Statistics Explained

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Welcome To Statistics Explained

Statistics Explained, your guide to European statistics. Statistics Explained is an official Eurostat website presenting statistical topics in an easily understandable way. Together, the articles make up an encyclopedia of European statistics for everyone, completed by a statistical glossary clarifying all terms used and by numerous links to further information and the latest data and metadata, a portal for occasional and regular users.

In 2021, the gross domestic product (GDP) of the EU countries represented 15.2 % of the world's GDP expressed in purchasing power standards (PPS). Figure 1 shows the shares of all countries (outside the EU) that have a share larger than 1 % of world GDP expressed in purchasing power standards (PPS). More ...
The overall share of NEETs decreased in the EU by 4.9 percentage points (pp) between 2013 and 2023. Among the EU Member States, the largest reduction by far in the NEET rates (in percentage point terms) between 2013 and 2023 was in Greece (-12.5 pp) followed by Bulgaria (-11.9 pp), Croatia (-10.5 pp), Ireland (-10.3 pp) and Spain (-10.2 pp). There were also four Member States that had increases in their NEET rates since 2013, two of them showing an increase of more than 0.5 pp: Austria (+0.8 pp) and Luxembourg (+1.3 pp). More ...
Unemployment statistics
Updated 30/05/2024
In April 2024, the euro area seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 6.4 %, down from 6.5 % in March 2024 and in April 2023. The EU unemployment rate was 6.0 % in April 2024, stable compared to March 2024 and to April 2023. More ...
In the first quarter of 2024, imports from Ukraine (€6.0 billion) were lower than in the same quarter in 2023 (€6.5 billion) while exports increased slightly from €9.6 billion to €9.7 billion (Figure 1) in this period. Imports peaked in the second quarter of 2022, while exports peaked in the fourth quarter of 2023. This caused the EU trade surplus with Ukraine to peak in the fourth quarter of 2023 at €4.7 billion. More ...
Digital society statistics at regional level
Source: Eurostat
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