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EU social benefits expenditure up 6% in 2023

EU social benefits expenditure up 6% in 2023

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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Every third woman in the EU experienced gender-based violence

Every third woman in the EU experienced gender-based violence

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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Access to internet in urban and rural areas in 2023

Access to internet in urban and rural areas in 2023

In 2023, 95% households in EU cities had internet access, compared with 93% in towns and suburbs and 91% in rural areas. In 2013, the share of EU households with internet access was 9.7 percentage points higher in cities than in rural ...

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Statistics Explained website gets a new revamped look

Statistics Explained website gets a new revamped look

Welcome to Statistics Explained 2.0. This official Eurostat website, dedicated to a more in-depth analysis of European statistics, is launching its new look this morning. The revamped appearance offers easier navigation by theme, ...

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17% of EU workers are part-timers

17% of EU workers are part-timers

In 2023, the share of part-time employees aged 20-64 in the EU was 17.1%, a slight increase from 16.9% in 2022. Looking back over the last 10 years, the share of part-time workers registered a slow but steady decreasing trend from 19.1% ...

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EU sees bigger share of tourists from outside Europe

EU sees bigger share of tourists from outside Europe

In 2023, the EU registered a total of 2.9 billion nights spent in tourist accommodation establishments, up from 2.8 billion in 2022. Almost 1.6 billion nights were spent by domestic tourists and close to 1.4 billion by international ...

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