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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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
In 2024, 9.2% of the EU population was not able to keep their home adequately warm. Compared with 2023, this represents an improvement of 1.4 percentage point (pp).
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Eurostat, 2 February 2026
In the third quarter of 2025, house prices in the EU went up by 5.5%, while rents increased by 3.1%, compared with the third quarter of 2024.
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Eurostat, 9 January 2026
In 2025, the index of agricultural labour productivity in the EU increased by an estimated 9.
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Eurostat, 17 December 2025
In 2025, 32.7% of people aged 16-74 in the EU used generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools.
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Eurostat, 16 December 2025
In 2023, the EU’s total agricultural output was valued at €537 billion.
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Eurostat, 28 November 2025
In 2023, the EU spent €1 720 billion in healthcare expenditure, equivalent to 10.0% of the EU’s gross domestic product (GDP).
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Eurostat, 17 November 2025