Women held 33% of seats in national parliaments in the EU in 2020. This share has been rising since 2004, when women accounted for around one-fifth (21%) of members in national parliaments.
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Eurostat, 7 March 2021
In 2019, 77.9 million people in the EU were employed in knowledge-intensive services, of whom 31.8 million were men and 46.1 million were women.
Source:
Eurostat, 4 March 2021
The mean age of women in the EU on giving birth to their first child is gradually increasing and stood at 29.4 years in 2019.
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Eurostat, 24 Φεβρουαρίου 2021
Online shopping is continuing to grow in the European Union (EU).
Source:
Eurostat, 17 February 2021
In 2019, women in the EU aged over 65 received a pension that was on average 29% lower than that of men.
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Eurostat, 3 February 2021
On average in the EU, public and private expenditure on preventive care accounted for 2.8% of total health expenditure in 2018, with highest shares recorded in Italy (4.4%) and Finland (4.0%).
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Eurostat, 18 January 2021
In 2019, environmental tax revenue in the European Union (EU) amounted to €330.6 billion, corresponding to 2.4% of GDP.
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Eurostat, 12 January 2021
In 2019, communication prices across the European Union were almost five times as high in the most expensive EU Member State than in the cheapest one.
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Eurostat, 21 December 2020
At EU level, the share of gross final energy consumption from renewable sources reached 19.7% in 2019.
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Eurostat, 18 December 2020