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In 2022, the EU produced goods and services worth 31.674 trillion euros, while imports from outside the EU (excluding intra-EU trade) reached a value of 3.106 trillion euros. Almost half (48.7%) of these goods and services were used for intermediate consumption, i.e. to manufacture other products. Another considerable proportion, 31.2%, was used for final consumption, […]

In 2023, the share of part-time employees aged 20-64 in the EU was 17.1%, a slight increase from 16.9% in 2022. Looking back over the last 10 years, the share of part-time workers has been on a slow but steady downward trend, from 19.1% in 2014 and 2015 to 16.9% in 2022, and only increased

In 2023, the unemployment rate among 15-74 year olds in the EU fell to 6.1% of the active population, the lowest level since 2014. The long-term unemployment rate, as a percentage of the labor force, was 2.1% in 2023, marking a record low since the beginning of the time series in 2009. Among EU countries,

In 2023, the EU employment rate stood at 75.3%, 0.7 percentage points (pp) higher than in 2022. This is the highest level in the entire available time series. Among the EU regions at level 2 of the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS 2), the Polish capital region of Warszawski stołeczny had the highest

September 2024. Provisional data The Industrial Production Index adjusted for seasonal and calendar effects presented a variation of 0.6% in September with respect to the same month of the previous year. This rate was 0.7 points higher than that registered in August. The original series of the IPI experienced an annual variation of 0.1%. This

Relevant data The overall tax-to-GDP ratio, i.e. the sum of net taxes and social contributions as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP), stood at 40.0% in the EU in 2023, down from 40.7% in 2022. In the euro area, the tax-to-GDP ratio also declined from 41.4% in 2022 to 40.6% in 2023. In absolute

Third quarter 2024. Progress GDP in volume terms. Quarter-on-quarter evolutionGross Domestic Product (GDP), measured in volume terms, increased by 0.8% in the third quarter compared with the previous quarter. This rate was similar to that of the second quarter of 2024. Domestic demand contributed 0.9 points to quarter-on-quarter GDP growth. External demand, on the other

Octubre 2024 Estimated annual CPI inflation in October 2024 is 1.8%, according to the leading indicator compiled by the INE. This indicator provides an advance in the CPI which, if confirmed, would represent an increase of three tenths of a percentage point in its annual rate, since in September this variation was 1.5%. This evolution

September 2024. Provisional data The General Retail Trade Index at constant prices adjusted for seasonal and calendar effects presented a variation of 4.1% in September with respect to the same month of the previous year. This rate was 1.7 points higher than that recorded in August. The original series of the MCI at constant prices

Fourth quarter 2024 Business confidence falls by 1.2% in the fourth quarter compared with the third quarter.All five sectors analysed decrease in confidence with respect to the previous quarter. Industry (-3.0%) presented the greatest decrease. Trade (-0.4%) recorded the smallest decline. By employee bracket, the five ranges analysed decreased in confidence as compared with the