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EU agricultural labour productivity up by 1.6% in 2024

EU agricultural labour productivity up by 1.6% in 2024

In 2024, the index of agricultural labour productivity in the EU is estimated to have risen year-on-year by 1.6%. This information is based on the first estimates for 2024 from the economic accounts for agriculture. The increase was ...

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Vaccination rate of older population at 48.2% in 2022

Vaccination rate of older population at 48.2% in 2022

In 2022, 48.2% of individuals aged 65 or over in the EU were vaccinated against influenza. However, vaccination rates varied across EU countries, as did the influenza-related death rate. Vaccination among older adults Vaccination rates ...

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Rail transport fatalities continued to rise in 2023

Rail transport fatalities continued to rise in 2023

In 2023, the number of people killed in railway accidents in the EU rose to 841 deaths, compared with 803 in 2022. 2023 was the second year with an increased number of rail transport fatalities, after a decreasing trend from 2010 to ...

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Employment rate up, labour market slack down in Q3 2024

Employment rate up, labour market slack down in Q3 2024

In the third quarter of 2024, the employment rate of people aged 20-64 in the EU stood at 75.9%, an increase of 0.1 percentage points (pp) compared with the second quarter of 2024. Labour market slack - encompassing those with unmet ...

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Labour market flows in Q3 2024

Labour market flows in Q3 2024

Between the second and the third quarter of 2024, 3.1 million unemployed people aged 15-74 in the EU (23.4% of all unemployed in the second quarter of 2024) found a job. During this period, 6.7 million (50.6%) remained unemployed and ...

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Hybrid & electric cars make up 48% of new registrations

Hybrid & electric cars make up 48% of new registrations

In 2023, 10.7 million new passenger cars were registered in the EU. Among them, the pure petrol cars had the highest share (34.5%), followed by non-plug-in hybrid petrol-electric cars (21.1%), battery-only electric cars (14.5%) and pure ...

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