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Social protection statistics - family and children benefits Updated 28/05/2024 In 2021, expenditure on family/children benefits in the EU amounted to 8.3 % of total expenditure on social benefits. The relative importance of family/children benefits varied between EU countries. The highest shares were 15.0 % of all expenditure on social benefits in Poland and 14.8 % in Luxembourg; double-digit shares were also recorded in 10 other EU countries. More ... Natural gas supply statistics Updated 28/05/2024 In 2023, inland demand of natural gas in the EU decreased by 7.1 % compared with 2022, to drop to 12 719 409 terajoules. The largest increases in consumption were recorded in Finland (25.6 %), Sweden (11.1 %) and Poland (5.2 %), while the largest drops occurred in Portugal (20.2 %), Austria (13.2 %) and Czechia (11.9 %). In 2022, Germany, Italy and France had the highest inland demand with 2 956 782 terajoules, 2 351 303 terajoules and 1 362 744 terajoules respectively (see Table 1, Table 2 and Figure 2). More ... Educational attainment statistics Updated 27/05/2024 In 2023, 22.9 % of people aged 25-74 years in the EU had a low educational attainment level. The corresponding share was 44.5 % for medium educational attainment level (divided into 9.7 % general and 34.8 % vocational education) and 32.6 % for high educational attainment level i.e., tertiary education. More ... EU trade with Russia - latest developments Updated 27/05/2024 EU trade with Russia has been strongly affected since the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The EU has imposed a number of import and export restrictions on several products, with more visible effects in the latest months. The value of exports to Russia fell by 55 % between the first quarter of 2022 and the first quarter of 2024, while imports from Russia fell by 85 % in this period (see Figure 1). These developments caused the EU's trade deficit with Russia which peaked at €45.7 billion in the second quarter of 2022 to fall to €0.9 billion in the first quarter of 2024. More ...

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