In October 2024, 86 945 first-time asylum applicants (non-EU citizens) applied for international protection in EU countries, a 24% decrease compared with October 2023 (114 890).
Statistics
In 2024, 93% of people aged 16-74 in the EU reported that they had used the internet during the previous 3 months.
Source:
Eurostat, 17 December 2024
In 2023, 25.7% of young Europeans (aged 15-29) were employed during formal education.
Source:
Eurostat, 25 November 2024
In 2023, the share of part-time employees aged 20-64 in the EU was 17.1%, a slight increase from 16.9% in 2022.
Source:
Eurostat, 11 November 2024
In 2022, the European Union (EU) had 32.3 million enterprises, employing 160 million persons. Of that total, 99% were micro and small enterprises employing up to 49 persons.
Source:
Eurostat, 25 October 2024
In the second quarter of 2024, agricultural prices in the EU declined for both outputs and inputs not related to investment.
Source:
Eurostat, 26 September 2024
Between the first and the second quarter of 2024, 3.2 million unemployed people aged 15-74 in the EU (24.0% of all unemployed in the first quarter of 2024) found a job.
Source:
Eurostat, 13 September 2024
In the second quarter of 2024, seasonally adjusted GDP increased by 0.3% in both the euro area and the EU, compared with the previous quarter.
Source:
Eurostat, 14 August 2024
In 2022 52.8% of the EU population aged 16 years or over reported reading books in the past 12 months.
Source:
Eurostat, 9 August 2024