In 2020, renewable energy sources made up 37% of gross electricity consumption in the EU, up from 34% in 2019.
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In 2021, the vast majority (94%) of EU enterprises with at least 10 employees and self-employed people used a fixed broadband connection to access the internet.
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Eurostat, 20 January 2022
Rents and house prices in the EU have continued their steady increase in Q3 2021, going up by 1.2% and 9.2% respectively, compared with Q3 2020.
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Eurostat, 14 January 2022
In 2020, the gross domestic product (GDP) of the EU stood at around €13 400 billion at current prices. In real terms, the EU’s GDP in 2020 was 7.6% higher than its level a decade ago.
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Eurostat, 20 December 2020
In 2020, environmental tax revenue in the EU amounted to €299.9 billion, corresponding
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Eurostat, 14 December 2021
There is a correspondence between the financial situation of the parents’ household and the risk of poverty among today’s adults.
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Eurostat, 1 December 2021
In 2020, the EU’s circular material use rate (referred to as the circularity rate) reached 12.8%. This means that almost 13% of material resources used in the EU came from recycled waste materials
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Eurostat, 25 November 2021
In 2020, household consumption expenditure in the EU decreased by an unprecedented 8% in 2020 compared with 2019.
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Eurostat, 19 November 2021
During the second quarter of 2021, employed people aged between 20-64 years in the EU worked 3.0% more hours in total in their main job when compared with the first quarter of 2021.
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Eurostat, 15 November 2021
Despite the pandemic, the total traded amounts in € of glass, paper and cardboard secondary waste materials didn’t change significantly between 2019 and 2020, while for plastic it dropped by almost
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Eurostat, 11 November 2021