This publication presents the latest available data on acquisition of citizenship in the European Union and EFTA countries. Acquisition of citizenship is often viewed as a key indicator of successful integration in the receiving country, as it usually implies a good knowledge of the country's la...
This publication aims to analyse the relationship between patent activity and R&D personnel. Although many Member States fit the correlation, the relationship between patents and R&D personnel does not appear to be straightforward in all of them. Moreover, the evolution of patent activity does n...
Shipbuilding and repair in the EU has more or less stabilized after a historic decline. The dynamics of the industry shows further development of thriving niche markets, such as cruise ships, yachts and pleasure boats, against a weakening construction of tankers and large freight carriers. This ...
There were 19.6 million small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the EU-27 non-financial business economy in 2005, 99.8 % of all businesses. Their impact in terms of employment and added value varies substantially between economic sectors and across countries. The importance also varies subs...
The value of high-tech exports worldwide increased by an average of 5% a year between 2001 and 2006. This increase was mostly due to the rise of Chinese exports in world trade. Although in 2005 the EU was the leader in high-tech exports, China took over the lead in 2006 followed by the United St...
This issue presents the latest available figures on the foreign and foreign-born population usually resident in the EU-27 and EFTA countries as at 1 January 2010. In 2010 there were 32.5 million foreigners in the EU-27, corresponding to 6.5% of the total population. The majority of them, 20.2 mi...
This publication presents the latest available data on acquisition of citizenship in the European Union and EFTA countries. Acquisition of citizenship is often viewed as a key indicator of successful integration in the receiving country, as it usually implies a good knowledge of the country's la...
While the trend towards increased convergence of European economies as measured by their GDP per capita is continuing, the income dispersion among the EU Member States remains remarkably high. In 2007, Bulgaria’s gross domestic product (GDP) per inhabitant was just 14 percent of Luxembourg's, or...
International migration receives growing attention, as it has large implications for growth and welfare in both countries of origin and destination. Eurostat regularly publishes data related to workers' remittances and compensation of employees. Workers' remittances are mainly related to migrant...