All News

Household spending steady in 2023

Household spending steady in 2023

In 2023, household final consumption expenditure, corrected for inflation, in the EU rose slightly by 0.5%. For comparison, it was 5.7% higher in 2022 than in 2021 when restrictions due to COVID-19 were still in place. Last year, ...

Read MoreArrow
New Housing in Europe interactive publication

New Housing in Europe interactive publication

Eurostat has released the 2024 edition of the interactive publication Housing in Europe, offering statistical insights into housing trends and challenges across Europe. The publication consolidates data on various aspects of housing, ...

Read MoreArrow
High rates of formal childcare participation in the EU

High rates of formal childcare participation in the EU

In 2023, 21.1% of children aged between 3 years and the minimum compulsory school age received formal childcare or education for 24 hours per week or less, while 68.0% received it for at least 25 hours per week. Considering the at risk ...

Read MoreArrow
Leading EU regions in rail electrification

Leading EU regions in rail electrification

In 2022, there were around 202 100 km of railway lines across the EU and more than half, 56.9%, were electrified. Within the EU, there were 6 regions classified at level 2 of the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS 2) ...

Read MoreArrow
Join the Macroeconomic Globalisation Indicators launch

Join the Macroeconomic Globalisation Indicators launch

Eurostat invites you to follow the launch of a new dataset - Macroeconomic Globalisation Indicators. The dataset, created in collaboration with the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre, will shed light on EU's participation and ...

Read MoreArrow
EU ports handled 3.4 billion tonnes of freight in 2023

EU ports handled 3.4 billion tonnes of freight in 2023

In 2023, the EU sea ports handled around 3.4 billion tonnes of freight (total gross weight). The volume of freight decreased by 3.9% compared with 2022 (3.5 billion tonnes) and increased by 5.0% compared with 2013 (3.2 billion tonnes). ...

Read MoreArrow