This publication shows the main characteristics of 'Architectural and engineering activities and related technical consultancy' (NACE K 74.2) and 'Technical testing and analysis' (NACE K 74.3) in the European Union, two knowledge intensive activities within the business services sector. Both sta...
This publication deals with environmental protection expenditure and revenues in the EU, EFTA and candidate countries for the period 2001-2006. The data on environmental protection expenditure (EPE) show the efforts being made to prevent, reduce and eliminate pollution resulting from the product...
In 2006, road transport in the EU-27, Norway and Liechtenstein carried over 17 billion tonnes, performing some 1900 billion tonne-kilometres (tkm). Building materials account for just under a half of the weight of all goods carried. Machinery, transport equipment and other manufactured products ...
An essential source of innovation, knowledge-intensive services (KIS) and even more so high-tech KIS are often seen as major engines of growth in modern economies. This Statistics in Focus details the high-tech KIS sector in the EU by analysing both economic and employment indicators at national...
Labour Market Policy (LMP) interventions are used to activate and support the unemployed and other disadvantaged groups in the labour market. The primary target group for these interventions is the population of registered unemployed but across Europe policy is increasingly focusing on the activ...
Since 2002, the EU has recorded a deficit in trade in goods with the 17 countries composing Latin America. In 2009, the deficit amounted to EUR 8.6 billion, considerably less than in the previous three years. The products most exported to Latin America by the EU were Machinery and Road vehicles ...
This publication describes the results of the 2008-based regional NUTS level 2 population projections for Europe, produced by Eurostat for the EU-27 Member States, Norway and Switzerland. The 2008-based regional population projections EUROPOP2008 show that population may increase in two out of t...
This Statistics in focus analyses the structure of regional Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the European Union in 2009. The analysis focuses on the effects of the economic and financial crisis, i.e. the development between 2008 and 2009. Mid-term developments are illustrated by way of a comparis...
In view of the increasing focus given to public finance, EU Member States are asked to provide information on their government debt structure. This information is requested in an annual survey launched by Eurostat classifying the government debt by holder, instrument, maturity, and currency of i...
Forests provide the renewable raw material for wood-based industries, income for remote areas and fibres that are increasingly recycled. In 2006, the EU-27 remained the world's leading producer of sawnwood (+4.3% compared with 2005) and paper and paperboard products (+3.5%). The wood pulp indust...