In 2024, 95.0% of children between the age of 3 and the compulsory starting age for primary education in EU countries were in pre-primary education, up from 91.2% in 2014.
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In 2025, out of 203.1 million households in the EU, only 47.4 million, or 23.4%, included children.
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Eurostat, 13 May 2026
In the fourth quarter of 2025, household real consumption per capita increased by 0.5% in the euro area, after an increase of 0.4% in the previous quarter.
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Eurostat, 28 April 2026
As technology reshapes workplaces at an unprecedented pace, some young people are finding their own ways to make a living, turning to self-employment out of creativity and innovation or necessity.<
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Eurostat, 21 April 2026
According to the latest population projections from Eurostat, the EU population is expected to decline by 11.7% between 2025 and 2100.
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Eurostat, 16 April 2026
In 2025, 34.8% of EU internet users reported taking an online course or using online learning materials.
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Eurostat, 19 March 2026
In 2024, 3.55 million babies were born in the EU, a 3.3% decrease from the 3.67 million in 2023. The total fertility rate for 2024 was 1.34 live births per woman in the EU, down from 1.38 in 2023.
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Eurostat, 6 March 2026
2025 was another record-setting year for EU tourism, with nearly 3.1 billion nights spent in tourist accommodation establishments across the EU.
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Eurostat, 4 March 2026
In 2024, 4.2 million people immigrated to the EU from non-EU countries. This figure does not include asylum seekers and/or refugees from Ukraine under temporary protection for some countries.
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Eurostat, 27 February 2026
The number of women working as scientists and engineers in the EU has been on the rise. Data show an increase from 3.4 million in 2008 to 5.2 million in 2014, reaching 7.9 million in 2024.
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Eurostat, 11 February 2026