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The quantity of renewable energy produced within the EU-28 increased overall by 64.0 % between 2007 and 2017, equivalent to an average increase of 5.1 % per year. Read more...
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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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Updated 19/07/2019
Malta (+18.4 %), Croatia (+15.0 %), Finland (+3.7 %), Czechia (+2.6 %) and France (+2.5 %) were the Member States that recorded the largest increases in net electricity production in 2018. Other Member States that recorded small increases (less than 1 %) were Bulgaria, Greece, Cyprus and Portugal. More ...
Updated 19/07/2019
Germany had the highest level of net electricity generation in 2017 among the EU Member States, accounting for 19.7 % of the EU-28 total, just ahead of France (17.1 %); the United Kingdom (10.3 %) was the only other Member State with a double-digit share. More ...
Updated 19/07/2019
In the first quarter of 2019, seasonally adjusted total government revenue in the euro area amounted to 46.0 % of GDP, a decrease compared with 46.2 % in the fourth quarter of 2018. Total government expenditure in the euro area stood at 46.5 % of GDP, an decrease compared with 47.2 % of GDP in the previous quarter. More ...
Updated 19/07/2019
The 'integrated government finance statistics (GFS) presentation' is a dedicated presentation template for European Union (EU) government accounts that shows the economic activities of government in a manner suitable for fiscal analysis. It groups together all government statistics collected by Eurostat specifically for the general government sector (i.e. excluding public corporations) in the framework of national accounts, completed by statistical information gathered for administrative purposes. More ...
Updated 19/07/2019
GDP rose by 0.4 % in the euro area (EA-19) and by 0.5 % in the EU-28 during the first quarter of 2019, compared with the previous quarter, according to an estimate (see Data sources below) published by Eurostat. In the fourth quarter of 2018, GDP grew by 0.2 % in the euro area (EA-19) and by 0.3 % in the EU-28. More ...
In 2018, at least 5 out of every 100 people of working age (20-64) born in an EU-28/EFTA country resided in an EU-28/EFTA country other than their country of birth (5.6 %). That means 2 more people for every 100 people than in 2008 (3.8 %).
On average, over the whole decade, about 35 % of the total EU-28/EFTA foreign-born population were born in an EU-28/EFTA country, while the remaining 65 % were born elsewhere in the world. More ...
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Updated 19/07/2019
Malta (+18.4 %), Croatia (+15.0 %), Finland (+3.7 %), Czechia (+2.6 %) and France (+2.5 %) were the Member States that recorded the largest increases in net electricity production in 2018. Other Member States that recorded small increases (less than 1 %) were Bulgaria, Greece, Cyprus and Portugal. More ...
Updated 19/07/2019
Germany had the highest level of net electricity generation in 2017 among the EU Member States, accounting for 19.7 % of the EU-28 total, just ahead of France (17.1 %); the United Kingdom (10.3 %) was the only other Member State with a double-digit share. More ...
Updated 19/07/2019
In the first quarter of 2019, seasonally adjusted total government revenue in the euro area amounted to 46.0 % of GDP, a decrease compared with 46.2 % in the fourth quarter of 2018. Total government expenditure in the euro area stood at 46.5 % of GDP, an decrease compared with 47.2 % of GDP in the previous quarter. More ...
Updated 19/07/2019
The 'integrated government finance statistics (GFS) presentation' is a dedicated presentation template for European Union (EU) government accounts that shows the economic activities of government in a manner suitable for fiscal analysis. It groups together all government statistics collected by Eurostat specifically for the general government sector (i.e. excluding public corporations) in the framework of national accounts, completed by statistical information gathered for administrative purposes. More ...
Updated 19/07/2019
GDP rose by 0.4 % in the euro area (EA-19) and by 0.5 % in the EU-28 during the first quarter of 2019, compared with the previous quarter, according to an estimate (see Data sources below) published by Eurostat. In the fourth quarter of 2018, GDP grew by 0.2 % in the euro area (EA-19) and by 0.3 % in the EU-28. More ...
In 2018, at least 5 out of every 100 people of working age (20-64) born in an EU-28/EFTA country resided in an EU-28/EFTA country other than their country of birth (5.6 %). That means 2 more people for every 100 people than in 2008 (3.8 %).
On average, over the whole decade, about 35 % of the total EU-28/EFTA foreign-born population were born in an EU-28/EFTA country, while the remaining 65 % were born elsewhere in the world. More ...
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The quantity of renewable energy produced within the EU-28 increased overall by 64.0 % between 2007 and 2017, equivalent to an average increase of 5.1 % per year. Read more...
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