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• ICT sector: value added stood at 5.5% in 2021

  In 2021, the value added of the EU’s information and communication technology (ICT) sector was equivalent to 5.5% of the EU’s gross value added: 4.7% from ICT services and 0.8% from ICT manufacturing. This information comes from the ICT sector database updated today on the value added, employment,...

• Online purchases: printed books preferred to ebooks

  The share of the EU residents purchasing printed books, magazines or newspapers online remained significantly larger than that for e-books, online magazines or online newspapers in 2023. In 2023, at the EU level, 13.4% of the residents had purchased printed books online in the previous 3 months. Th...

• High overall life satisfaction in the EU

  In 2022, overall life satisfaction in the EU averaged 7.1, based on a scale from 0 (not satisfied at all) to 10 (fully satisfied). The score was slightly down compared with 7.3 in 2018 and consistent with 7.0 in 2013. People were generally more satisfied with their personal relationships (with a sc...

• Government finance statistics: updated information

  In connection with the news releases for the Excessive Deficit Procedure (EDP) and the Government Finance Statistics (GFS) published today, a series of related documents have been updated: Note on the stock of liabilities in trade credits and advances;  Stock-flow adjustment note explaining the l...

• Government finance statistics: net financial worth

  The general government financial accounts cover transactions in financial assets and liabilities as well as the stock of financial assets and liabilities. The difference between the stock of financial assets and the stock of liabilities is called net financial worth. At the end of the fourth quarte...

• 85 855 asylum applications in January 2024

  In January 2024, 85 855 first-time asylum applicants (non-EU citizens) applied for international protection in EU countries, a 3% increase compared with January 2023 (83 310).  There were also 7 180 subsequent applicants, representing a 1% decrease compared with January 2023 (7 265). This informat...

• Equality and non-discrimination section updated

  Eurostat is committed to providing data that improves the understanding of equality in the EU. The updated thematic section on equality and non-discrimination allows users to explore various indicators disaggregated by key equality dimensions. These statistics help identify disparities and recognis...

• New Eurostat globalisation dashboard out now

  The EU is a key international partner in global trade and investment. Eurostat’s new dashboard on globalisation statistics presents trends in international trade and investments in an easily understandable and intuitive way. The dashboard presents 21 selected indicators showing the EU’s role in glob...

• European Statistical Monitor: April 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 as...

• 90% of 16-29-year-olds felt healthy in 2022

  In the EU, 90.1% of young people aged between 16 and 29 perceived themselves to be in good or very good health in 2022. ​ Source dataset: hlth_silc_10 The EU countries with the highest shares of young people who perceived themselves to be in good or very good health were Romania (98.0%), Gr...

• Freight transport 2022: road up to 24.9%, maritime leads

  In 2022, road freight transport represented 24.9% of all freight transport performance (in tonne-kilometres) in the EU as it went up by 0.4 percentage points (pp) when compared to 2021.  Maritime transport still accounted for the largest share of freight transport at 67.8%, but went down from 68.2%...