Population

4.6% of people aged 50-74 rely on disability pensions

4.6% of people aged 50-74 rely on disability pensions

In 2023, 45.1% of people aged 50 to 74 in the EU received a pension. Within this age group, 39.7% were old-age pension beneficiaries, 4.6% received disability pensions or other periodic disability benefits, and 0.8% received both types ...

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Immigration law enforcement in the EU: 2024 figures

Immigration law enforcement in the EU: 2024 figures

In 2024, 123 655 third-country nationals were refused entry into the EU territory at one of its external borders, a small increase of 0.3% compared with 2023. 918 925 people were found to be illegally present in an EU country, ...

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4.26 million under temporary protection in March

4.26 million under temporary protection in March

On 31 March 2025, slightly more than 4.26 million non-EU citizens who fled Ukraine as a consequence of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine had temporary protection status in the EU. The EU countries hosting the highest number ...

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Over 20% of employed people worked on weekends in 2023

Over 20% of employed people worked on weekends in 2023

In 2023, 22.4% of employed people in the EU usually worked during weekends. Working on weekends was more common among skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers (49.5%), service and sales workers (48.9%) and people with ...

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83% of people live within a 15-minute drive of a hospital

83% of people live within a 15-minute drive of a hospital

In 2023, the share of the EU population living within a 15-minute drive of a hospital was 83.2%. Among EU regions at level 3 of the nomenclature of territorial units for statistics (NUTS 3), there were 124 regions where 100% of the ...

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Returns to third countries up by 24% in Q4 2024

Returns to third countries up by 24% in Q4 2024

In the fourth quarter of 2024, 124 935 non-EU citizens were ordered to leave an EU country, and 28 630 persons were returned to third countries following an order to leave. In comparison with the third quarter of 2024, the number of ...

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