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Migrant integration statistics - regional labour market indicators Updated 07/06/2024 Overall, non-EU citizens were less likely to be part of the EU labour force than nationals and citizens of other EU countries. In more than half of the regions (84 out of 146 with reliable data), the labour force participation rate in 2023 was higher for citizens of the other EU countries than for nationals. The largest gap with a higher rate for citizens of other EU countries was in Moravskoslezsko in Czechia, where the rate for nationals was 14.0 pp lower than for citizens of other EU countries. Friuli-Venezia Giulia in Italy was the region with no difference between the rates for citizens of other EU countries and for nationals. There were 61 regions where the labour force participation rate was lower for citizens of other EU countries than for nationals. More ... Tourism statistics - nights spent at tourist accommodation establishments Updated 07/06/2024 In the first three months of 2024, 452.6 million nights were spent in EU tourist accommodation (see Table 1). This corresponds to 27.8 million more nights (+6.6 %) than those spent in the first quarter of last year. All EU countries with available data reported positive trends, compared with the first quarter of 2023. The highest increases were recorded in Luxembourg (+24.5 %), Cyprus (+21.4 %), Malta (+19.7 %) and Croatia (+19.7 %) (see Figure 1). In absolute figures, the largest contributions to the overall increase with 27.8 million nights were observed in Italy (+6.6 million), Germany (+6.5 million), Spain (+3.6 million), Austria (+2.2 million) and the Netherlands (+2.1 million), jointly accounting for more than three-quarters of the increase in the EU. In January, February and March 2024, the number of nights spent exceeded the figures of the corresponding months in pre-pandemic year 2019. The number of nights spent in the first quarter of 2024 increased by 24.5 million (+5.7 %) compared with the first quarter of 2019. More ... Businesses in the professional, scientific and technical activities sector Updated 07/06/2024 The EU’s professional, scientific and technical activity sector (NACE Section M) numbered 4.8 million enterprises in 2021, an increase of 6.8 % compared to 2020. The sector employed 11.6 million persons, 3.6 % more compare to the previous year. It has generated €681.8 billion of value added, a growth of 14.5 % compared to 2020. This sector’s contribution to the business economy (Sections B to N and P to R, as well as Divisions S95 and S96) was 15.5 % of the enterprise population, 7.4 % of the employment, and 7.3 % of value added. More ... Balance of payment statistics Updated 07/06/2024 The current account of the EU, (EU vis-à-vis extra-EU), showed a surplus of €329.2 billion in 2023 (see Figure 1), corresponding to 1.9 % of gross domestic product (GDP). By comparison, in 2022 the current account exhibited a deficit of -€56.1 billion. More ...