In the EU, the employment rate of people aged 20-64 stood at 74.0% in the fourth quarter of 2021, which represents an increase of 0.5 percentage points (pp) compared with the third quarter of 2021
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Rents and house prices in the EU have continued their steady increase in the fourth quarter of 2021, going up by 1.3% and 10.0% respectively, compared with the fourth quarter of 2020.
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Eurostat, 8 April 2022
In 2020, the EU imported 58% of the energy it consumed, as its own production satisfied only 42% of its needs.
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Eurostat, 28 March 2022
The market shares of the largest electricity and gas producers in the EU have been decreasing in most countries.
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Eurostat, 15 Μarch 2022
Government expenditure on health increased by 1 percentage point (pp) compared with 2019 (8.0% of GDP in 2020 compared with 7.0% of GDP in 2019).
Source:
Eurostat, 11 March 2022
Data on the EU’s labour market in the third quarter of 2021 indicate that men were more likely to be self-employed than women: 16.4% of employed men were self-employed compared with 9.5% of women.
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Eurostat, 1 March 2022
The area used for organic agricultural production in the EU continues to increase. It covered 14.7 million hectares in 2020, up from 9.5 million hectares in 2012, equivalent to a rise of 56%.
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Eurostat, 22 February 2022
In the EU, we still largely rely on fossil fuels for our overall energy supply, illustrated by the ratio of fossil fuels in gross available energy (the total energy demand of a country or region).
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Eurostat, 16 February 2022
In 2021, 80% of people in the EU aged 16 to 74 who used the internet in the last three months prior to the survey knew that cookies can be used to trace people's online activities.
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Eurostat, 8 February 2022
The European Union (EU) has met the 10% target level for 2020 for the share of renewable energy (including liquid biofuels, biomethane and ‘green’ electricity) used in transport.
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Eurostat, 2 February 2022