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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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Asylum quarterly report

Updated 25/09/2018

The highest number of first-time asylum applicants in the second quarter of 2018 was registered in Germany (with 33 700 first-time applicants, or 25 % of all applicants in the EU Member States), followed by France (26 100, or 19 %), Greece (16 300, or 12 %), Spain (16 200, or 12 %) and Italy (13 700, or 10 %). These 5 Member States together account for 78 % of all first-time applicants in the EU-28 More ...

SDG 8 - Decent work and economic growth

Updated 18/09/2018

Real GDP per capita (GDP adjusted for inflation) in the EU in 2017 reached EUR 27 700, which was 16.9 % higher than in 2002. After the severe economic slump in 2009, real GDP per capita was slowly recovering and almost reached its pre-crisis level in 2014. On average, GDP per capita has been increasing by 1.3 % per year since 2009. In 2017, real GDP per capita in the EU grew by 2.2 %, which was the highest annual growth rate in ten years. It is expected that in 2018 the European economy will continue expanding at a solid pace More ...

SDG 8 - Decent work and economic growth (statistical annex)

Updated 18/09/2018

Figure 1 shows that based on GDP per capita Europeans have continued to enjoy rising living standards over the past two decades. Between 2002 and 2017, real GDP per capita grew by an average of 1.0 % per year. In the short-term period from 2012 to 2017, growth was even faster, at 1.5 % on average per year. More ...

Job vacancy and unemployment rates - Beveridge curve

Updated 24/09/2018

From 2010 to 2013, and most notably over the 2010-2011 period, there was a significant outward shift in the Beveridge curves that may reflect disparities across Member States: most of the job vacancies have been created in countries with comparatively low unemployment. From 2014 onwards, we can observe movements along the Beveridge curve caused by an increase of the job vacancy rates in the euro area and the EU-28 going along with a decrease in the unemployment rates in both areas. More ...

Statistics on regional typologies in the EU

New 13/09/2018

In 2016, some 44.8 % of the EU-28 population was living in predominantly urban regions, while more than one third (36.0 %) were living in intermediate regions, and just under one fifth (19.2 %) in predominantly rural regions. More ...

Causes of death statistics

Updated 19/09/2018

Between 2005 and 2015, there was an 11.5 % reduction in EU-28 standardised death rates relating to cancer for men and a 6.1 % reduction for women — see Figures 1 and 2. Larger declines were recorded in relation to deaths from ischaemic heart disease, where death rates fell by 30.3 % for men and 34.3 % for women More ...

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Asylum quarterly report

Updated 25/09/2018

The highest number of first-time asylum applicants in the second quarter of 2018 was registered in Germany (with 33 700 first-time applicants, or 25 % of all applicants in the EU Member States), followed by France (26 100, or 19 %), Greece (16 300, or 12 %), Spain (16 200, or 12 %) and Italy (13 700, or 10 %). These 5 Member States together account for 78 % of all first-time applicants in the EU-28 More ...

SDG 8 - Decent work and economic growth

Updated 18/09/2018

Real GDP per capita (GDP adjusted for inflation) in the EU in 2017 reached EUR 27 700, which was 16.9 % higher than in 2002. After the severe economic slump in 2009, real GDP per capita was slowly recovering and almost reached its pre-crisis level in 2014. On average, GDP per capita has been increasing by 1.3 % per year since 2009. In 2017, real GDP per capita in the EU grew by 2.2 %, which was the highest annual growth rate in ten years. It is expected that in 2018 the European economy will continue expanding at a solid pace More ...

SDG 8 - Decent work and economic growth (statistical annex)

Updated 18/09/2018

Figure 1 shows that based on GDP per capita Europeans have continued to enjoy rising living standards over the past two decades. Between 2002 and 2017, real GDP per capita grew by an average of 1.0 % per year. In the short-term period from 2012 to 2017, growth was even faster, at 1.5 % on average per year. More ...

Job vacancy and unemployment rates - Beveridge curve

Updated 24/09/2018

From 2010 to 2013, and most notably over the 2010-2011 period, there was a significant outward shift in the Beveridge curves that may reflect disparities across Member States: most of the job vacancies have been created in countries with comparatively low unemployment. From 2014 onwards, we can observe movements along the Beveridge curve caused by an increase of the job vacancy rates in the euro area and the EU-28 going along with a decrease in the unemployment rates in both areas. More ...

Statistics on regional typologies in the EU

New 13/09/2018

In 2016, some 44.8 % of the EU-28 population was living in predominantly urban regions, while more than one third (36.0 %) were living in intermediate regions, and just under one fifth (19.2 %) in predominantly rural regions. More ...

Causes of death statistics

Updated 19/09/2018

Between 2005 and 2015, there was an 11.5 % reduction in EU-28 standardised death rates relating to cancer for men and a 6.1 % reduction for women — see Figures 1 and 2. Larger declines were recorded in relation to deaths from ischaemic heart disease, where death rates fell by 30.3 % for men and 34.3 % for women More ...

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In 2016, 8.4 million people in the EU were working in a cultural sector or occupation, that is, 3.7 % of the total number of people in employment Read more...

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