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In 2019, people in the EU worked on average 37.1 hours a week in their main job, with the longest average working week found in Greece (41.7 hours per week) and the shortest in the Netherlands (30.4 hours per week). Read more...

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Hours of work in detail - quarterly statistics

Updated 27/11/2020

At EU level, in the second quarter of 2020, the index of the average weekly working hours for employed persons aged 15 years and older was 97 points. This average includes both part-time and full-time jobs. At country level, the index ranged from 92 points in Austria to 102 points in Denmark (difference of 10 index points). More ...

Residence permits - statistics on first permits issued during the year

Updated 27/11/2020

In 2019, almost 3.0 million first residence permits were issued in the EU-27 to citizens of non-member countries, the highest value recorded over the most recent decade for which data are available (2009-2019). The number of first residence permits that were issued increased by 5.8 % (or 163 000) compared with 2018, continuing an upward trend; this was the seventh consecutive annual increase More ...

Hours of work - quarterly statistics

Updated 26/11/2020

Between the last quarter of 2019 and the second quarter of 2020, the index of total actual hours worked in the main job (computed using the year 2006 as reference with an index of 100 points) dropped sharply in the EU-27: from 101.8 index points to 86.0 index points (decrease of 15.8 index points) More ...

Accidents at work statistics

Updated 26/11/2020

In 2018, there were 3.1 million non-fatal accidents that resulted in at least four calendar days of absence from work and 3 332 fatal accidents in the EU-27 (see Table 1), a ratio of approximately 940 non-fatal accidents for every fatal accident. More ...

Accidents at work - statistics by economic activity

Updated 25/11/2020

In absolute terms, fatal accidents were most common in construction, 682 people in the EU-27 had a fatal accident in 2018, 20.5 % of the total. Transportation and storage (16.7 %), manufacturing (15.2 %) and agriculture, forestry and fishing (13.2 %) also accounted for more than one tenth of all fatal accidents at work. In 2018, the highest incidence of fatal accidents at work was observed in mining and quarrying, with 52 fatal accidents resulting in a rate of 9.5 per 100 000 persons employed. More ...

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Hours of work in detail - quarterly statistics

Updated 27/11/2020

At EU level, in the second quarter of 2020, the index of the average weekly working hours for employed persons aged 15 years and older was 97 points. This average includes both part-time and full-time jobs. At country level, the index ranged from 92 points in Austria to 102 points in Denmark (difference of 10 index points). More ...

Residence permits - statistics on first permits issued during the year

Updated 27/11/2020

In 2019, almost 3.0 million first residence permits were issued in the EU-27 to citizens of non-member countries, the highest value recorded over the most recent decade for which data are available (2009-2019). The number of first residence permits that were issued increased by 5.8 % (or 163 000) compared with 2018, continuing an upward trend; this was the seventh consecutive annual increase More ...

Hours of work - quarterly statistics

Updated 26/11/2020

Between the last quarter of 2019 and the second quarter of 2020, the index of total actual hours worked in the main job (computed using the year 2006 as reference with an index of 100 points) dropped sharply in the EU-27: from 101.8 index points to 86.0 index points (decrease of 15.8 index points) More ...

Accidents at work statistics

Updated 26/11/2020

In 2018, there were 3.1 million non-fatal accidents that resulted in at least four calendar days of absence from work and 3 332 fatal accidents in the EU-27 (see Table 1), a ratio of approximately 940 non-fatal accidents for every fatal accident. More ...

Accidents at work - statistics by economic activity

Updated 25/11/2020

In absolute terms, fatal accidents were most common in construction, 682 people in the EU-27 had a fatal accident in 2018, 20.5 % of the total. Transportation and storage (16.7 %), manufacturing (15.2 %) and agriculture, forestry and fishing (13.2 %) also accounted for more than one tenth of all fatal accidents at work. In 2018, the highest incidence of fatal accidents at work was observed in mining and quarrying, with 52 fatal accidents resulting in a rate of 9.5 per 100 000 persons employed. More ...

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In 2019, people in the EU worked on average 37.1 hours a week in their main job, with the longest average working week found in Greece (41.7 hours per week) and the shortest in the Netherlands (30.4 hours per week). Read more...

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