics

Updated 17/01/2019

Between 2007 and 2016, the length of the EU-28 rail network was reduced by approximately 8 %. By contrast, the length of the rail network in most of the ENP-South countries grew during the period 2007 to 2017, with particularly high growth rates in Algeria (up 24.3 % overall; 2007-2016), Egypt (37.8 %) and Israel (51.6 %). The length of the rail network was unchanged in Jordan and Tunisia during this period. More ...

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In 2016, women's gross hourly earnings were on average 16.2 % below those of men in the EU-28. Read more...

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