The landscape of European statistics is entering a new chapter with the Council of the European Union’s adoption of the revised Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics on 5 November — an updated law governing the development, ...
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In 2022, life expectancy at birth in the EU for women (83.3 years) was 5.4 years higher than for men (77.9 years). This gender gap in favour of women persisted in all of the regions at level 2 of the nomenclature of territorial units ...
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In 2023, 28% of non-EU citizens living in the EU aged 65 years or over perceived themselves to be in bad or very bad state of health. By contrast, only 16.6% of older citizens from other EU countries and 18.3% of nationals reported such ...
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The overall tax-to-GDP ratio, meaning the sum of taxes and net social contributions as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP), stood at 40.0% in the EU in 2023, a decrease compared with 2022 (40.7%). In the euro area, the tax-to- ...
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Disclaimer: This news item was updated with data extracted on 17 October. Between 2017 and 2023, EU trade of electric and hybrid cars increased substantially. In 2023, 44% of the total number of cars imported into the EU were electric ...
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In 2023, 429 billion passenger-kilometres (pkm) were registered via rail, up from 386 billion in 2022 (+11.2%). This is the highest number reported by main rail undertakings since the start of the data collection in 2004. The demand for ...
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