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  1. In 2023, 867 000 tonnes of chocolate and chocolate bars were exported by EU members to countries outside the EU (extra-EU). This marks a 2% increase compared with 2022 (852 000 tonnes) and a 35% boost compared with 2013 (643 000 tonnes). The top chocolate and chocolate bar exporters to extra-EU cou...
  2. In 2023, the average hourly labour costs in the whole economy (see methodological note) were estimated to be €31.8 in the EU and €35.6 in the euro area, up compared with €30.2 and €34.0, respectively, in 2022.   These estimates come from data on labour costs levels published by Eurostat today. This...
  3. In 2023, the EU trade in goods balance registered a surplus of €38 billion. This marks a great contrast compared with 2022 when the EU reported a deficit of €436 billion due mainly to the increased value of energy imports resulting from high prices for energy. This information comes from data on in...
  4. In 2022, 5.1 million people immigrated to the EU from non-EU countries, while 1.0 million people emigrated from the EU to destinations outside the EU.  The inflow of immigrants from non-EU countries more than doubled compared to the estimated 2.4 million in 2021. Conversely, the number of EU reside...
  5. In 2023, gross domestic product (GDP) per capita expressed in purchasing power standards ranged between 64% of the EU average in Bulgaria and 240% in Luxembourg. This information comes from the flash estimates of purchasing power parities and GDP for 2023 published by Eurostat today. The article pr...
  6. In 2021 there were 5.3 million deaths in the EU; the main causes of death across the EU were circulatory diseases, cancer and COVID-19. Deaths related to circulatory diseases amounted to 1.71 million in 2021 (32% of all deaths). Cancer was the second most common cause, with 1.14 million causes of d...
  7. In 2023, 1 048 900 first-time asylum applicants (non-EU citizens) applied for international protection in EU countries, up by 20% compared with 2022 (873 700). After a considerable drop in 2020 (417 100), the numbers increased for 3 consecutive years almost reaching the peaks registered in 2015 and...
  8. In 2021, the number of businesses in the EU’s health and social work sector amounted to 2.3 million, representing 7.4% of all the enterprises active in the EU’s business economy. The health and social work sectors include enterprises in Section Q of the statistical classification of economic activit...
  9. In the fourth quarter of 2023, the EU imported €111.3 billion worth of energy products amounting to a total of 187.9 million tonnes. Compared with the same quarter of 2022, imports decreased both in value (-34.2%) and in net mass (-11.7%). When comparing 2023 with 2022, the value of energy products...
  10. In 2022, 965 million tonnes of freight were handled, i.e. loaded and unloaded, in the EU by inland waterways.  Inland waterway freight transport was heavily concentrated in a few key regions, mainly in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. These 3 countries have extensive inland waterway networks t...
  11. In 2022, 3.6 million people worked in different fields in forestry and wood-based industry in the EU, a 1.4% increase compared to 2012. In comparison, total employment in all areas in the EU increased by 8.4% between 2012 and 2022.  In terms of employment status, 3.2 million people were employed in...