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In 2023, 17.2% of the EU’s holdings utilised agricultural area (UAA) was managed by female managers. Where women do manage farms, they are more likely to operate relatively small holdings, although generational renewal may gradually increase women’s participation in larger and more commercially o...

In 2025, the EU imported €348 billion worth of chemicals and related products and exported €605 billion, resulting in a trade surplus of €257 billion. Since 2015, both imports (+€145 billion) and exports (+€273 billion) have increased by an average of 6% per year. In terms of sold production, the...

In 2024, 12.3 kg of electrical and electronic equipment waste (WEEE or e-waste) per person was collected in the EU. This compares to 32.4 kg of new electrical and electronic equipment (EEE; for example, household appliances, smartphones and computers) per person put on the EU market during the sa...

In 2025, the EU imported €45.1 billion of hybrid and electric cars, a 4% increase compared with 2024 (€43.4 billion). Exports rose to €64.7 billion, up 10% compared with 2024 (€58.7 billion).  Overall, there has been a significant increase in this trade since 2017, when the share of electric and ...

On 31 August 2026, 4.43 million non-EU citizens who fled Ukraine following Russia's war of aggression had temporary protection status in the EU. Compared with 31 July 2026, the number of people from Ukraine under temporary protection increased by 3 290 (+0.1%). Germany (1 294 555 people; 29.2% of...

In 2025, there were 1.20 billion personal and professional trips by residents in the EU, a 1.4% increase from 2024 (+17 million trips). Of the total, 848 million were domestic trips (70% of the total) and 264 million were foreign trips within the EU (22%), which means 92% of the trips made by EU ...

In 2024, only 1% of EU market producer enterprises (hereinafter, enterprises) were under foreign control. Of those, 59% were controlled by institutional units from other EU countries and 41% resided outside the EU. Among EU countries, Luxembourg had the highest share of foreign-controlled enterpr...

In 2025, the EU exported €48.8 billion worth of goods to Canada and imported €33.0 billion, resulting in a €15.8 billion trade surplus.  Compared with 2024, exports (€48.2 billion) increased by 1.2%, while imports (€28.0 billion) rose by 18.0%. Between 2015 and 2017, EU trade in goods with Canada...

In 2025, 12.1% of people in the EU could not afford to participate regularly in a leisure activity. This share ranged from 3.9% in Croatia to 27.3% in Greece.  Additionally, 8.5% of people could not afford a meal with meat, chicken, fish (or vegetarian equivalent) every second day. This share ran...

In 2025, 73.1% of young people aged 16–29 in the EU took part in a physical activity outside work at least once a week, compared with 61.6% of the total population aged 16 years or over.    The biggest differences were among those who exercise several times a week. In this group, 18.3% of young p...

In 2025, the EU imported €534.1 billion worth of high-tech products and exported €566.5 billion, resulting in a trade surplus of €32.4 billion. After 4 consecutive years of trade deficits (2020-2023), the EU trade balance in high-tech products has been positive for 2 years in a row.  Since 2015, ...