Based on administrative data, the present document updates the analysis on EU expenditure on social protection taking into account 2009 figures. The report presents several indicators for measuring the cost of social protection for both the EU-27 and the EA-17. It also includes a longitudinal an...
During 2009 the activity classification used for short-term statistics (STS) in the EU changed from NACE Rev. 1.1 to NACE Rev. 2, and at the same time the base year weights for the various activities and countries changed from 2000 to 2005. This publication focuses on the combined impact of thes...
Educational attainment levels in the EU have tended to increase almost continuously over the last decades as a growing proportion of young people have gone on from compulsory schooling to upper secondary programmes and from there to tertiary education. Whereas the number of women of working age ...
The Mediterranean region is regarded as one of planet Earths 25 hotspots, embracing some of the world's most unique bio-geographical areas and harbouring outstanding biological diversity. This publication presents some key data on the wealth and vulnerability of this biodiversity and on the grow...
The national accounts provide detailed information about monetary flows through economies – but only economy-wide material flow accounts (EW-MFA) can provide information about the physical flows of materials. Using EW-MFA data, a better understanding of the physical materials needed in economies...
Most of the education expenditure in the EU comes from public funds, amounting to 5% of GDP. However, students and their families together with other private entities provided 12% of the funds of education institutions in 2005. The level of private funding clearly distinguishes the EU from the U...
EU-27 tax revenue (including social contributions) of general government stabilised in 2007 at 40.9% of GDP, accounting for over 90% of total government revenue. In the euro area (EA-16), on the other hand, tax revenue increased slightly, reaching 41.6% of GDP in 2007. Denmark and Sweden registe...
This "Statistics in Focus" describes and analyses the expenditure and the receipts of Social Protection in different European countries. In 2008, social protection expenditure accounted for 26.4% of GDP in EU 27. This average masks high disparities between countries. Expenditure on old-age and s...
This publication belongs to a quarterly series presenting the main results of the EU Labour Force Survey for the EU-27 and for all Member States. Indicators presented in this publication are: activity rates, employment rates, part-time employment as share of total employment, average actual hour...
In 2010, the overall trade in goods (the sum of imports and exports) between the EU and the ACP countries (Africa, Caribbean and Pacific) was valued at EUR 133 billion. This was a rise of 20 % compared with 2009 but failed to regain the value recorded in 2008. The growth was evenly shared betwee...