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𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐄𝐔 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐞𝐧? 👫 On 1 January 2025, there were 230 million women and 221 million men in the EU. 🔹This corresponds to a ratio of 104.2 women per 100 men, which means that there were 4.2% more women than men. Highest ratio of women per 100 men in: 🇱🇻 Latvia (115.6) 🇪🇪 Estonia (110.8) 🇱🇹 Lithuania (110.4) Lowest ratio of women per 100 men in: 🇲🇹 Malta (88.3) 🇸🇮 Slovenia (98.7) 🇸🇪 Sweden (98.8) Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/edfk3P6v

In the first quarter of 2026, seasonally adjusted greenhouse gas emissions increased in 20 EU countries and decreased in seven countries, compared with the fourth quarter of 2025. 🏭📈    Largest reductions:  🇸🇮 Slovenia (-5.0%)  🇱🇺 Luxembourg (-3.8%)  🇷🇴 Romania (-2.7%)    Largest increases:  🇪🇪 Estonia (+9.7%)  🇫🇮 Finland (+6.4%)  🇧🇬 Bulgaria (+4.6%) More data 👉 https://lnkd.in/gtBCGGqe

How have prices of common food items increased over the past year (June 2025-June 2026)? ☕🧀 Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/eEf8muc3

In 2025, hard coal represented 3.7% (105 601 Gigawatt-hour (GWh)) of the EU’s total gross electricity production, and brown coal represented 5.5% (154 186 GWh). ⚡🏭 🔹In 2024, the total coal share in electricity production went below 10% for the first time and in 2025, it decreased further to its lowest point at 9.2%. Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/eh_J2D4P

In 2024, electricity consumption by EU households increased by 3% (gigawatt-hour) since 2015. ⚡️🏡 Highest increases in: 🇲🇹 Malta (66% since 2015) 🇪🇪 Estonia (36%) 🇸🇮 Slovenia (33%) Largest decreases in: 🇱🇺 Luxembourg (-11%) 🇧🇪 Belgium (-10%) 🇸🇪 Sweden (-7%) Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/eNgFyFFH

In 2024, there were 4.5 million tertiary education graduates across the EU: female university graduates (2.6 million) outnumbered their male counterparts (1.9 million).🎓📖 🔹It was particularly pronounced among people studying education, where there were 4.0 times as many female as male graduates. Read more in Key figures on Europe - 2026 edition 👉 https://lnkd.in/eRzE7peE

In June 2026, the euro area seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 6.3%, stable compared with May 2026. 💼⁠ ⁠ 🔹The EU unemployment rate was 6.0% in June 2026, also stable compared with May 2026.⁠ ⁠ Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/gMRvx_PN

In 2025, there were 372 400 professional firefighters in the EU, representing 0.18% of the total employment in the EU.🔥🧑🚒 Among the 22 countries with available data, highest shares in: 🇬🇷 Greece (0.47% of firefighters in the total employment) 🇭🇷 Croatia (0.43%) 🇵🇹 Portugal (0.33%) Lowest in: 🇳🇱 Netherlands (0.05%) 🇦🇹 Austria (0.07%) 🇸🇪 Sweden (0.10%) Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/g2CBFpvp

In 2025, the total volume of road freight transport in the EU reached 1 886 billion tonne-kilometres.🚚📦 Highest annual total road freight transport in: 🇵🇱 Poland (381.0 billion tonne-kilometres) 🇩🇪 Germany (277.4 billion) 🇪🇸 Spain (272.6 billion) Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/ekKnH9Uc

Duration of working life reached 37.5 years in 2025. How does it compare across EU countries? Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/eFUd3iwp