Economy and finance
In June 2025, compared with May 2025, seasonally adjusted services production decreased by 0.1% in both the euro area and the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In May 2025, services production grew by 0.3% in the euro area and by 0.7% in...
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In the second quarter of 2025, seasonally adjusted GDP increased by 0.1% in the euro area and by 0.2% in the EU, compared with the previous quarter, according to an estimate published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In the first quarter of 2025, GDP had increased by 0.6...
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In July 2025, compared with June 2025, the seasonally adjusted retail trade volume decreased by 0.5% in the euro area and by 0.4% in the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In June 2025, retail trade volume grew by 0.6% in the euro area an...
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In July 2025, compared with June 2025, industrial producer prices increased by 0.4% in the euro area and by 0.6% in the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In June 2025, industrial producer prices grew by 0.8% in the euro area and by 0.7% ...
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Euro area annual inflation is expected to be 2.1% in August 2025, up from 2.0% in July according to a flash estimate from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.
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In July 2025, the euro area seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 6.2%, down from 6.3% in June 2025 and from 6.4% in July 2024. The EU unemployment rate was 5.9% in July 2025, also down from 6.0% in June 2025 and in July 2024. These figures are published by Eurostat, the statistical office of...
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In June 2025, compared with May 2025, seasonally adjusted production in construction decreased by 0.8% in the euro area and by 0.5% in the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In May 2025, production in construction fell by 2.1% in the euro...
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The euro area annual inflation rate was 2.0% in July 2025, stable compared to June. A year earlier, the rate was 2.6%. European Union annual inflation was 2.4% in July 2025, up from 2.3% in June. A year earlier, the rate was 2.8%. These figures are published by Eurostat, the statistical office of...
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The first estimates of euro area balance showed a €7.0 bn surplus in trade in goods with the rest of the world in June 2025, compared with +€20.7 bn in June 2024.
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In June 2025, compared with May 2025, seasonally adjusted industrial production decreased by 1.3% in the euro area and by 1.0% in the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In May 2025, industrial production grew by 1.1% in the euro area and ...
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In the second quarter of 2025, seasonally adjusted GDP increased by 0.1% in the euro area and by 0.2% in the EU, compared with the previous quarter, according to a flash estimate published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In the first quarter of 2025, GDP had increased b...
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In 2024, the EU countries combined had 390 600 professional firefighters, representing 0.19% of the total EU employment. Compared with 2023, the number of firefighters increased by 28 200.
Among the 20 EU countries with available data, Croatia registered the highest share of firefighters in tota...
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Key figures on Europe provides an overview of recent developments in the EU, covering topics from people and society to economy, business, environment and natural resources. Today, we focus on the economy, highlighting the inflation rate in the EU.
The inflation rate shows the change in the pric...
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Key figures on the EU in the world combines Eurostat data with international sources to provide a clear picture of the EU’s position in the global arena. Today, we highlight the EU’s role in the world tourism sector.
The EU received 25.9% of worldwide receipts from international tourism in 2023:...
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The general government financial accounts cover transactions in financial assets and liabilities as well as the stock of financial assets and liabilities. The difference between the stock of financial assets and the stock of liabilities is called net financial worth.
At the end of the first quar...
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In 2023, the EU automotive industry generated €91.6 billion in domestic value added from non-EU consumers, marking a nominal increase of 74% compared with 2010 (€52.7 billion) and a 7% rise from 2022 (€85.4 billion).
The United States was the largest consumer of EU automotive products, accountin...
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In the first quarter of 2025, house prices in the EU rose by 5.7%, while rents increased by 3.2% compared with the same quarter of 2024.
Compared with the fourth quarter of 2024, house prices increased by 1.4% and rents by 0.9%.
This information comes from data on house prices and rents publis...
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In 2024, the number of housing transactions increased in 13 out of the 17 EU countries for which data are available, compared with 2023. This marked the first time since 2021 that the majority of reporting countries reported growth in annual sales.
The biggest increases in the number of transac...
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In May 2025, the average price of transport services (services related to the transportation of individuals in various forms, including by railway, road, air, sea and inland waterways) in the EU was 1.7% higher than in May 2024. The prices of passenger transport by railway and road were up by 4....
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Today, Eurostat is publishing for the first time detailed supply, use, and input-output tables for 88 products and industries. These tables will benefit users by giving them greater insights into the structure of EU countries’ economies. They enable a more granular analysis of critical products a...
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In 2024, price levels for household final consumption expenditure differed widely across the EU.
The highest price levels for household consumption were recorded in Denmark (143% of the EU average), Ireland (138%) and Luxembourg (133%). Meanwhile, the lowest levels were registered in Bulgaria (6...
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In 2024, actual individual consumption (AIC) per capita expressed in purchasing power standard (PPS) varied from 72% to 141% of the EU average across the 27 EU countries.
This information comes from recently published data on purchasing power parities (PPPs). This article presents some of the fi...
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Euro-zone series: Until December 1998 it is an aggregate of interbank deposit bid rates weighted by country GDP (Gross Domestic Product). Thereafter the rate is the EONIA (Euro OverNight Index Average), the effective overnight reference rate for the euro, computed as a weighted average of all ove...
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Long term government bond yields are calculated as monthly averages (non seasonally adjusted data). They refer to central government bond yields on the secondary market, gross of tax, with a residual maturity of around 10 years. The bond or the bonds of the basket have to be replaced regularly to...
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The 3-months interest rate is a representative short-term interest rate series for the domestic money market. From January 1999, the euro area rate is the 3-month "EURo InterBank Offered Rate" (EURIBOR) EURIBOR is the benchmark rate of the large euro money market that has emerged since 1999. It i...
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