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  • News articles Economy and finance
  • PUBLISHED: 10 May 2024

Coffee price increases continue to slow down

In March 2024, the annual rate of change of the consumer price of coffee in the EU was +1.0%, compared with +13.5% in March 2023, and it approached the July 2021 level (+0.8%).  The inflation rate for coffee has been declining since October 2022, when it was at its highest (+17.4%), following a ste...
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  • News articles General and regional statistics
  • PUBLISHED: 10 May 2024

Eurostat launches data and fact-checking service for the European elections

For a limited time period, Eurostat now offers a data and fact-checking service for the European elections. Media and fact-checkers can ask questions about data and statistics on the European Union using a dedicated functional mailbox (ESTAT-EUELECTIONS-2024@ec.europa.eu). This service will be acti...
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  • News articles General and regional statistics
  • PUBLISHED: 9 May 2024

Happy Europe Day 2024!

Every year on 9 May, we celebrate Europe Day, which commemorates the signing of the 'Schuman Declaration' on 9 May 1950. The declaration was an ambitious plan to secure long-term peace in post-war Europe and is considered the beginning of what is now the EU.  If you are in Luxembourg, we invite you...
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  • News articles Population and social conditions
  • PUBLISHED: 8 May 2024

People under temporary protection stable at 4.2 million

On 31 March 2024, 4.2 million non-EU citizens, who fled Ukraine as a consequence of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine that began on 24 February 2022, had temporary protection status in the EU. At the end of March 2024, the EU countries hosting the highest number of beneficiaries of temp...
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  • News articles International trade
  • PUBLISHED: 8 May 2024

Trade in agricultural goods down 3.2% in 2023

In 2023, the value of trade (imports and exports) of agricultural products between the EU and the rest of the world reached €410.9 billion, €13.5 billion less than in 2022 (€424.4 billion), corresponding to a decrease of 3.2%.  The EU exported €228.6 billion worth of agricultural products and impor...
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  • News articles Population and social conditions
  • PUBLISHED: 7 May 2024

Main cause of death for people under 65 years: cancer

In 2021, cancer was the leading cause of death for both men and women aged less than 65 years in the EU. It was a more frequent cause of death for women in this age group, with 40.6% of all deaths recorded. For men, it stood at 25.6%.  This information comes from data on the main cause of death pu...
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  • News articles Population and social conditions General and regional statistics
  • PUBLISHED: 7 May 2024

Save the date: webinar on Top & trending skills tool

Would you like to know what skills are in demand in the labour market and how they vary across EU countries?  Eurostat has developed the Top & trending skills tool to help users track the most sought-after skills by employers across the EU. The Introduction to Eurostat’s Top & trending skills tool ...
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  • News articles Population and social conditions
  • PUBLISHED: 6 May 2024

Immigration law enforcement in the EU: 2023 figures

In 2023, 118 935 non-EU citizens were refused entry into the EU territory at one of its external borders, a 16% decrease compared with 142 420 in the previous year.  An additional 1.27 million people were found to be illegally present in one of the EU countries, indicating a 13% increase compared w...
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  • News articles Transport
  • PUBLISHED: 6 May 2024

Passenger cars per inhabitant remain stable in 2022

In 2022, there were on average 0.56 passenger cars per inhabitant in the EU – same as in 2021. Behind this figure, notable regional differences emerge, stretching from 2.34 in Valle d’Aosta, Italy, to 0.08 in Mayotte, France. This information comes from data on transport statistics published by Eur...
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  • News articles Population and social conditions Industry, trade and services
  • PUBLISHED: 3 May 2024

891 600 employed as authors, journalists or linguists

In 2022, 891 600 people in the EU were employed as authors, journalists or linguists. This marks a 9.1% increase from the 816 800 recorded in 2017.  In 2022, the countries with the largest share of the EU people employed in these fields were Germany (25.6%), France (12.0%) and Spain (9.1%). Malta, ...
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  • News articles General and regional statistics
  • PUBLISHED: 2 May 2024

Join us on Europe Day

To mark the upcoming Europe Day, celebrated on 9 May, Eurostat will be setting up stands in Brussels and in Luxembourg. There you can explore our interactive publications and test your knowledge of the EU with a quiz. Depending on your score on the quiz, you can win different prizes.  Here are the ...
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