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Since 2008 (the start of the time series), the EU-28’s outward investment position has been positive. In other words, the value of the EU-28’s outward stocks of FDI has exceeded the value of inward stocks. In 2017, the ratio of the EU-28’s stock of FDI (relative to GDP) was 48.3 %, while the stock of inward investment in the EU-28 (relative to GDP) was 41.0 %. More ...
In 2017, the share of working-age adults (18-64 years) living in under-occupied dwellings across the EU-28 was just over one third (34.2 %). By contrast, the proportion of older people (aged 65 years or more) living in under-occupied dwellings was slightly higher than half (50.6 %). This pattern — a higher share of older people than working-age adults living in under-occupied dwellings — was observed in all of the EU Member States. The share of older people living in under-occupied dwellings peaked at 90.5 % in Ireland, and was more than 80 % in Malta, Cyprus, the United Kingdom and Belgium. More ...
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At the end of 2017, the United States had the biggest share (34.2 %) of the EU-28’s FDI stocks abroad, valued at EUR 2.6 trillion; the second largest partner was Switzerland (13.4 %). Otherwise, offshore financial centres had the third largest share (12.3 %) of the EU-28’s outward stocks of FDI at the end of 2017, followed by Brazil (4.3 %) and Canada (4.1 %), while Asian countries together accounted for 15.2 % of the EU-28 total (principally Singapore, China, Hong Kong, Japan, India and South Korea). More ...
Ageing Europe - looking at the lives of older people in the EU is a Eurostat publication providing a broad range of statistics that describe the everyday lives of the European Union’s (EU) older generations. More ...
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In 2018, those people aged 55 years or more accounted for almost one third (32.8 %) of the total EU-28 population. Among the EU Member States, this share ranged from a high of more than one third (35.9 %) in Italy down to just less than one quarter (24.7 %) of the population in Ireland. The share of this age group (55 years or more) in the EU-28 population is projected to reach 40.6 % by 2050; it will increase in each of the EU Member States. By 2050, those aged 55 years or more are projected to account for almost half (47.1 %) of the total population in Portugal, and for at least 45.0 % in Italy, Bulgaria, Lithuania and Croatia. More ...
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Since 2008 (the start of the time series), the EU-28’s outward investment position has been positive. In other words, the value of the EU-28’s outward stocks of FDI has exceeded the value of inward stocks. In 2017, the ratio of the EU-28’s stock of FDI (relative to GDP) was 48.3 %, while the stock of inward investment in the EU-28 (relative to GDP) was 41.0 %. More ...
In 2017, the share of working-age adults (18-64 years) living in under-occupied dwellings across the EU-28 was just over one third (34.2 %). By contrast, the proportion of older people (aged 65 years or more) living in under-occupied dwellings was slightly higher than half (50.6 %). This pattern — a higher share of older people than working-age adults living in under-occupied dwellings — was observed in all of the EU Member States. The share of older people living in under-occupied dwellings peaked at 90.5 % in Ireland, and was more than 80 % in Malta, Cyprus, the United Kingdom and Belgium. More ...
Updated 18/10/2019
At the end of 2017, the United States had the biggest share (34.2 %) of the EU-28’s FDI stocks abroad, valued at EUR 2.6 trillion; the second largest partner was Switzerland (13.4 %). Otherwise, offshore financial centres had the third largest share (12.3 %) of the EU-28’s outward stocks of FDI at the end of 2017, followed by Brazil (4.3 %) and Canada (4.1 %), while Asian countries together accounted for 15.2 % of the EU-28 total (principally Singapore, China, Hong Kong, Japan, India and South Korea). More ...
Ageing Europe - looking at the lives of older people in the EU is a Eurostat publication providing a broad range of statistics that describe the everyday lives of the European Union’s (EU) older generations. More ...
New 18/10/2019
In 2018, those people aged 55 years or more accounted for almost one third (32.8 %) of the total EU-28 population. Among the EU Member States, this share ranged from a high of more than one third (35.9 %) in Italy down to just less than one quarter (24.7 %) of the population in Ireland. The share of this age group (55 years or more) in the EU-28 population is projected to reach 40.6 % by 2050; it will increase in each of the EU Member States. By 2050, those aged 55 years or more are projected to account for almost half (47.1 %) of the total population in Portugal, and for at least 45.0 % in Italy, Bulgaria, Lithuania and Croatia. More ...
Updated 18/10/2019
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A quarter (24.4 %) of the EU-28's apple production came from Poland in 2017, the other main producing Member States being Italy (19.1 %) and France (17.2 %). Read more...
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