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Among EU Member States, the Netherlands was the largest importer (EUR 6.3 billion) from Brazil in 2017 and Germany was the largest exporter (EUR 8.5 billion) to Brazil. 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 07/11/2018
Over the period 2005-2017, the number of nights spent in tourist accommodation establishments in the EU grew by 35 %. In particular, there were significant increases in the number of nights spent by non-residents (+ 49 %) while the number of nights spent by residents during domestic trips increased by 25 % . More ...
Updated 07/11/2018
In June 2018 compared with June 2017, 4.8 million fewer nights (-1.5 %) were spent in tourist accommodation in the European Union (see Figure 1 and Table 1). This decrease, which was observed in 14 out of 27 EU Member States for which data are available, was more due to residents (domestic tourists travelling inside their own country of residence) who spent 4.1 million fewer nights (-2.5 %), than to non-residents (inbound tourists) who spent 700 000 fewer nights (-0.5 %). More ...
Updated 31/10/2018
Euro area annual inflation was 2.2 % in October 2018, up from 2.1 % in September 2018.
Looking at the main components of euro area inflation, energy had the highest annual rate in October (10.6 %, compared with 9.5 % in September), followed by food, alcohol & tobacco (2.2 %, compared with 2.6 % in September), services (1.5 %, compared with 1.3 % in September) and non-energy industrial goods (0.4 %, compared with 0.3 % in September). More ...
Updated 31/10/2018
The euro area seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 8.1 % in September 2018, stable compared with August 2018 and down from 8.9 % in September 2017. The EU-28 unemployment rate was 6.7 % in September 2018, stable compared with August 2018 and down from 7.5 % in September 2017. More ...
Updated 31/10/2018
A total of 432 thousand students from abroad (26 % of the total number of students from abroad in the EU-28) were studying in the United Kingdom in 2016, far more than the number in any other EU Member State. The next largest populations of students from abroad were 245 thousand each in France and Germany (each 15 % of the total). More ...
New 30/10/2018
Italy had a share of 15.0 % in extra-EU imports of crude petroleum and natural gas (see Figure 4). It was one of five countries with double-digit shares. The other four were Spain, the Netherlands (both 12.3 %), the United Kingdom (11.7 %) and Germany (11.3 %).
For seven Member States, crude petroleum and natural gas made up more than one fifth of their total imports of goods from outside the EU. These were Lithuania (46.6 %), Greece (35.9 %), Portugal (32.8 %) , Bulgaria (25.0 %), Finland (24.2 %) , Spain (22.3 %) and Italy (21.4 %). Shares below 5 % were recorded in Belgium (4.3 %), Ireland (3.6 %), Estonia (3.4 %), Malta (2.6 %), Slovenia (1.2 %), Cyprus and Luxembourg (both 0.0 %). For the whole EU the share was 12.3 %. More ...
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Updated 07/11/2018
Over the period 2005-2017, the number of nights spent in tourist accommodation establishments in the EU grew by 35 %. In particular, there were significant increases in the number of nights spent by non-residents (+ 49 %) while the number of nights spent by residents during domestic trips increased by 25 % . More ...
Updated 07/11/2018
In June 2018 compared with June 2017, 4.8 million fewer nights (-1.5 %) were spent in tourist accommodation in the European Union (see Figure 1 and Table 1). This decrease, which was observed in 14 out of 27 EU Member States for which data are available, was more due to residents (domestic tourists travelling inside their own country of residence) who spent 4.1 million fewer nights (-2.5 %), than to non-residents (inbound tourists) who spent 700 000 fewer nights (-0.5 %). More ...
Updated 31/10/2018
Euro area annual inflation was 2.2 % in October 2018, up from 2.1 % in September 2018.
Looking at the main components of euro area inflation, energy had the highest annual rate in October (10.6 %, compared with 9.5 % in September), followed by food, alcohol & tobacco (2.2 %, compared with 2.6 % in September), services (1.5 %, compared with 1.3 % in September) and non-energy industrial goods (0.4 %, compared with 0.3 % in September). More ...
Updated 31/10/2018
The euro area seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 8.1 % in September 2018, stable compared with August 2018 and down from 8.9 % in September 2017. The EU-28 unemployment rate was 6.7 % in September 2018, stable compared with August 2018 and down from 7.5 % in September 2017. More ...
Updated 31/10/2018
A total of 432 thousand students from abroad (26 % of the total number of students from abroad in the EU-28) were studying in the United Kingdom in 2016, far more than the number in any other EU Member State. The next largest populations of students from abroad were 245 thousand each in France and Germany (each 15 % of the total). More ...
New 30/10/2018
Italy had a share of 15.0 % in extra-EU imports of crude petroleum and natural gas (see Figure 4). It was one of five countries with double-digit shares. The other four were Spain, the Netherlands (both 12.3 %), the United Kingdom (11.7 %) and Germany (11.3 %).
For seven Member States, crude petroleum and natural gas made up more than one fifth of their total imports of goods from outside the EU. These were Lithuania (46.6 %), Greece (35.9 %), Portugal (32.8 %) , Bulgaria (25.0 %), Finland (24.2 %) , Spain (22.3 %) and Italy (21.4 %). Shares below 5 % were recorded in Belgium (4.3 %), Ireland (3.6 %), Estonia (3.4 %), Malta (2.6 %), Slovenia (1.2 %), Cyprus and Luxembourg (both 0.0 %). For the whole EU the share was 12.3 %. More ...
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Among EU Member States, the Netherlands was the largest importer (EUR 6.3 billion) from Brazil in 2017 and Germany was the largest exporter (EUR 8.5 billion) to Brazil. Read more...
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