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.
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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.
In the second quarter of 2024, agricultural prices in the EU declined for both outputs and inputs not related to investment.
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.
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.
In 2022 52.8% of the EU population aged 16 years or over reported reading books in the past 12 months.
In 2023, the expected average duration of working life for 15-year-olds in the EU was 3
After a decline in 2020 and 2021 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the EU’s population has increased for the second consecutive year, rising from 447.6 million on 1 January 2023 to 449.2
Between 2010 and the first quarter of 2024, house prices increased by 49% and rents by 24% in the EU.