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  • News articles General and regional statistics
  • PUBLISHED: 20 October 2025

Podcast: innovation through collaboration with academia

In the latest episode of Eurostat’s Stats in a Wrap podcast we investigate how partnering with academia drives statistical innovation that makes data gathering smarter, faster and more effective. In this episode, host Jonathan Elliot is joined by Eurostat’s Aleksandra Bujnowska, who works on sta...
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  • News articles General and regional statistics
  • PUBLISHED: 20 October 2025

Get to know Eurostat on World Statistics Day!

Today, as we celebrate World Statistics Day 2025, we take this opportunity to share some facts about our work and organisation.  Statistics were always a cornerstone of the European project, starting with the creation of the statistics division of the Coal and Steel Community (ESCS) in 1952 and ...
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  • News articles General and regional statistics
  • PUBLISHED: 20 October 2025

Which EU regions have the highest GDP per inhabitant?

In 2023, the EU’s gross domestic product (GDP) per inhabitant was 38 100 in purchasing power standards (PPS), up from 36 000 PPS in 2022. The Irish regions of Dublin (139 500 PPS) and South-West (137 300 PPS) recorded the highest GDP per inhabitant levels among the nomenclature of territorial un...
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  • News articles General and regional statistics
  • PUBLISHED: 17 October 2025

European Statistical Monitor: October edition

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 ...
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  • News articles Population and social conditions General and regional statistics
  • PUBLISHED: 17 October 2025

At risk of poverty or social exclusion: regional divide

In 2024, 93 out of the 243 EU regions (with available data) at level 2 of the nomenclature of territorial units for statistics (NUTS 2) recorded at risk of poverty or social exclusion rates higher than the 21% EU average;  4 regions had the same rate, while 146 had lower rates.  In 5 regions, th...
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  • News articles Industry, trade and services
  • PUBLISHED: 17 October 2025

Record number of tourism nights in 2024 in the EU

In 2024, the number of nights spent in tourist accommodation establishments across the EU increased by 2.7% compared with 2023, exceeding 3 billion for the first time.  Close to two-thirds (62.8%) of all overnight stays were made in hotels and similar accommodation, 23.7% in holiday and other sh...
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  • News articles Environment and energy
  • PUBLISHED: 16 October 2025

130 kg of food wasted per person annually in the EU

In 2023, around 130 kilograms (kg) of food per person were wasted in the EU. In total, the EU generated 58.2 million tonnes of food waste, which includes edible and inedible parts, indicating a slight increase of 0.7% compared with 2022 (57.8 million tonnes). Household waste accounted for more t...
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  • News articles Population and social conditions
  • PUBLISHED: 16 October 2025

Asylum applications in July 2025

In July 2025, 55 340 first-time asylum applicants (non-EU citizens) applied for international protection in EU countries, marking a 27% decrease compared with July 2024 (75 820) and a 6% increase compared with June 2025 (52 235).  There were also 11 515 subsequent applicants, representing a 62% ...
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  • News articles Transport
  • PUBLISHED: 15 October 2025

EU air accidents: 30 deaths less in 2024 than in 2023

In 2024, 91 people were killed in air accidents in the EU involving an EU-registered aircraft, 30 fewer deaths compared with 2023 (121).   Accidents involving aeroplanes were responsible for most deaths (74), followed by sailplanes (10), helicopters (6) and balloons (1). No fatal accidents or in...
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  • News articles Population and social conditions
  • PUBLISHED: 14 October 2025

3.2% of EU children have unmet needs for medical care

Key Figures on European living conditions 2025 edition, published in September, provides a comprehensive overview of how Europeans live today. This publication covers topics from income distribution and inequality to households, work intensity and childcare and health, disability and discriminati...
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  • News articles Population and social conditions
  • PUBLISHED: 14 October 2025

Accidents at work claimed 3 298 lives in the EU in 2023

In 2023, there were 2.83 million non-fatal accidents at work in the EU, a 5% decrease (-148 935) from 2.98 million in 2022.  The number of fatal work-related accidents was 3 298, accounting for 0.1% of all accidents. This was 12 fatalities more than in 2022, but 110 less than in 2013. The infor...
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