Archive:Europe 2020 indicators - Cyprus
Data extracted in August 2019.
No planned update.
This Statistics Explained article is outdated and has been archived - for recent information on Europe 2020 strategy see here.
Source: Eurostat (see dedicated web section: Europe 2020 headline indicators)
Explanations on this radar chart are available here.
This article is part of a set of statistical articles on Europe 2020 strategy, focusing on the situation in Cyprus.
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Overview
Cyprus exceeded its national target on tertiary educational attainment by 11.1 percentage points in 2018. In the same year, the country had also surpassed its target on early leavers from education and training by 2.2 percentage points. In 2017, Cyprus was one of three Member State to have met its target on R&D expenditure. Despite improvements in primary energy consumption since 2008, the country was still 0.3 Mtoe away from its goal in 2017. By 2017, Cyprus had reduced the distance to its renewable energy goal to 3.1 percentage points. In 2017, the country was still some distance from its Europe 2020 commitment on ESD GHG emissions. Although Cyprus’s employment rate has been growing since 2013, in 2018 it was still 1.1 percentage points below its 75 % national target. Moreover, the country would need to lift 61 000 more people out of the risk of poverty or social exclusion to meet its 2020 commitment.
Source: Eurostat (see dedicated web section: Europe 2020 headline indicators)
Data sources
More information about the origin of the data and the calculation of indicators can be obtained via the Europe 2020 indicators dedicated website.
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- 'Explanatory texts (metadata)' for a detailed overview of the collection and compilation methods;
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A more general overview of quality procedures can be found in Implementation of standard reference metadata for indicators - the ESMS Indicator Profile (ESMS-IP) (PDF file).
Context
Europe 2020 is the EU’s agenda for jobs and growth for the current decade. It emphasises smart, sustainable and inclusive growth as a way to strengthen the EU economy and prepare its structure for the challenges of the next decade. As a main objective, the strategy strives to deliver high levels of employment, productivity and social cohesion in the Member States, while reducing the impact on the natural environment.
Direct access to
- Towards robust quality management for European Statistics - Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council COM(2011) 211 final.
- Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of 11 March 2009 on European statistics