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  • News articles General and regional statistics
  • PUBLISHED: 18 June 2025

Podcast episode explores European Statistics Competition

In the latest episode of the Eurostat podcast Stats in a Wrap, we explore the European Statistics Competition, an annual battle of wits and creativity in statistics where young people use the power of video to engage with official statistics, while improving their statistical literacy along the w...
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  • News articles Economy and finance
  • PUBLISHED: 18 June 2025

Large variations in household material welfare in 2024

In 2024, actual individual consumption (AIC) per capita expressed in purchasing power standard (PPS) varied from 72% to 141% of the EU average across the 27 EU countries. This information comes from recently published data on purchasing power parities (PPPs). This article presents some of the fi...
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  • News articles General and regional statistics
  • PUBLISHED: 17 June 2025

European Statistical Monitor: June edition

Today, Eurostat released the European Statistical Monitor, a dashboard with short-term indicators covering different areas, such as economy, environment, business, health and work. This monthly updated dashboard is designed to track developments within the EU as a whole and its members, as well ...
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  • News articles Environment and energy
  • PUBLISHED: 17 June 2025

2024: €76 billion invested in environmental protection

Eurostat estimates that in 2024, EU countries invested about €76 billion in assets essential for providing environmental protection services. These services include wastewater treatment plants, vehicles for transporting waste, acquisitions of land to create natural reserves, and cleaner equipment...
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  • News articles Industry, trade and services
  • PUBLISHED: 17 June 2025

Economic characteristics of enterprises: new insights

A new breakdown of enterprises by group affiliation highlights the importance of their participation in larger enterprise groups for economic performance. This approach also enables a deeper understanding of the structure and significance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). In 2022, in...
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  • News articles Population and social conditions
  • PUBLISHED: 16 June 2025

Number of asylum applications declined in March 2025

In March 2025, 57 925 first-time asylum applicants (non-EU citizens) applied for international protection in EU countries, marking a 23% decrease compared with March 2024 (75 040) and a 2% decline compared with February 2025 (59 085).  There were also 7 430 subsequent applicants, representing a ...
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  • News articles Population and social conditions
  • PUBLISHED: 13 June 2025

Labour market flows in Q1 2025

Between the fourth quarter of 2024 and the first quarter of 2025, 3 million unemployed people aged 15-74 in the EU (23.8% of all unemployed in the fourth quarter of 2024) found a job. During this period, 6.6 million (52%) remained unemployed and 3.1 million unemployed people (24.2%) transitioned ...
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  • News articles Population and social conditions
  • PUBLISHED: 13 June 2025

13.6% of EU children faced material deprivation in 2024

In 2024, 13.6% of children under the age of 16 in the EU were materially deprived. Child specific material deprivation is based on the inability to afford at least 3 out of 17 items (goods or services) considered necessary or desirable for people to have an 'acceptable' standard of living. The h...
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  • News articles Population and social conditions
  • PUBLISHED: 13 June 2025

Employment rate and labour market slack up in Q1 2025

In the first quarter of 2025, the employment rate of people aged 20-64 in the EU stood at 76.1%, up from 76.0% in the fourth quarter of 2024.  Labour market slack - all persons who have an unmet need for employment, including unemployed people - amounted to 10.9% of the extended labour force age...
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  • News articles Environment and energy
  • PUBLISHED: 12 June 2025

SDG 7: Affordable and clean energy

The Sustainable Development Goal ‘Affordable and Clean Energy’ (SDG 7) calls for universal access to affordable, reliable and sustainable energy. This includes improving energy efficiency, increasing the share of renewables and further diversifying the energy mix while ensuring energy affordabili...
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  • News articles Agriculture, forestry and fisheries
  • PUBLISHED: 12 June 2025

Agricultural prices increased in first quarter of 2025

In the first quarter of 2025, the average price of agricultural output in the EU rose by 2.6%, marking a second consecutive quarter of price increases. The average price of goods and services used in agriculture and not related to investment - such as energy, fertilisers or feedingstuffs - also ...
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