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There were over 4.0 million goods vehicles registered in the
EU in 2023. This number was 1.8% higher than in 2022 (see Table 1). Between 2019 and 2022, a negative average annual growth rate of 0.3% was recorded.
Among the EU countries, Poland had the largest stock of goods vehicles in 2023, with 18.0% of the EU fleet, while Germany had the second largest fleet, with 14.2%, followed by France and Spain, with 10.2% and 9.5%, respectively.
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In August 2024, excess mortality continued to vary across the EU (Figure 2). The excess mortality rate was negative in 3 EU countries: the lowest rates were recorded in Latvia (-4.7%), Bulgaria (-2.4%) and Lithuania (-0.6%). On the other hand, 23 EU countries registered excess deaths: the highest rates were observed in Malta (37.6%), Cyprus (24.1%), Ireland (19.3%), the Netherlands (14.4%) and Finland (12.3%). The high values for Malta and Cyprus are likely linked to the heatwaves that occurred during August 2024 in those countries. For comparison, as presented in Table 1, in July 2024, 20 EU countries recorded excess deaths, with the highest rates observed in Malta (26.7%), Greece (25.2%), Cyprus (19.3%) and Portugal (15.3%). Data from Romania for weeks 18-35, covering May, June, July and August 2024, are currently unavailable.
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Between 2000 and mid-2008, construction producer prices and costs (for residential buildings) increased relatively steadily in the EU (Figure 1). After peaking in the third quarter of 2008 the indices began to fall and reached their lowest level about one year later. In total, however, the decline was not particularly pronounced. In 2010, the price and cost indices started to increase again. About one year later they regained the level they had displayed before the financial and economic crisis. Until 2012, the indices increased further and then stagnated for a relatively long period between 2012 and 2016, when another continuous increase set in.
The construction price and cost indices were not strongly affected by the Covid-19 crisis in the first and second quarters of 2020. In 2021, a dynamic growth set in that was particularly driven by the costs for input materials. The development continued in 2022. In 2023 and 2024 prices and costs increased further but not as dynamically as in the years before.
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