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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.🧪↔️ Top exporters to countries outside the EU: 🇩🇪 Germany (€130 billion) 🇮🇪 Ireland (€115 billion) 🇧🇪 Belgium (€60 billion) Main extra-EU destinations: 🇺🇸 United States (€206 billion) 🇨🇭 Switzerland (€76 billion) 🇬🇧 United Kingdom (€48 billion) Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/emS3vA6t

In 2024, 12.3 kg of electrical and electronic equipment waste (WEEE or e-waste) per person was collected in the EU.📱🗑️ Which EU countries collect most e-waste? 🇧🇬 Bulgaria (18.9 kg per person) 🇨🇿 Czechia (17.8 kg) 🇫🇷 France (17.7 kg) Lowest amounts: 🇨🇾 Cyprus (4.7 kg per person) 🇵🇹 Portugal (6.0 kg) 🇲🇹 Malta (6.4 kg) 🔹The country which placed the most new electrical and electronic equipment on the market was 🇦🇹 Austria (38.2 kg per person). Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/emXEkEjM

Are you joining Eurostat at #EURegionsWeek❓ 📣 Under this year’s motto, 'strong regions, strong Europe', The European Week of Regions and Cities will bring together stakeholders from cities and regions across Europe. 📊 Be sure to visit the Eurostat stand to discover statistics about your region! 🗓️14 October 📍Stand number: 11 Learn more 👉 https://lnkd.in/gwWUmRuU

👨💻👩💻Data Management Competition (AST3) is open! 🇪🇺 Behind better decisions, there’s good data. And behind good data, there are people who know how to process it, analyse it and make sense of it. The Data Management Competition (AST3) is looking for professionals in data processing, analytics and statistics to bring their expertise to the EU. 💡Could this be your next career move? 🗓️ Apply by 11 November 2026, 12:00 noon (Brussels time). 📄 Supporting documents can be submitted until 11 March 2027. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gvr9HA7P #EUCareers #DataManagement #EUJobs #EPSO #ShapingEuropeTogether

In 2025, the EU imported €15.0 billion of electric cars and exported €28.6 billion. 🚗⚡️ The top 3 import partners for electric cars were: 🇨🇳 China (42% of all electric car imports) 🇰🇷 South Korea (27%) 🇯🇵 Japan (9%) The top 3 export partners for electric cars were: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom (35% of all electric car exports) 🇺🇸 United States and 🇳🇴 Norway (both 14%) Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/eKH2N5Vn

Today is Spain's national day. 🇪🇸 See the country's infographic here. 👇

In 2025, almost 3 in 10 (29.2%) people in the EU living in private households were unable to face an unexpected financial expense. 🏡💳 Highest shares in: 🇬🇷 Greece (50.5%) 🇱🇻 Latvia (43.7%) 🇧🇬 Bulgaria (42.4%) Lowest in: 🇳🇱 Netherlands (15.3%) 🇨🇿 Czechia and 🇲🇹 Malta (18.7%) Read more in Key figures on Europe – 2026 edition 👉 https://lnkd.in/eRzE7peE

There were 210 000 deaths in the EU resulting from mental and behavioural disorders, equivalent to 4.3% of all deaths, in 2023. 🔹 Relative to the population size, there were 41.1 deaths per 100 000 inhabitants. Regions with the highest rates: 🇩🇪 Hannover (95.3 deaths per 100 000 inhabitants) 🇳🇱 Overijssel (95.2) 🇳🇱 Noord-Brabant (92.1) Regions with the lowest: 🇧🇬 Yugozapaden (0.4) 🇧🇬 Yugoiztochen (0.5) 🇷🇴 Bucureşti-Ilfov (0.7) More data 👉 https://lnkd.in/gHswkYXh #WorldMentalHealthDay ℹ️ Please note that the map includes available regional data from EU countries, EFTA and candidate countries. The ranking in the caption of the post is based on data from EU countries only. ℹ️ Mental and behavioural disorders include, for example, dementia, schizophrenia and psychoactive substance use disorders

In August 2026, the euro area seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 6.4%. The EU unemployment rate was 6.1% in August 2026. 💼⁠ ⁠ For the most recent unemployment data 👉 https://lnkd.in/g2KkywdK

In 2025, there were 848 million domestic trips in the EU. 🚗 🛏️ 🔸 Among EU countries, the highest shares were recorded in 🇷🇴 Romania (89%) and 🇪🇸Spain (87%). 🔸 🇱🇺 Luxembourg (5%) and 🇧🇪 Belgium (29%) had the lowest shares. Learn more ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gpkk72Cg ℹ️ Tourism trips with at least 1 overnight stay, made by the resident population aged 15 years and over. It includes trips made for private or professional purposes.