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  • News articles Population and social conditions
  • PUBLISHED: 18 May 2026

95% of EU children in pre-primary education in 2024

In 2024, 95.0% of children between the age of 3 and the compulsory starting age for primary education in EU countries were in pre-primary education, up from 91.2% in 2014. This brings the EU one step closer to achieving the goal set out in the European Education Area strategic framework, which ai...
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  • News articles Population and social conditions
  • PUBLISHED: 18 May 2026

Asylum applications in February 2026

In February 2026, 46 420 first-time asylum applicants (non-EU citizens) applied for international protection in EU countries, marking a 21% decrease compared with February 2025 (59 080) and a 9% decline compared with January 2026 (51 160). There were also 9 080 subsequent applicants, representing...
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  • News articles Science and technology
  • PUBLISHED: 15 May 2026

42.3% of people saw hostile messages online in 2025

Disclaimer: This article was updated with data for Ireland after publication. In 2025, 42.3% of internet users in the EU encountered messages online that they considered hostile and degrading towards specific groups of people or individuals. The EU aggregate is based on 20 countries for which dat...
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  • News articles Transport
  • PUBLISHED: 14 May 2026

EU rail passengers made 8.7 billion trips in 2024

In 2024, people in the EU took 8.7 billion rail trips, amounting to a total of 444.5 billion passenger-kilometres (pkm). Germany and France were the largest overall contributors to rail passenger transport performance, with 109.1 and 107.3 billion passenger-kilometres, respectively. Italy came ne...
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  • News articles Agriculture, forestry and fisheries
  • PUBLISHED: 13 May 2026

Sales of pesticides in the EU rebounded by 8% in 2024

In 2024, pesticide sales in the EU reached approximately 316 000 tonnes, marking an 8% rise over 2023. This reversal follows 2 consecutive years of decline in sales. Pesticide sales in the EU in 2024 reflect a 12% decrease from 2011 levels, when nearly 351 000 tonnes were sold. The main category ...
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  • News articles Population and social conditions
  • PUBLISHED: 13 May 2026

23.4% of EU households had children in 2025

In 2025, out of 203.1 million households in the EU, only 47.4 million, or 23.4%, included children. Most of these were couples with children (14.7%), other types of households with children (5.6%) and single adults with children (3.0%). The remaining 76.6% of households without children comprised...
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  • News articles Environment and energy
  • PUBLISHED: 13 May 2026

EU economy greenhouse gas emissions: +0.9% in Q4 2025

The EU economy’s seasonally adjusted greenhouse gas emissions in the fourth quarter of 2025 were estimated at 839 million tonnes of CO2-equivalents (CO2-eq), a 0.9% increase compared with the third quarter of 2025 (832 million tonnes of CO2-eq). At the same time, the EU’s gross domestic product (...
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  • News articles International trade
  • PUBLISHED: 12 May 2026

Trade in agricultural products: €24.7 billion surplus

In 2025, the EU exported €238.2 billion worth of agricultural products and imported €213.5 billion, generating a €24.7 billion surplus. Compared with 2024, both exports and imports registered year-on-year increases of 1.6% and 9.3%, respectively. Between 2015 and 2025, trade in agricultural produ...
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  • News articles Population and social conditions
  • PUBLISHED: 12 May 2026

132 600 people refused entry in the EU, up by 7.1%

In 2025, 132 600 third-country nationals were refused entry into the EU territory at one of its external borders, indicating a 7.1% increase compared with 2024 (123 835).  The number of people found to be illegally present in an EU country decreased by 21.7%, from 918 525 in 2024 to 719 395 in 20...
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  • News articles International trade
  • PUBLISHED: 11 May 2026

Euro dominates extra-EU trade in primary goods

In 2025, the euro was the most used currency for extra-EU imports of primary goods, excluding petroleum, representing a 47.4% share. It was closely followed by the US dollar at 45.0%. Currencies of EU countries other than the euro stood at 1.7%, and other currencies at 5.3%. However, the US dolla...
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  • News articles General and regional statistics
  • PUBLISHED: 9 May 2026

Happy Europe Day 2026!

Every year, on 9 May, we celebrate Europe Day, commemorating the signing of the 'Schuman Declaration' on 9 May 1950.  The declaration was an ambitious plan to secure long-term peace in post-war Europe and is considered the beginning of what is now the EU.  If you are in Luxembourg, we invite you ...
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