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The EU-28 produced about 15.0 million tonnes of poultry meat in 2017, with two thirds coming from Poland (15.6 %), the United Kingdom (12.1 %), France (11.0 %), Spain (10.2 %), Germany (10.1 %) and Italy (8.8 %) combined. Read more...
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In 2008, 76 % of goods exported from the EU to Africa were manufactured goods (see Figure 3). This share fell to 70 % in 2018, while the share of primary goods rose from 22 % to 29 %. The declining share of manufactured goods was mostly caused by the declining share of machinery and vehicles, from 42 % in 2008 to 36 % in 2018. More ...
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The number of researchers in the EU-28 increased in recent years: there were 1.97 million researchers (in full-time equivalents (FTE)) employed in the EU-28 in 2017 (see Figure 1), which marked an increase of 516 thousand (or almost one third, 35.4 %) when compared with 2007. More ...
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The total number of people employed by EU firms engaged in exporting activities (directly and indirectly) reached 35 million in 2018, 29 million of whom were in the euro area. This represents 15 % of total EU employment in 2018 and 18 % of euro area employment (see Figure 1).
The figure for employment embodied in exports refers to the number of people employed by firms that are directly engaged in exporting activities (direct effects), including those employed by upstream industries for supplying the necessary inputs to these firms (indirect effects).
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The largest populations in functional urban areas of the EU in 2017 were recorded in Paris (12.8 million; 2015 data) and London (12.1 million), followed — at some distance — by Madrid (Spain; 6.6 million). The next largest concentrations of population — all with 5.1 million inhabitants — were in Berlin (Germany), Milano (Italy) and the German urban agglomeration of the Ruhrgebiet (which includes, among others, Bochum, Dortmund, Duisburg, Essen and Oberhausen). More ...
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The highest GDP per inhabitant was in one of the two capital city regions of the United Kingdom, Inner London — West, where GDP per inhabitant was more than six times as high as the EU-28 average in 2017. Luxembourg (one region at this level of detail), Southern Ireland and Hamburg (Germany) were the only other regions across the EU where GDP per inhabitant was at least twice as high as the EU-28 average. More ...
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Euro area annual inflation was 1.0 % in August 2019, stable compared to July 2019.
Looking at the main components of euro area inflation, food, alcohol & tobacco had the highest annual rate in August (2.1 %, compared with 1.9 % in July), followed by services (1.3 %, compared with 1.2 % in July), non-energy industrial goods (0.3 %, compared with 0.4 % in July), and energy (-0.6 %, compared with 0.5 % in July). More ...
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Updated 20/09/2019
In 2008, 76 % of goods exported from the EU to Africa were manufactured goods (see Figure 3). This share fell to 70 % in 2018, while the share of primary goods rose from 22 % to 29 %. The declining share of manufactured goods was mostly caused by the declining share of machinery and vehicles, from 42 % in 2008 to 36 % in 2018. More ...
Updated 20/09/2019
The number of researchers in the EU-28 increased in recent years: there were 1.97 million researchers (in full-time equivalents (FTE)) employed in the EU-28 in 2017 (see Figure 1), which marked an increase of 516 thousand (or almost one third, 35.4 %) when compared with 2007. More ...
Updated 18/09/2019
The total number of people employed by EU firms engaged in exporting activities (directly and indirectly) reached 35 million in 2018, 29 million of whom were in the euro area. This represents 15 % of total EU employment in 2018 and 18 % of euro area employment (see Figure 1).
The figure for employment embodied in exports refers to the number of people employed by firms that are directly engaged in exporting activities (direct effects), including those employed by upstream industries for supplying the necessary inputs to these firms (indirect effects).
More ...Updated 12/09/2019
The largest populations in functional urban areas of the EU in 2017 were recorded in Paris (12.8 million; 2015 data) and London (12.1 million), followed — at some distance — by Madrid (Spain; 6.6 million). The next largest concentrations of population — all with 5.1 million inhabitants — were in Berlin (Germany), Milano (Italy) and the German urban agglomeration of the Ruhrgebiet (which includes, among others, Bochum, Dortmund, Duisburg, Essen and Oberhausen). More ...
Updated 12/09/2019
The highest GDP per inhabitant was in one of the two capital city regions of the United Kingdom, Inner London — West, where GDP per inhabitant was more than six times as high as the EU-28 average in 2017. Luxembourg (one region at this level of detail), Southern Ireland and Hamburg (Germany) were the only other regions across the EU where GDP per inhabitant was at least twice as high as the EU-28 average. More ...
Updated 18/09/2019
Euro area annual inflation was 1.0 % in August 2019, stable compared to July 2019.
Looking at the main components of euro area inflation, food, alcohol & tobacco had the highest annual rate in August (2.1 %, compared with 1.9 % in July), followed by services (1.3 %, compared with 1.2 % in July), non-energy industrial goods (0.3 %, compared with 0.4 % in July), and energy (-0.6 %, compared with 0.5 % in July). More ...
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The EU-28 produced about 15.0 million tonnes of poultry meat in 2017, with two thirds coming from Poland (15.6 %), the United Kingdom (12.1 %), France (11.0 %), Spain (10.2 %), Germany (10.1 %) and Italy (8.8 %) combined. Read more...
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