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Following a generally downward path for many years, coal consumption took a reverse course in 2021 and 2022, before dropping quite significantly in 2023. Preliminary data suggest that in 2023 solid fossil fuels hit record low levels in the EU, with inland consumption even lower than in 2020. Compared with 2022, inland consumption of lignite in the EU fell by 70.8 million tonnes (Mt) (-24.2 %), other bituminous coal dropped by 30.7 Mt (-25.8nbsp;%), oil shale and oil sands by 3.5 Mt (-23.0 %). Manufactured gases, mostly produced in relation to coal consumption in the iron and steel industry, also show a decrease. More ...
The EU's real estate activities (Section L) numbered over 1.5 million enterprises in 2021, 11.3 % more than in 2020, employing 2.7 million persons, an increase of 8.9 % compared with the previous year. The real estate activities sector generated €267.5 billion of value added in 2021, an 8.5 % increase compared with the previous year. In 2021, this sector's contribution to the business economy (Sections B to N and P to R, as well as Division S95 and S96) was 4.8 % of the enterprise population, 1.7 % of the employment, and 2.8 % of value added. More ...
A look at the underlying individual country data revealed a highly diversified picture of existing discrepancies in each EU country in absolute terms (Figure 1). Germany, Malta and Luxembourg showed the highest absolute discrepancies within the EU, contributing together more than 75 % of all measured discrepancies during the observed period from 2021 to 2023. On the other side a considerable number of EU countries such as Denmark, Spain, Cyprus, Latvia and the Netherlands displayed no or only very low absolute inconsistencies in their non-financial accounts. More ...
Higher industry concentration values can be observed in mining and quarrying, and in electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply. On the other hand, lower concentration can be observed in construction, accommodation and food service activities, real estate activities, manufacturing, etc. More ...