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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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Unemployment statistics

Updated 01/12/2022

In October 2022, the euro area seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 6.5 %, down from 6.6 % in September 2022 and from 7.3 % in October 2021. The EU unemployment rate was 6.0 % in October 2022, down from 6.1 % in September 2022 and down from 6.6 % in October 2021. More ...

Tourism statistics - seasonality at regional level

Updated 01/12/2022

The three regions with the highest seasonality in 2021 include the two main tourism regions in Bulgaria, namely Yugoiztochen, (71 % of all nights concentrated in July and August) and Severoiztochen (68 %); these two regions account for two thirds of nights spent in Bulgaria in 2021. The EU region with the highest number of nights spent in the entire year, Jadranska Hrvatska in Croatia, is also the region with the second highest level of seasonality (69 %). More ...

Waste statistics - electrical and electronic equipment

Updated 01/12/2022

The amount of electrical and electronic equipment put on the market in the EU evolved from 7.6 million tonnes in 2012 to a peak of 12.4 million tonnes in 2020. Within this period, the lowest level was recorded in 2013, with 7.3 million tonnes. Over the period 2012-2020 as a whole, the amount of EEE put on the market grew by 62.2 %. The total collected WEEE increased from 3.0 to 4.7 million tonnes (+57.8 %), while the total treated WEEE grew from 3.1 to 4.6 million tonnes (+49.1 %). Recovered WEEE developed from 2.6 to 4.3 million tonnes (+65.1 %), and WEEE recycled and prepared for reuse grew from 2.4 to 3.9 million tonnes (+61.7 %) from 2012 to 2020. More ...

Living conditions in Europe - material deprivation and economic strain

Updated 30/11/2022

In 2021, 11.9 % of the EU population faced material and social deprivation and 6.3 % experienced severe material and social deprivation. People are considered in material and social deprivation if they cannot afford five or more of the thirteen standard deprivation items. If seven or more of the thirteen standard deprivation items cannot be afforded, they are considered in severe material deprivation. Please refer to the data sources section of this article for a list of the thirteen items. More ...

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Unemployment statistics

Updated 01/12/2022

In October 2022, the euro area seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 6.5 %, down from 6.6 % in September 2022 and from 7.3 % in October 2021. The EU unemployment rate was 6.0 % in October 2022, down from 6.1 % in September 2022 and down from 6.6 % in October 2021. More ...

Tourism statistics - seasonality at regional level

Updated 01/12/2022

The three regions with the highest seasonality in 2021 include the two main tourism regions in Bulgaria, namely Yugoiztochen, (71 % of all nights concentrated in July and August) and Severoiztochen (68 %); these two regions account for two thirds of nights spent in Bulgaria in 2021. The EU region with the highest number of nights spent in the entire year, Jadranska Hrvatska in Croatia, is also the region with the second highest level of seasonality (69 %). More ...

Waste statistics - electrical and electronic equipment

Updated 01/12/2022

The amount of electrical and electronic equipment put on the market in the EU evolved from 7.6 million tonnes in 2012 to a peak of 12.4 million tonnes in 2020. Within this period, the lowest level was recorded in 2013, with 7.3 million tonnes. Over the period 2012-2020 as a whole, the amount of EEE put on the market grew by 62.2 %. The total collected WEEE increased from 3.0 to 4.7 million tonnes (+57.8 %), while the total treated WEEE grew from 3.1 to 4.6 million tonnes (+49.1 %). Recovered WEEE developed from 2.6 to 4.3 million tonnes (+65.1 %), and WEEE recycled and prepared for reuse grew from 2.4 to 3.9 million tonnes (+61.7 %) from 2012 to 2020. More ...

Living conditions in Europe - material deprivation and economic strain

Updated 30/11/2022

In 2021, 11.9 % of the EU population faced material and social deprivation and 6.3 % experienced severe material and social deprivation. People are considered in material and social deprivation if they cannot afford five or more of the thirteen standard deprivation items. If seven or more of the thirteen standard deprivation items cannot be afforded, they are considered in severe material deprivation. Please refer to the data sources section of this article for a list of the thirteen items. More ...

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In the EU, the needs for heating a given building in 2021 were approximately one tenth lower than in 1979. Read more...

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