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Statistics about EU Flashcards

1
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What are the current capitals of culture in the EU (2024)

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Bad Ischl (Austria), Bodo (Norway), Tartu (Finland)

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2025 Capitals of culture

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Chemnitz (DE), Nova Gorica (SL), Gorizia (IT)

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2023 capitals of culture

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Elefsina, Timisoara (RO), Veszeprem (HU)

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3 largest metropolitian regions EU

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  1. Paris (12.4), 2. Madrid (6.9), 3. Barcelona (5.8)
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EU GDP figures (PPP)

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Market prices: EUR 17 trillion (EUR 14.4)
Per capita: EUR 37,789 (EUR 41,219)

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GDP 3 biggest - 3 lowest

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Market prices biggest: DE, FR, IT
Market prices lowest: MT, CY, EE
Per capita biggest: LU, IE, DK
Per capita lowest: BG, RO, PO

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EU population + 3 biggest / lowest countries ü EU sahre of world pop

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449.2 million (1 January 2024)
3 biggest: DE, FR, IT
3 smallest: MT, LU, CY

EU share of world pop: 5.6% in 2023

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Sakharov price: first, last 5 2019 - 2024

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1988: Anatoly Marchenko, Nelson Mandela
2019: Ilham Tohti
2020: Democratic opposition in Belarus
2021: Alex Navalny
2022: The Ukrainian people
2023: Woman, Life Freedom movement, Mahsa Jina Amini
2024: Venezuela democratic leaders María Corina Machado and Edmundo González Urrutia

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3 largest metropolitan areas

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    1. Paris (12.4),
    1. Madrid (6.9),
    1. Barcelona (5.8)
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EU key short term statistics:

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o Inflation: 2.3% in Nov 2024
o GDP growth 0.3% in Q32024
o Unemployment rate: 5.9% in Sep 2024
o House price growth: 2.9% in Q2 2024
o Pop: 449 million in 2024
o Energy inflation rate: -3.3% in Oct 2024

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11
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Fertility rate

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1.46 births per woman

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Age-old dependency ratio

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2.7 in 2023, compared to 3.8 in 2003.

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Life expectancy

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83.3 for women, 77.9 for men. 80.6 years for both.

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Early leavers from education or training

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9.5% both sexes, 11.3% for men, 7.7% for women.

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Young people neither in employment nor in education and training (NEET rate)

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9.2%

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16
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Number graduates:

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4.3 million in 2022; 2.5 million women and 1.8 million men

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  • Employment rate:
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75.3% in 2023

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18
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Unemployment rate

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6.1% in 2023

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19
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Youth unemployment rate

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14.5% in 2023

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20
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Unadjusted gender pay gap

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12.7% (biggest Estonia with 21.3%, lowest Luxembourg with -0.%)

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21
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People at risk of poverty or social exclusion:

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94.6 million people (21.4% of the EU population). Highest share in RO with 32.4% lowers in Czechia with fewer than 14%.

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Inability to face unexpected financial expenses

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31.2% (highest BG 46.7%, lowest NL with 15.3%)

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23
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Inability to afford a one-week annual holiday away from home

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28.5%

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24
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% of EU population unable to keep home warm in 2022:

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9%

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25
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Share of internet users

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91.4%

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26
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Real GD growth

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0.4% in 2023

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27
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Inflation rate

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6.4% in 2023

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28
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Actual individual consumption per capita

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EUR 25,000 in 2023

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29
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Government Deficit

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3.5% in 2023 (highest 3: IT, HU, RO; lowest in DK, CY, IE)

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30
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Government debt

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81.7% of GDP in 2023 (highest 3 GR, IT, FR

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31
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Trade surplus

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EUR 38 billion in 2023

32
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Top 10 partners for international trade in goods - exports:

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US (19.6%), UK (13.1%), China,

33
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  • Top 10 partners for international trade in goods – imports
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China (20.5%), US (13.8%), UK

34
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Share of intra-EU trade

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61.6% of total trade

35
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Share of freight transport by means:

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by sea (67.8%), road (24.9%), rail, inland waterways.

36
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Busiest ports

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Rotterdam, Antwerpen, Trieste

37
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Share of sectors in economy by gross value added

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Services (71.9%), Industry (20.6%), construction (5.7%), agriculture, forstery, and fishing (1.9%)

38
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Share of micro entreprises:

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94.1%, 30.1% people employed, 19.2% value added

39
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Share of small entreprises:

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4.9%, 18.9% people employed, 16.1% VA

40
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Share of medium entreprises

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0.8%, 15.4% people employed, 17.1% VA

41
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Share of large entreprises

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0.2%, 35.6% people employed, 47.5% value added

42
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R&D spending as share of GDP in EU

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2.24% in 2022

43
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Number of nights spent at tourist accommodation

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2.91 billion

44
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Number of cars per 1000 inhabintants

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563

45
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Busiest airports

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Paris Carles de Gaulle, Amsterda Schiphol, Adolfo Suarez Madrid

46
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Final energy consumption

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37k Petajoule (PL)

47
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Share final energy consumption

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Petroleum products (36.8%), electricity (23%), natural gas
(20.5%)

48
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Final energy use, by end use

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Transport (31%), industry (25.1%), otehr sectors,

49
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Energy dependency rate

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62.5% (highest MT, lowest, EE)

50
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Energy from renewable energy sources

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23.0%, ompared to 16% 1 decade earlier. Highest with 66% in Sweden

51
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Employment in the
environmental economy

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5.2 million

52
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Greenhouse gas emissions

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In 2022 -29.2% from 1990 levels

52
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Environmental tax revenue

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€321 billion, equivalent to 2.0% of GDP

53
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Source sectors of greenhouse gas
emissions

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Fuel combustion in energy industries (40.4%), fuel combustion in transport (26.2%), manufacturing and construction, agriculture, industrial processes, waste managemetn

54
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Municipal waste generation

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513 KG

55
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Top 5 EU countries for the production of selected agricultural products

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  • Cereals and rice: FR, DE, PL
  • vegetables: ES, IT, FR
  • fruits, berries: IT, ES, FR
  • pig meat: ES, DE, FR
  • poultry: PL, ES, DE
  • bovine meat: FR, DE, ES
  • milk: DE, FR, PL
56
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Organic crop area

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9.1% EU’s of total
utilised agricultural area in 2022 (Austria first, malta last)

57
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EU countries with
the largest fish catches

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Spain, France, Denmark,. Biggest area is north east atlantic

58
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Forest area

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38.9% (FI with 75% nr 1, Malta last aith 1.5%)

59
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Number of NUTS 2021 regions and
statistical regions

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NUTS level 1: 92
NUTS level 2: 242
NUTS level 3: 1166

60
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Share of death from cancer

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21.9%

61
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Share of people with teartiary eduaciton (Target in 2030: > 45%)

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43.1% in 2023

62
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Share of people with uppper secondary qualification (target 2030: > 90%)

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81.1% in EU

63
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Early leavers from education and training, 2023 (Target in 2030, <9%)

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9.5%

64
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Employment rate of recent graduates from vocational programmes, 2023 (Target 2030: >= 82%)

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81%

65
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Participation rate in education and training, 2023

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12.7%

66
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Population aged 20-64, + labour force total and total outside labour force

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259.9 million, of which
* 207.8 million labour force (195.7 employed people and 12.1 millon unemployed people)
* 52 million outside labour force

67
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EU employment rate in 2023 (2030 target: >= 78%)

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75.3%

68
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EU’s gender employment gap (Target 2030: reduce to 5.6 percentage points by 2030)

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10.2 percentage
points in 2023

69
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Share of young people neither in employment nor in education and training (NEET), 2023 (EU target for 2030 <9%)

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11.2%

70
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: At-risk-of-poverty rate, 2023

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16.2%

71
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Share of people who never used internet:

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6%

72
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Households with access to internet

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93.1%

73
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Daily internet users

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85.9%

74
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Entreprise birth rateand death rate

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Birth rate: 10.7% in 2021
Death rate: 8.5% in 2021

75
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A

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