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  • News articles Industry, trade and services International trade
  • PUBLISHED: 1 August 2025

Beer production increases to 34.7 billion litres

In 2024, EU countries produced 32.7 billion (bn) litres of beer containing more than 0.5% alcohol and 2 bn litres of beer with less than 0.5% alcohol or with no alcohol content at all, totalling 34.7 bn litres.  Compared with 2023, the production of beer with more than 0.5% alcohol in the EU inc...
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  • News articles Population and social conditions
  • PUBLISHED: 31 July 2025

9.4% of minors in the EU were non-nationals in 2024

In 2024, 7.5 million of people younger than 18 did not have the citizenship of their country of residence in the EU, amounting to 9.4% of all minors in the EU. Among minors without the citizenship of their country of residence, 27.0% were under 5 years old, 29.8% were aged 5 to 9, 27.7% were 10 ...
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  • News articles Population and social conditions
  • PUBLISHED: 30 July 2025

63% of registered victims of trafficking are females

In 2023, 63.4% of registered victims of trafficking in human beings in the EU were women or girls, a small increase of 0.6 percentage points (pp) compared with 2022 (62.8%).  The proportion of women among traffickers was much lower compared with the proportion of men. In 2023, among the suspecte...
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  • News articles Transport
  • PUBLISHED: 30 July 2025

1.45 million new battery-only electric cars in 2024

In 2024, 1.45 million new battery-only electric passenger cars were registered in the EU, a decrease of 6.1% compared with 2023 (1.55 million). This brought the total number of battery-only electric cars to 5.87 million, representing an increase in the fleet of 32.4% compared with 2023 (4.43 mill...
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  • News articles Science and technology
  • PUBLISHED: 29 July 2025

EU governments increased R&D allocations by 3% in 2024

In 2024, the total government budget allocations for R&D (GBARD) across the EU stood at an estimated €127 916 million, equivalent to 0.71% of GDP. This indicates a 3.4% increase compared with 2023 (€123 675 million) and a 59.5% increase compared with 2014 (€80 175 million). This information come...
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  • News articles Industry, trade and services
  • PUBLISHED: 29 July 2025

EU ice cream production sees uptick of 2% in 2024

In 2024, the EU produced 3.3 billion litres of ice cream, representing a 2% increase from 2023 (3.2 billion litres). Germany remained the top producer of ice cream in the EU, producing 607 million litres in 2024. France (501 million litres) and Italy (492 million litres) followed at the top. The...
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  • News articles Population and social conditions
  • PUBLISHED: 28 July 2025

5.9% felt discrimination when looking for housing

In 2024, 5.9% of people aged 16 and over in the EU reported feeling discriminated against when looking for housing. At the same time, 5.2% of people felt discriminated against when in contact with public services or administrative offices, 3.4 % in public spaces (cafes, shops, sports facilities, ...
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  • News articles Science and technology
  • PUBLISHED: 25 July 2025

Keep or toss: what do Europeans do with old devices?

It doesn’t matter what type of device people have, their main choice for disposal if not using it anymore is to just keep it in their household as data show.  In 2024, more than half (51%) of EU individuals aged between 16 and 74 kept their old mobile phone or smartphone in their household, whil...
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  • News articles Environment and energy
  • PUBLISHED: 25 July 2025

Energy use in the industry sector declines 5% in 2023

Disclaimer: the name of the sub-sector in the first paragraph after the sub-heading was updated to "manufacture of pulp" from "paper, pulp and printing industry". In 2023, the final energy consumption in the industry sector in the EU was 8990 petajoules (PJ), down 5.3% compared with 2022 (9489 P...
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  • News articles General and regional statistics
  • PUBLISHED: 24 July 2025

Code of Practice: upholding independence and cooperation

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the European Statistics Code of Practice, Eurostat is publishing a series of articles highlighting the 16 principles of the Code, their importance and role.  Among the principles of the Code of Practice, which sets the standards for developing, producing, and...
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  • News articles Industry, trade and services
  • PUBLISHED: 24 July 2025

Decrease in industrial production in 2024

The EU’s value of sold production at constant prices declined for the second consecutive year in 2024, falling by 2.0% compared with 2023, following a 1.4% decrease in 2023 (compared with 2022). This comes after 2 successive increases in 2021 (+8.5% compared with 2020) and 2022 (+0.3% compared wi...
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