In 2022, the EU produced €31 674 billion worth of goods and services, while imports from outside the EU (excluding intra-EU trade) were valued at €3 106 billion. Nearly half (48.7%) of these goods and services were used for intermediate ...
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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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The Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) approved the 2024 conclusions on EU statistics on 5 November. In its conclusions, the Council welcomed among others: the improvements in the quality and availability of the Principal ...
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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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In 2023, the EU’s employment rate stood at 75.3%, up 0.7 percentage points (pp) compared with 2022. This is the highest level in the entire available time series. Among the EU regions at level 2 of the nomenclature of territorial units ...
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In 2023, labour market slack accounted for 12.0% of the extended labour force, meaning that 27.1 million people aged 15 to 74 years in the EU were offering an unmatched supply of labour on the market, either because they were ...
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