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Relative to GDP, the largest level of environmental tax revenue was recorded in 2016 in Denmark (4.0 %), followed by Slovenia (3.9 %), Greece (3.8 %), Latvia (3.7 %), Croatia and Italy (both 3.5 %). 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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Industrial production statistics

Updated 19/10/2018

In 2017, the value of sold production covered by the sectors mining and quarrying and manufacturing amounted to EUR 5 180 billion. Figure 1 presents the evolution of EU-28's value of sold production from 2008 to 2017. After the economic crisis in 2008, the value generated by EU production was reduced dramatically in 2009, with a sharp decrease of almost 18 %. However, there was a turn-around between 2009 and 2011 when the value of sold production increased by more than 15 % and remained stable in the following three years. The results of 2017 show the consolidation of the growth in production, after the full recovery and surpassing the 2008 level. More ...

Climate change - driving forces

Updated 18/10/2018

The overall development of total GHG emissions is clearly on the right path; in 2016 total GHG emissions equalled 4.4 billion tonnes of CO₂-equivalent compared with 5.7 billion tonnes in 1990, a decrease of 1.3 billion tonnes, or 22 %. More ...

High-tech statistics - employment

Updated 18/10/2018

In 2017, 35 million people were employed in the manufacturing sector in the EU-28, a figure which represented 15.4 % of total employment. Of these, 2.4 million were employed in high-tech manufacturing, corresponding to 1.1 % of total employment. More than three times as many were employed in high-tech knowledge intensive services, which accounted for 3.0 % of total employment. More ...

Vocational education and training statistics

Updated 18/10/2018

Within lower secondary education (ISCED level 2), vocational programmes are relatively rare: in 2016 they accounted for 3.3 % of the total number of pupils at this level in the EU-28 (including 2015 data for the United Kingdom). A somewhat higher proportion of male pupils (3.7 %) followed vocational programmes within lower secondary education, as the corresponding share among female pupils was 2.9 %. More ...

Cancer statistics - specific cancers

Updated 17/10/2018

In 2015, more than a quarter of a million (273 thousand) people died from lung cancer in the EU-28, just over one fifth (20.7 %) of all deaths from cancer and 5.2 % of the total number of deaths — see Table 1. The share of all deaths attributed to lung cancer was 7.2 % among men, more than double the share (3.4 %) recorded for women. More ...

Cancer statistics

Updated 17/10/2018

Among the EU Member States, the share of deaths from cancer in the total number of deaths in 2015 exceeded 30.0 % in the Netherlands and Slovenia: among men this share peaked at 36.0 % in Slovenia, while among women it peaked at 27.7 % in Ireland and 27.8 % in Denmark. By contrast, less than one fifth of all deaths in Bulgaria and Romania were caused by cancer. More ...

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Industrial production statistics

Updated 19/10/2018

In 2017, the value of sold production covered by the sectors mining and quarrying and manufacturing amounted to EUR 5 180 billion. Figure 1 presents the evolution of EU-28's value of sold production from 2008 to 2017. After the economic crisis in 2008, the value generated by EU production was reduced dramatically in 2009, with a sharp decrease of almost 18 %. However, there was a turn-around between 2009 and 2011 when the value of sold production increased by more than 15 % and remained stable in the following three years. The results of 2017 show the consolidation of the growth in production, after the full recovery and surpassing the 2008 level. More ...

Climate change - driving forces

Updated 18/10/2018

The overall development of total GHG emissions is clearly on the right path; in 2016 total GHG emissions equalled 4.4 billion tonnes of CO₂-equivalent compared with 5.7 billion tonnes in 1990, a decrease of 1.3 billion tonnes, or 22 %. More ...

High-tech statistics - employment

Updated 18/10/2018

In 2017, 35 million people were employed in the manufacturing sector in the EU-28, a figure which represented 15.4 % of total employment. Of these, 2.4 million were employed in high-tech manufacturing, corresponding to 1.1 % of total employment. More than three times as many were employed in high-tech knowledge intensive services, which accounted for 3.0 % of total employment. More ...

Vocational education and training statistics

Updated 18/10/2018

Within lower secondary education (ISCED level 2), vocational programmes are relatively rare: in 2016 they accounted for 3.3 % of the total number of pupils at this level in the EU-28 (including 2015 data for the United Kingdom). A somewhat higher proportion of male pupils (3.7 %) followed vocational programmes within lower secondary education, as the corresponding share among female pupils was 2.9 %. More ...

Cancer statistics - specific cancers

Updated 17/10/2018

In 2015, more than a quarter of a million (273 thousand) people died from lung cancer in the EU-28, just over one fifth (20.7 %) of all deaths from cancer and 5.2 % of the total number of deaths — see Table 1. The share of all deaths attributed to lung cancer was 7.2 % among men, more than double the share (3.4 %) recorded for women. More ...

Cancer statistics

Updated 17/10/2018

Among the EU Member States, the share of deaths from cancer in the total number of deaths in 2015 exceeded 30.0 % in the Netherlands and Slovenia: among men this share peaked at 36.0 % in Slovenia, while among women it peaked at 27.7 % in Ireland and 27.8 % in Denmark. By contrast, less than one fifth of all deaths in Bulgaria and Romania were caused by cancer. More ...

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Relative to GDP, the largest level of environmental tax revenue was recorded in 2016 in Denmark (4.0 %), followed by Slovenia (3.9 %), Greece (3.8 %), Latvia (3.7 %), Croatia and Italy (both 3.5 %). Read more...

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R & D intensity, by NUTS 2 regions, 2015 (%)

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