In May 2021, the euro area annual inflation rate was 2.0%, up from 1.6% in April, while the European Union (EU) annual inflation was 2.3% in May 2021, up from 2.0% in April.
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The share of 'early school leavers,’ a term that refers to early leavers from education and training (aged 18-24), has steadily decreased in the European Union (EU) over the last 10 years (from 13.
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Eurostat, 24 June 2021
The European Commission has released the European Innovation Scoreboard 2021, which shows that Europe's innovation performance continues to improve across the EU.
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European Commission, 21 June 2021
The first estimate for euro area exports of goods to the rest of the world in April 2021 was €193.8 billion, an increase of 43.2% compared with April 2020 (€135.3 bn), which had beenheavily affecte
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Eurostat, 15 June 2021
In the first quarter of 2021, seasonally adjusted GDP decreased by 0.3% in the euro area and by 0.1% in the EU compared with the previous quarter.
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Eurostat, 8 June 2021
Volume of retail trade down by 3.1% in both euro area and in the EU
Up by 23.9% and 22.4% compared with April 2020
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Eurostat, 4 June 2021
The annual mean concentration of fine particles (PM2.5) in urban areas of the EU has been gradually decreasing to 12.6 μg/m3 in 2019.
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Eurostat, 3 June 2021
In 2020, there were 195.4 million households in the European Union (EU). Almost one-third of these households (29%) had children living with them.
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Eurostat, 1 June 2021
Gross hourly earnings vary considerably across occupations. Based on detailed earnings data for 2018, managers were the best-paid occupation in all EU Member States.
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Eurostat, 27 May 2021
One-fifth (20.3%) of employees born outside the EU were employed on a temporary contract in the EU in 2020, compared with 13.8% for temporary employees born in a different EU Member State and 11.8%
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Eurostat, 26 May 2021