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  • News articles Population and social conditions
  • PUBLISHED: 15 May 2024

Demography: interactive publication 2024 edition

Eurostat has released the 2024 interactive publication on demography, where you can find interesting insights about how the population is developing, ageing and much more.  Did you know that the share of persons aged 65 and over increased from 16.2% in the beginning of 2003 to 21.3% in the beginnin...
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  • News articles General and regional statistics
  • PUBLISHED: 15 May 2024

New webinar empowers informed decision-making

Did you ever think about how Eurostat data can affect our daily life? Do you know what makes Eurostat statistics reliable? The Unlocking informed decisions with high-quality statistics webinar offers an opportunity to learn how Eurostat delivers high-quality statistics. It also provides guidance on...
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  • News articles Environment and energy
  • PUBLISHED: 15 May 2024

EU economy greenhouse gas emissions: -4.0% in Q4 2023

In the fourth quarter of 2023, EU economy greenhouse gas emissions were estimated at 897 million tonnes of CO2-equivalents (CO2-eq), a 4.0% decrease compared with the same quarter of 2022 (935 million tonnes of CO2-eq). The EU’s gross domestic product (GDP) remained stable, registering just a small ...
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  • News articles International trade
  • PUBLISHED: 14 May 2024

€29 billion trade deficit in raw materials in 2023

In 2023, the total trade value (imports plus exports) of raw materials between the EU and the rest of the world was €165 billion. Exports (€68 billion) were lower than imports (€97 billion), resulting in a trade deficit of €29 billion.  Between 2013 and 2023, the total EU trade in raw materials gre...
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  • News articles Environment and energy
  • PUBLISHED: 13 May 2024

Electricity and gas: 64.5% of industrial final energy use

In 2022 electricity (33.3%) and natural gas (31.2%) made up almost two-thirds (64.5%) of the EU’s industry sector's final energy consumption.  The sector still largely relies on fossil fuels, which directly accounted for over half (50.5%) of final energy consumption in industry in 2022. This is sli...
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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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