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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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Supply and use statistics

New 22/08/2019

As such, domestic production accounted for 92.8 % of the total supply and imports for the remaining 7.2 %. What use was made of these products? In value terms, nearly half (46.7 %) were used for intermediate consumption, in other words to make other products. The next largest share, just over one third (34.9 %), was used for final consumption, typically by households or the government sector. Nearly one tenth (9.6 %) of the supply was used for gross capital formation, mainly for investment, however this share also includes any changes in the level of stocks of products between the beginning and the end of the year. More ...

Air pollution statistics - emission inventories

Updated 21/08/2019

For the last 28 years (1990 to 2017) the EU-28 recorded reductions in emissions of all air pollutants considered in this article (see Figure 1). The biggest fall was reported for sulphur oxides (SOx) which decreased by 90%, followed by non-methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOC) and nitrous oxides (NOx), which declined roughly by 60 %. Emissions of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) decreased by almost a half since the year 1990. The smallest decrease was reported for ammonia (NH₃) emissions, which fell by roughly one quarter. More ...

Inflation in the euro area

Updated 19/08/2019

Euro area annual inflation was 1.0 % in July 2019, down from 1.3 % in June 2019. Looking at the main components of euro area inflation, food, alcohol & tobacco had the highest annual rate in July (1.9 %, compared with 1.6 % in June), followed by services (1.2 %, compared with 1.6 % in June), energy (0.5 %, compared with 1.7 % in June) and non-energy industrial goods (0.4 %, compared with 0.3 % in June). More ...

Tourism statistics - expenditure

Updated 16/08/2019

In 2017, intra-EU tourism accounted for 94 % of all tourism trips (73 % of which were domestic trips and 21 % trips to another Member State). In terms of expenditure, however, domestic trips accounted for 44 % of total tourism expenditure (see figure 1), all EU destinations (including domestic) for 78 % and destinations outside the EU for 22 % (compared with only 6 % of the number of tourism trips). More ...

Seasonality in the tourist accommodation sector

Updated 14/08/2019

The monthly accommodation statistics for 2018 showed a significant seasonal bias for arrivals and number of nights spent in tourist accommodation (see Figure 1 and Table 1). The number of arrivals was a bit more evenly spread over the year than the number of nights spent, mainly due to the concentration of longer stays in July and August. More ...

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Supply and use statistics

New 22/08/2019

As such, domestic production accounted for 92.8 % of the total supply and imports for the remaining 7.2 %. What use was made of these products? In value terms, nearly half (46.7 %) were used for intermediate consumption, in other words to make other products. The next largest share, just over one third (34.9 %), was used for final consumption, typically by households or the government sector. Nearly one tenth (9.6 %) of the supply was used for gross capital formation, mainly for investment, however this share also includes any changes in the level of stocks of products between the beginning and the end of the year. More ...

Air pollution statistics - emission inventories

Updated 21/08/2019

For the last 28 years (1990 to 2017) the EU-28 recorded reductions in emissions of all air pollutants considered in this article (see Figure 1). The biggest fall was reported for sulphur oxides (SOx) which decreased by 90%, followed by non-methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOC) and nitrous oxides (NOx), which declined roughly by 60 %. Emissions of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) decreased by almost a half since the year 1990. The smallest decrease was reported for ammonia (NH₃) emissions, which fell by roughly one quarter. More ...

Inflation in the euro area

Updated 19/08/2019

Euro area annual inflation was 1.0 % in July 2019, down from 1.3 % in June 2019. Looking at the main components of euro area inflation, food, alcohol & tobacco had the highest annual rate in July (1.9 %, compared with 1.6 % in June), followed by services (1.2 %, compared with 1.6 % in June), energy (0.5 %, compared with 1.7 % in June) and non-energy industrial goods (0.4 %, compared with 0.3 % in June). More ...

Tourism statistics - expenditure

Updated 16/08/2019

In 2017, intra-EU tourism accounted for 94 % of all tourism trips (73 % of which were domestic trips and 21 % trips to another Member State). In terms of expenditure, however, domestic trips accounted for 44 % of total tourism expenditure (see figure 1), all EU destinations (including domestic) for 78 % and destinations outside the EU for 22 % (compared with only 6 % of the number of tourism trips). More ...

Seasonality in the tourist accommodation sector

Updated 14/08/2019

The monthly accommodation statistics for 2018 showed a significant seasonal bias for arrivals and number of nights spent in tourist accommodation (see Figure 1 and Table 1). The number of arrivals was a bit more evenly spread over the year than the number of nights spent, mainly due to the concentration of longer stays in July and August. More ...

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Sweden (54.5 %) had the highest share of energy from renewable sources in its gross final consumption of energy in 2017, ahead of Finland (41.0 %), Latvia (39.0 %), Denmark (35.8 %) and Austria (32.6) Read more...

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Internet users who bought or ordered goods or services for private use in the previous 12 months, 2013 and 2018 (% of internet users)

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