Ιn June 2020, a month marked by some relaxation of COVID
Statistics
In June 2020, the month when COVID-19 containment measures started being phased out in most Member States, the euro area seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 7.8%, up from 7.7% in May 2020.
In 2019, 29% of residents of EU Member States aged 16 or over were unable to afford paying for an annual one-week holiday away from home.
The proportion of live births outside marriage in the EU stood at 42% in 2018. This is 17 percentage points above the value in 2000.
Under the baseline scenario of the latest population projections issued by Eurostat, the EU’s population will continue to grow older.
In these times of coronavirus pandemic, and due to the social distancing measures in force, people are connecting more often with others via social networks.
In 2019, the expected average duration of working life for the European Union’s (EU) adult population aged 15 years and more was 35.9 years.
While accounting for slightly less than 6% of the world population, the EU generated 18.6% of the world GDP in 2018.
In April 2020, a month marked by COVID-19 containment measures in all countries, the Euro area annual inflation rate was 0.3%, down from 0.7% in March. A year earlier, the rate was 1.7%.