Today, Eurostat released the European Statistical Monitor, a dashboard with short-term indicators covering different areas, such as economy, environment, business, health and work. This monthly updated dashboard is designed to track developments within the EU as a whole and its members, as well as the EFTA countries, providing a holistic overview of key developments. It focuses on monthly and quarterly indicators, ensuring up-to-date insights and includes a commentary, focusing on recent changes and trends. While the EU economy slowly expands and labour markets remain positive, industrial output continues to fluctuate and both services production and retail trade decline In the…
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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 86% in 2019. The internet was used mainly to communicate with others – 85% of people used the internet for telephoning, video calls, or instant messaging, and 80% for e-mails. Internet usage for communication has increased, with online calling and messaging growing faster than e-mail correspondence (+14 pp and +7 pp compared with 2019, respectively). This information…
In 2023, the levels of actual individual consumption (AIC) across EU countries varied between 70% and 136% of the EU average. This information comes from data on purchasing power parities (PPP) published by Eurostat today. The article presents some of the findings from the more detailed Statistics Explained article. AIC per capita is expressed in purchasing power standards and is used as a measure of material welfare of households. Last year, 9 countries recorded an AIC per capita above the EU average. Luxembourg recorded the highest level at 36% above the EU average. Luxembourg was followed by the Netherlands and…
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 Eurostat today. The article presents a handful of findings from the more detailed Statistics Explained article on ICT security in enterprises. Source dataset: isoc_cisce_ra The most common security measure used by enterprises was strong password authentication (84%), followed by data backup to a separate location (79%) and network access control (65%). The least common measure was authentication via biometric methods (18%). Source dataset: isoc_cisce_ra Looking at national level, the…
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 of 4% compared with €13.4 billion in 2022. Personal transfers consist of flows of money sent by EU resident households to non-resident households. In the last 5 years, a substantial growth of outflows of personal transfers was observed. Outflows have surged by 53%, while inflows have demonstrated a more modest growth pattern with an increase of just 11%. As a…
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 as a percentage of GDP, remained stable compared with 2022 (2.2%). Between 2013 and 2023, R&D intensity in the EU increased by 0.1 percentage points (pp). Between 2013 and 2023, R&D intensity increased in 19 EU countries, with the largest increases recorded in Belgium (1.0 pp), Poland (0.7 pp) and Greece (0.7 pp). In 2023, 5 EU countries registered an R&D intensity above…
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 United States as the top ultimate investing economy, with investments worth €410 billion (12.6% of the total value by ultimate investing economy). The United States was referred to the second place with €406 billion (12.5%), followed by France with €356 billion (10.9%), the United Kingdom with €290 billion (8.9%) and Switzerland with €211 billion (6.5%). Source dataset: bop_fdi6_pos Luxembourg biggest immediate investing economy The…
Eurostat has released the Digitalisation dashboard, offering a dynamic, easy to use interface to track and analyse key indicators related to digital transformation. The dashboard presents a selection of indicators showing the EU’s digital transformation in 4 key areas: businesses; digital skills; public services; infrastructures. The dashboard includes multiple functionalities, designed to meet different needs and interests. Users can: customise their selection of countries and the length of the time series; choose between line or bar charts; access underlying source datasets in the Eurostat database; read the short description of each indicator; access the related Statistics Explained articles to get…
In 2022, the domestic value added of the EU automotive industry attributed to non-EU consumers amounted to €78.9 billion, representing a 54% increase from 2010 (€51.1 billion) but a 7% decline in nominal terms from 2015 (€84.4 billion). In 2022, China was the largest consumer of EU vehicle products, accounting for 21% of total EU domestic value added of the automotive industry, ahead of the United States (20%), which had historically been the largest partner, and the United Kingdom (13%). China emerged as the top partner in recent years, with its share rising from 12% of EU domestic value added…
Net foreign direct investment (FDI) stocks held in non-EU countries by investors resident in the EU amounted to €9 160 billion in 2023, reflecting a 4.1% decrease from 2022 (€9 551 billion). A similar trend was visible in investment stocks held by non-EU residents in the EU, which decreased to €7 446 billion in 2023, down 5.4% compared with 2022 (€7 874 billion). In 2023, the EUˈs net investment position vis-à-vis the rest of the world remained relatively stable, with a 2.2% increase compared with 2022. Special Purpose Entities (SPEs) continued to play a significant role in FDI. At the…