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  • News articles Industry, trade and services
  • PUBLISHED: 30 December 2024

Sparkling wine production and exports down 8% in 2023

In 2023, the EU produced 1 496 billion litres of sparkling wine of fresh grapes. Compared with 2022, this represented an 8% decrease from around 1 624 billion. The top producing countries in 2023 were Italy, France and Germany, with 638, 312 (224 million litres of champagne and 88 million litres of...
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  • News articles Environment and energy
  • PUBLISHED: 20 December 2024

EU primary energy consumption decreased by 4% in 2023

In 2023, primary energy consumption in the EU reached 1 211 million tonnes of oil equivalent (Mtoe), a 3.9% decrease compared with 2022. Data show that in 2023, the EU continued moving closer to the 2030 target of 992.5 Mtoe, with the gap narrowing to 22.0%. Final energy consumption reached 894 Mto...
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  • News articles Economy and finance International trade
  • PUBLISHED: 20 December 2024

EU space production hits €5 600 million in 2022

In 2022, the production of spacecraft and their launch vehicles in the EU totalled €5 600 million. This represented a 24% increase from €4 500 million in 2010. The EU production peaked in 2016, with €6 240 million, and remained high until 2019 (€6 000 million each year between 2017 and 2019), drive...
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  • News articles General and regional statistics
  • PUBLISHED: 20 December 2024

Classification of products by activity v2.2 now official

In the past years, Eurostat has worked with partners in the European Statistical System and stakeholders (European Central Bank, European Commission services and European interest associations) on updating key European economic classifications, the classification of economic activities (NACE) and th...
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  • News articles Economy and finance
  • PUBLISHED: 19 December 2024

Macroeconomic imbalance procedure scoreboard published

Eurostat published today the indicators of the macroeconomic imbalance procedure (MIP) scoreboard. The MIP scoreboard consists of 13 indicators relevant for the early detection of existing or emerging macroeconomic imbalances at EU member level. It provides statistical support to the annual alert m...
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  • News articles Environment and energy
  • PUBLISHED: 19 December 2024

Renewables account for 24.5% of EU energy use in 2023

In 2023, 24.5% of gross final energy consumption in the EU came from renewable sources, up by 1.4 percentage points compared with 2022. This share is 18 percentage points (pp) short of meeting the 2030 target (42.5%), which would require an annual average increase of 2.6 pp from 2024 to 2030. Swede...
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  • News articles Agriculture, forestry and fisheries
  • PUBLISHED: 19 December 2024

Slight decline in agricultural prices in 2024

Early estimates for 2024 indicate that the average price of agricultural goods (output) in the EU decreased by 2% compared with 2023, while the average price of goods and services consumed in agriculture (inputs) dropped by 6%. This decline in agricultural prices follows sharp increases in 2021 and...
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  • News articles Population and social conditions
  • PUBLISHED: 19 December 2024

In which EU regions are people most at risk of poverty?

In 2023, 16.2% of the EU population – or some 71.7 million people – were at risk of poverty. The risk of poverty rate is based on national poverty thresholds and the map presents at risk of poverty at regional level using the nomenclature of territorial units for statistics.   At the regional level...
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  • News articles Population and social conditions
  • PUBLISHED: 18 December 2024

Returns to third countries increased by 13% in Q3 2024

In the third quarter of 2024, 112 335 non-EU citizens were ordered to leave an EU country, and 27 740 persons were returned to third countries following an order to leave.  In comparison with the second quarter of 2024, the number of orders to leave remained stable, while the number of returns to t...
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  • News articles Environment and energy
  • PUBLISHED: 18 December 2024

Production & consumption of chemicals dropped in 2023

In 2023, the EU produced a total of 218 million tonnes of industrial chemicals (hazardous and non-hazardous) and consumed 227 million tonnes, indicating a 13% decrease in production and 14% decrease in consumption compared with 2022. This information comes from data released by Eurostat today. The ...
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  • News articles Population and social conditions
  • PUBLISHED: 18 December 2024

Migration and asylum – 2024 interactive publication

Eurostat has released the 2024 interactive publication Migration and asylum in Europe, providing insights into key questions about migration in the EU using the latest available data. The publication looks at topics such as people migrating to the EU, within the EU and from the EU, international pr...
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