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  • News articles Population and social conditions General and regional statistics
  • PUBLISHED: 4 December 2025

Save the date: webinar on housing statistics

Want to stay on top of the latest housing trends in the EU? Do you want to know where to find the data on housing and how to interpret them? Join our webinar on housing on Friday, 12 December, from 11.00 to 11.45 CET. In this webinar, you’ll have the opportunity to explore our housing-related pu...
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  • News articles Science and technology
  • PUBLISHED: 4 December 2025

EU spending on R&D exceeded €403 billion in 2024

In 2024, the EU spent an estimated €403.1 billion on research & development (R&D), indicating a 3.6% increase from 2023 (€389.2 billion). Compared with 2014, R&D expenditure grew by 62.2% from €248.6 billion, showing a steady rise in the last decade.  R&D intensity, defined as R&D expenditure as...
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  • News articles Transport
  • PUBLISHED: 4 December 2025

EU ports handled 3.4 bn tonnes of freight in 2024

In 2024, the EU sea ports handled around 3.4 billion tonnes of freight (total gross weight). While this freight volume was the same as in 2023, it remained lower than the highest value recorded in the decade 2014-2024 (3.6 billion tonnes in 2019). Rotterdam in the Netherlands maintained its posi...
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  • News articles Industry, trade and services
  • PUBLISHED: 3 December 2025

80% of EU enterprises report global value chain constraints

Between 2021 and 2023, 80% of enterprises in the EU experienced that their global value chains were affected by at least 1 constraint or underwent reorganisation. These results come from the first global value chains survey carried out under the European business statistics regulation, building o...
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  • News articles Population and social conditions
  • PUBLISHED: 3 December 2025

Find out more about people with disabilities in the EU

Did you know that in 2024, in the EU, nearly a quarter (23.9%) of people aged 16 and older had a disability (activity limitation)? The numbers rise sharply with age – while only 7.1% of those aged 16-24 reported a disability, the share was 72.3% among those aged 85+. Did you know that 28.7% of pe...
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  • News articles Population and social conditions
  • PUBLISHED: 2 December 2025

25% of fatal work accidents happened in public areas

In 2023, there were 3 298 fatal accidents and 2.82 million non-fatal accidents at work in the EU.  The highest share of fatal work accidents in the EU was registered in public areas (25.0%; 825 fatal accidents), followed by industrial sites (19.8%; 654), construction sites, opencast quarries or ...
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  • News articles Population and social conditions
  • PUBLISHED: 1 December 2025

Will you send a postcard this season?

In 2024, the value of sold postcards in the EU was €60.0 million, down 15% compared with 2023 (€69 million).  Since 2014, there has been a decline in the value of sold postcards. However, during the global pandemic, this number increased and reached the highest level of the past decade. From 202...
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  • News articles Agriculture, forestry and fisheries
  • PUBLISHED: 28 November 2025

Which EU regions have the highest agricultural output?

In 2023, the EU’s total agricultural output was valued at €537 billion.    Data show that 5 regions in the EU, classified at level 2 of the nomenclature of territorial units for statistics (NUTS 2), have a total agricultural output value above €9 billion. The highest output value was in Andalucí...
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  • News articles Science and technology General and regional statistics
  • PUBLISHED: 28 November 2025

Online shopping from 22% to 91% across EU regions

In 2024, there were 23 EU regions at level 2 of the nomenclature of territorial units for statistics (NUTS 2) where at least 80% of the population aged 16 to 74 years ordered goods or services over the internet in the 3 months preceding the survey. Approximately half of these 23 regions were in ...
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  • News articles Environment and energy
  • PUBLISHED: 28 November 2025

Energy consumption for transport activities stable in 2023

In 2023, transport activities accounted for 32% of the final energy consumption in the EU, slightly up from 31% in 2022. This made transport activities the highest consumer of final energy, ahead of households (26%) and industry (25%). Road transport was the largest energy consumer, responsible ...
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  • News articles Population and social conditions
  • PUBLISHED: 27 November 2025

New Housing in Europe publication out now

Eurostat has released the 2025 edition of the interactive publication Housing in Europe, offering statistical insights into housing trends across Europe. The publication presents latest data on various aspects of housing, including types, ownership, size, quality and environmental impact, while ...
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