Archive:Yearbook abstract
- Latest update of text: September 2012.
Europe in figures - Eurostat yearbook presents a comprehensive selection of statistical data on Europe. This yearbook may be viewed as an introduction to European statistics; it provides essential reading for those wishing to discover the vast range of data that is freely available on Eurostat’s website at: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat.
Formats and language versions
The Eurostat yearbook is released as a PDF file and as a printed edition in English: the 2013 edition is due to be published as a PDF file in July 2013 and the printed edition by September 2013.
The most up-to-date version in English is available on Statistics Explained (part of Eurostat’s website) as an online publication, the virtual Eurostat yearbook. It is translated once a year into German and French. During the course of the year the virtual English yearbook is gradually updated, therefore the virtual German and French yearbooks are sometimes not as up-to-date as the English one. Translations for the 2013 edition will be made available on Statistics Explained; the full set of articles should be available by the end of September 2013. The three language versions of the virtual Eurostat yearbook are accessible through these short URLs: http://bit.ly/Eurostat_yearbook, http://bit.ly/Eurostat-Jahrbuch, and http://bit.ly/Annuaire_Eurostat.
Temporal, spatial and thematic coverage
Most data in the Eurostat yearbook cover the period 2001 to 2011. Statistics are presented for the European Union (EU), the euro area (EA) and individual EU Member States, while some indicators are also provided for non-member countries, such as the EFTA member states, acceding and candidate countries to the EU, Japan and the United States (subject to availability).
With more than 470 statistical tables, figures and maps, the Eurostat yearbook covers the following areas: economy and finance; population; health; education and training; the labour market; living conditions and social protection; industry, trade and services; agriculture, forestry and fisheries; international trade; transport; the environment; energy; and science and technology.
Data extraction period
For the printed edition and the PDF file: August to October 2012 (unless otherwise noted).
For the virtual edition on Statistics Explained: see the top of each article.
Editor-in-chief
Jukka Piirto Eurostat, Unit B6 — Dissemination
Editors
Annika Johansson
Eurostat, Unit B6 — Dissemination
Contact details
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E-mail: estat-user-support@ec.europa.eu
Content production
The content of the Eurostat yearbook is produced by Eurostat and Informa sàrl (Giovanni Albertone, Simon Allen, Andrew Redpath)
More information
Please consult the Eurostat Internet site http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat.