Over the period 1997−2005, infrastructure networks for all modes of transport in the Mediterranean partner countries (MPC) grew considerably (principal airports +25%, principal ports +7%, motorways +60%). Compared to the European Union (EU), however, their infrastructure remains less important a...
This publication looks at the role played by business services within the European economy and traces their recent development through the use of short-term business statistics (STS). It identifies a range of services that escaped the dramatic downturn associated with the crisis and shows that s...
This Statistics in focus is the monthly publication of Harmonized Indices of Consumer Prices (HICP) for May 2007. It contains indices and rates of change for individual MSs, the EU, the EEA and the euro area....
Business services are drivers of the EU-27 knowledge-based economy. Boosted by the European Services Directive, they face strong outsourcing and export demand, and thrive with the new production possibilities offered by innovations in information and telecommunications technology. The provision ...
This Statistics in Focus is part of a series of country-specific publications on the results of the Farm Structure Survey (FSS) 2007. It provides a brief but nevertheless comprehensive insight into the farm structure in Bulgaria. 493 100 agricultural holdings were recorded in Bulgaria in the Far...
This Statistics in Focus is part of a series of country-specific publications on the results of the Farm Structure Survey (FSS) 2007. It provides a brief but nevertheless comprehensive insight into the farm structure in Ireland. 128 200 agricultural holdings were recorded in Ireland in the 2007 ...
In order to analyse the debt structure in Europe, Eurostat conducts an annual survey to collect data from Member States information on debt by holder, instrument, maturity, currency of issuance, as well as guarantees granted by the government to non-government units. This publication examines th...
Mexico is the second-largest economy in Latin America (after Brazil), with strong economic ties to the USA. As an emerging nation with a key geostrategic position, Mexico has been developing fast over the past decade, but it was also hit by the global economic crisis. This can be seen in a downt...
This publication focuses on recent developments for the industrial production index identifying how different activities developed leading up to, during, and following on from the recession. The industrial production index measures volume changes in output (in other words adjusted for price chan...
Fisheries production by Mediterranean Partner Countries (MPCs) was 2.8 million tonnes in 2006: 73% of production was from capture fisheries of which 42% came from the Mediterranean Sea. Pelagic species were the most prominent in the catches, and aquaculture accounted for 27% of total production....