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  • News articles Population and social conditions
  • PUBLISHED: 17 July 2025

Asylum applications continued to decline in April 2025

In April 2025, 48 520 first-time asylum applicants (non-EU citizens) applied for international protection in EU countries, marking a 37% decrease compared with April 2024 (77 105) and a 16% decline compared with March 2025 (57 925).   There were also 7 245 subsequent applicants, representing a 1...
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  • News articles Environment and energy
  • PUBLISHED: 17 July 2025

Energy use in services sector decreased by 1.9% in 2023

In 2023, the total final energy consumption in the services sector in the EU was 4 937 petajoules (PJ), down 1.9% compared with 2022 (5 069 PJ). However, looking at the period from 1990 to 2023, the total final energy use in the sector rose by almost a quarter. In the EU in 2023, the share of th...
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  • News articles Economy and finance
  • PUBLISHED: 16 July 2025

United States: key consumer of EU automotive industry

In 2023, the EU automotive industry generated €91.6 billion in domestic value added from non-EU consumers, marking a nominal increase of 74% compared with 2010 (€52.7 billion) and a 7% rise from 2022 (€85.4 billion). The United States was the largest consumer of EU automotive products, accountin...
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  • News articles Population and social conditions
  • PUBLISHED: 15 July 2025

97% of young people in the EU use the internet daily

In 2024, 97% of people in the EU aged 16-29 years reported using the internet every day compared with 88% of the total population, a difference of 9 percentage points (pp). This gap has been consistently narrowing during the past decade. In 2014, 87% of young people used the internet daily, whil...
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  • News articles Population and social conditions
  • PUBLISHED: 15 July 2025

How many hospital beds does the EU have?

Disclaimer: values for hospital beds in 2022 and 2013 were updated after publication.  In 2023, the EU had 511 hospital beds per 100 000 people, a small decrease from the 517 registered in 2022. This reduction is more pronounced when compared with 2013, when the EU average was 552. When looking ...
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  • News articles Population and social conditions
  • PUBLISHED: 14 July 2025

27% of Europeans could not afford a week-long holiday

In 2024, 27.0% of the EU’s population aged 16 or older were unable to afford 1 week of annual holidays away from home. This share dropped by 1.5 percentage points compared with 2023, and is significantly lower (by 10.6 percentage points) than a decade ago, in 2014. The highest proportions of peo...
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  • News articles Population and social conditions
  • PUBLISHED: 14 July 2025

Upper secondary education: 60% study 2 or more languages

In 2023, 60.0% of students in upper secondary general education across the EU studied 2 or more foreign languages as compulsory subjects or as compulsory curriculum options. This was a 0.8 percentage points (pp) decrease compared with 2022 (60.8%).  In upper secondary vocational education, this ...
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  • News articles Population and social conditions General and regional statistics
  • PUBLISHED: 11 July 2025

Unlocking population statistics: new podcast episode

In the latest episode of the Eurostat podcast Stats in a Wrap, we explore the world of population statistics, examining how they reflect our lives, contribute to policies and shape our societies. Host Jonathan Elliot is joined by Hannah Kiiver, Eurostat’s population projections expert, David Tho...
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  • News articles Population and social conditions
  • PUBLISHED: 11 July 2025

EU population increases for the 4th consecutive year

On 1 January 2025, the EU population was estimated at 450.4 million inhabitants, 1 070 702 more than the previous year. This was the fourth consecutive year in which the EU population grew, following a decrease in 2021 caused by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.  The observed population grow...
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  • News articles Science and technology
  • PUBLISHED: 10 July 2025

EU people turn to internet for cultural purposes

In 2024, people in the EU widely used the internet for cultural purposes. The most common activity was watching TV or videos online, reported by 79% of internet users. This was followed by reading online news sites, newspapers or news magazines (70%), listening to or downloading music (65%) and p...
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  • News articles Population and social conditions
  • PUBLISHED: 10 July 2025

Temporary protection for 4.28 million people in May

On 31 May 2025, 4.28 million non-EU citizens who fled Ukraine as a consequence of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine had a temporary protection status in the EU.  The EU countries hosting the highest number of beneficiaries of temporary protection from Ukraine were Germany (1 192 840 ...
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