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) ...
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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 ...
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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). ...
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Around 50 million women aged 18-74 in the EU, or 31%, experienced physical (including threats) or sexual violence in adulthood, based on the EU gender-based violence survey (wave 2021). When comparing the prevalence of gender-based ...
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In 2023, the total expenditure on social protection benefits in the EU reached €4 583 billion according to early estimates, a 6.1% increase compared with 2022. However, as social protection benefits expenditure represented 26.8% of the ...
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In 2023, 25.7% of young Europeans (aged 15-29) were employed during formal education. While 71.4% remained outside the labour force, 2.9% were available for employment and actively seeking employment (unemployed) while in formal ...
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