Europe 2020 Strategy
date: 29/06/2016
The Europe 2020 strategy, adopted in 2010, aims at supporting a smarter, more sustainable and more inclusive economy for the European Union over a period of 10 years. Five headline targets have to be achieved by 2020, covering employment, investment in research and development, climate change and energy sustainability, education, and fighting poverty and social exclusion. Eurostat monitors progress in the context of the European Semester process using nine headline indicators and additional sub-indicators. In 2013 and 2015, results have been published in the annual review ‘Smarter, greener, more inclusive? – Indicators to support the Europe 2020 strategy’. The EU-level targets are combined with national targets, against which each member state can track its own progress.
Theme |
Headline indicator |
Target |
|---|---|---|
Employment |
Employment rate age group 20–64, total |
75.0 (% of population) |
R&D |
Gross domestic expenditure on R&D |
3.0 (% of GDP) |
Climate change and energy sustainability |
Greenhouse gas emissions |
80.0 (%, index 1990 = 100%) |
Share of renewable energy in gross final energy consumption |
20.0(%) |
|
Primary energy consumption |
1483 (Million tonnes of oil equivalent) |
|
Final energy consumption |
1086 (Million tonnes of oil equivalent) |
|
Education |
Early leavers from education and training, total |
<10.0 (% of population aged 18–24) |
Tertiary educational attainment, total |
>40.0 (% of population aged 30–34) |
|
Fighting poverty and social exclusion |
People at risk of poverty or social exclusion |
96.6 (Million people) |
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the SDGs