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• 1.55 million people employed in sport in 2023

  In 2023, 1.55 million people were employed in the sports sector in the EU, representing 0.76% of total employment. Compared with 2022 (1.51 million), the number of people employed in the sports sector increased by 2.2%.  Among the EU countries, Sweden had the highest share of people working in the...

• Almost 40% of non-EU citizens over-qualified in 2023

  In 2023, employed non-EU citizens in the EU were almost twice as likely to be over-qualified than nationals for their job. The over-qualification rate was 39.4% for non-EU citizens (0.1 percentage points (pp) lower than in 2022) and 31.3% for citizens of other EU countries (-0.3 pp). By contrast, th...

• Duration of working life averaged 36.9 years in 2023 

  In 2023, the expected average duration of working life for 15-year-olds in the EU was 36.9 years. However, the expected average duration of working life varied broadly among EU countries.   In 2023, some of the durations in the EU exceeded 40 years. The highest were recorded in the Netherlands (43....

• Production of manufactured goods down by 1% in 2023

  After 2 successive increases, +8.5% in 2021 compared with 2020 and +0.4% in 2022 compared with 2021, the EU’s production of manufactured goods registered a decrease of 1.2% in 2023 compared with 2022. After a slight decrease in 2013 and 2014, the EU’s production increased gradually until 2018. In 2...

• Get your facts straight with our easy-to-use data tool

  Have you ever needed quick and easy access to reliable statistics on the EU, the euro area and EU countries to use for your work or studies?  Are you looking for a reliable, fact-based data tool to help you debunk disinformation?  Or have you ever been in a situation where you just wanted hard fac...

• Government finance statistics: long-term debt securities

  The general government financial accounts cover transactions in financial assets and liabilities as well as the stock of financial assets and liabilities. In recent quarters, the liabilities of euro area governments increased because governments borrowed to finance their deficits to acquire assets....

• Discover Eurostat’s data on children

  Did you know that young people up to 18 years of age make up 18.0% of the EU population? Or that 62.6% of children under the age of 3 are not in formal childcare or education? Did you know that there were 9.5% early leavers from education and training in 2023? Source datasets: ilc_caindform25 and...

• 76 695 asylum applications in April 2024

  In April 2024, 76 695 first-time asylum applicants (non-EU citizens) applied for international protection in EU countries, a 12% increase compared with April 2023 (68 535).  There were also 7 260 subsequent applicants, representing a 26% increase compared with April 2023 (5 750). This information...

• Children at risk of poverty or social exclusion in 2023

  In 2023, almost 20 million children in the EU were at risk of poverty or social exclusion. This figure represented 24.8% of children under the age of 18, remaining relatively stable compared with 2022, with only a slight increase of 0.1 percentage points (pp).  At the country level, in 2023, the hi...

• Key figures on European business: 2024 edition 

  Did you know that the EU business economy included almost 31 million enterprises, employing around 156 million people and creating €9 400 billion of added value? Or that the EU produced 1.2 million full electric cars and 15% of all imported cars were electric?   You can find this and much more inf...

• Experimental statistics on digital platform employment

  In 2022, 3.0% of people aged 15-64 worked through digital platforms at least 1 hour in the 12 months preceding the survey. This result comes from a pilot data collection in 16 EU countries and 1 EFTA country. The share was highest among people with tertiary education (4.3%) and lowest among those w...