In 2024, 93% of people aged 16-74 in the EU reported that they had used the internet during the previous 3 months. Internet use has grown consistently in the EU, with the share of users increasing by 7 percentage points (pp), up from ...
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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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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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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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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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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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