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13/08/2026

How have prices of common food items increased over the past year (June 2025-June 2026)? ☕🧀

Read more 👉 https://link.europa.eu/j4MXBJ

In 2025, hard coal represented 3.7% (105 601 Gigawatt-hour (GWh)) of the EU’s total gross electricity production, and br...
13/08/2026

In 2025, hard coal represented 3.7% (105 601 Gigawatt-hour (GWh)) of the EU’s total gross electricity production, and brown coal represented 5.5% (154 186 GWh). ⚡🏭

🔹In 2024, the total coal share in electricity production went below 10% for the first time and in 2025, it decreased further to its lowest point at 9.2%.

Read more 👉 https://link.europa.eu/bCpNrX

In 2024, electricity consumption by EU households increased by 3% (gigawatt-hour) since 2015. ⚡️🏡Highest increases in:🇲🇹...
12/08/2026

In 2024, electricity consumption by EU households increased by 3% (gigawatt-hour) since 2015. ⚡️🏡

Highest increases in:

🇲🇹Malta (66% since 2015)
🇪🇪Estonia (36%)
🇸🇮Slovenia (33%)

Largest decreases in:

🇱🇺Luxembourg (-11%)
🇧🇪Belgium (-10%)
🇸🇪Sweden (-7%)

Read more 👉 https://link.europa.eu/NQ6h9j

In 2024, there were 4.5 million tertiary education graduates across the EU: female university graduates (2.6 million) ou...
12/08/2026

In 2024, there were 4.5 million tertiary education graduates across the EU: female university graduates (2.6 million) outnumbered their male counterparts (1.9 million).🎓📖

🔹It was particularly pronounced among people studying education, where there were 4.0 times as many female as male graduates.

Read more in Key figures on Europe - 2026 edition 👉 https://link.europa.eu/FJ9kd3

11/08/2026

In June 2026, the euro area seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 6.3%, stable compared with May 2026. 💼⁠

🔹The EU unemployment rate was 6.0% in June 2026, also stable compared with May 2026.⁠

Read more 👉 https://link.europa.eu/qGy639

On 30 June 2026, a total of 4.41 million non-EU citizens who fled Ukraine had temporary protection status in the EU. 🛂⁠⁠...
11/08/2026

On 30 June 2026, a total of 4.41 million non-EU citizens who fled Ukraine had temporary protection status in the EU. 🛂⁠⁠

The EU countries hosting the highest number of beneficiaries of temporary protection were:⁠

🇩🇪 Germany (1 286 230 people; 29.2% of the EU total)
🇵🇱 Poland (961 170; 21.8%)
🇨🇿 Czechia (390 810; 8.9%)

ℹ️ Note that the map includes EU and EFTA countries with available data. The ranking in the caption is based on EU countries only.⁠

Learn more 👉 https://link.europa.eu/kFgCCD

In 2025, there were 372 400 professional firefighters in the EU, representing 0.18% of the total employment in the EU.🔥🧑...
10/08/2026

In 2025, there were 372 400 professional firefighters in the EU, representing 0.18% of the total employment in the EU.🔥🧑‍🚒

Among the 22 countries with available data, highest shares in:

🇬🇷Greece (0.47% of firefighters in the total employment)
🇭🇷Croatia (0.43%)
🇵🇹Portugal (0.33%)

Lowest in:

🇳🇱Netherlands (0.05%)
🇦🇹Austria (0.07%)
🇸🇪Sweden (0.10%)

Read more 👉 https://link.europa.eu/Nh7rQr

In 2025, the total volume of road freight transport in the EU reached 1 886 billion tonne-kilometres.🚚📦Highest annual to...
09/08/2026

In 2025, the total volume of road freight transport in the EU reached 1 886 billion tonne-kilometres.🚚📦

Highest annual total road freight transport in:

🇵🇱Poland (381.0 billion tonne-kilometres)
🇩🇪Germany (277.4 billion)
🇪🇸Spain (272.6 billion)

Read more 👉 https://link.europa.eu/PdK7xD

08/08/2026

Duration of working life reached 37.5 years in 2025.

How does it compare across EU countries?

Read more 👉 https://link.europa.eu/xncYTM

In 2025, the EU exported 3.2 bn litres of beer containing alcohol to countries outside the EU, while importing 0.5 bn li...
07/08/2026

In 2025, the EU exported 3.2 bn litres of beer containing alcohol to countries outside the EU, while importing 0.5 bn litres. 🍺 ↔️

Top exporters (intra and extra-EU):
🇧🇪 Belgium (1.5 bn litres)
🇳🇱 Netherlands (1.4 bn litres)
🇩🇪 Germany (1.3 bn litres)

Top importers:
🇫🇷 France (0.9 bn litres)
🇮🇹 Italy (0.7 bn litres)
🇩🇪 Germany, 🇪🇸 Spain (both 0.6 bn litres)

More data 👉 https://link.europa.eu/HjpbMT

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