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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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Personal transfers: €50.9 bn sent outside EU in 2023

Personal transfers: €50.9 bn sent outside EU in 2023

In 2023, flows of money sent by EU residents to non-EU countries, referred to as personal transfers, amounted to €50.9 billion, an increase of 8% compared with €47.0 billion in 2022. Inflows to the EU totalled €13.9 billion, an increase ...

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93% of EU businesses apply ICT security measures

93% of EU businesses apply ICT security measures

In 2024, 93% of EU enterprises applied at least 1 measure to ensure integrity, availability and confidentiality of their data and ICT systems. This information comes from data on ICT usage and e-commerce in enterprises published by ...

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EU spent €381.4 billion on R&D in 2023

EU spent €381.4 billion on R&D in 2023

In 2023, the EU spent €381.4 billion on research & development (R&D), which is 6.7% more than in the previous year (€357.4 billion) and 57.9% more than in 2013 (€241.5 billion). R&D intensity, defined as R&D expenditure ...

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Focus on EU climate change mitigation and environment statistics

Focus on EU climate change mitigation and environment statistics

Eurostat has released a new online publication, presenting climate change mitigation statistics, and a dashboard on environmental accounts. They both show links between activities of economic actors, such as producers and consumers, and ...

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Germany tops EU foreign ultimate investment partner

Germany tops EU foreign ultimate investment partner

In 2023, for the 11 EU countries that report inward foreign direct investment (FDI) positions by ultimate investing economy, the total value of investment amounted to €3 263 billion, up from €3 241 billion in 2022. Germany replaced the ...

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