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@Zimmer4_0_4 Also, the question “can your household afford one week annual holiday away from home” is a household level deprivation item in surveys by EU Statistics on Income and Living Conditions, meaning the reported household situation is applied to all household members. (2/2)

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In 2025, 27.5% of the EU’s population aged 16 or older were unable to afford 1 week of annual holidays away from home. 🧳✈️

Highest shares in:
🇷🇴Romania (61.4%)
🇬🇷Greece (46.6%)

Lowest in:
🇱🇺Luxembourg (10.6%)
🇸🇪Sweden (12.4%)

👉https://t.co/EmHY9aA3y5

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@Zimmer4_0_4 This indicator is calculated for the population aged 16 or older, so 16 and 17 year olds are included by definition. (1/2)

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@StranaReforiem Data for net electricity generated by different types of fuel are available here: https://t.co/rMZBge9CI5

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The top stat of last month! 📊👇

In Q1 2026, 45.5% of the electricity generated in the EU came from renewable energy sources.

Highest shares in:
🇩🇰Denmark (90.0%, mostly wind)

Lowest in:
🇨🇿Czechia (12.7%)

Read more 👉 https://t.co/9JO20L33Y4

#EurostatTopPosts

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In 2025, there were 372 400 professional firefighters in the EU.🧑‍🚒

Highest shares in:
🇬🇷Greece (0.47% of firefighters in the total employment)
🇭🇷Croatia (0.43%)

Lowest in:
🇳🇱Netherlands (0.05%)
🇦🇹Austria (0.07%)

Read more 👉https://t.co/uK46qABcQK

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@goncalo_nspinto @pedrospereira7 While in some countries minimum wages are laid down by collective agreements for a range of specific sectors, Eurostat minimum wage statistics cover only national statutory minimum wages. For more info: https://t.co/fPYXcpgmUw

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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)

Read more👉https://t.co/NM04MS75nU

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Duration of working life reached 37.5 years in 2025.

How does it compare across EU countries?

Read more 👉 https://t.co/qrR9Ib9ann

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@sharbat_c Provisions after Brexit (https://t.co/kbBjs2Hu5a) included some ad-hoc data transmissions to monitor trade with Northern Ireland and a commitment to establish a cooperation arrangement for the exchange of data in certain domains. (3/3)

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In 2025, 7.7% of people in the EU lived in households spending 40% or more of their disposable income on housing. 🏠

Highest shares in:
🇬🇷 Greece (26.4% of people in households)
🇩🇰 Denmark (23.4%)

Lowest in:
🇨🇾 Cyprus (2.4%)
🇭🇷 Croatia (3.2%)

More👉 https://t.co/S4hAm6guok

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@sharbat_c The UK is no longer an EU Member State and therefore no longer subject to the legal requirements concerning the production and dissemination of European statistics. In January 2021 it stopped reporting its statistics to Eurostat. (2/3)

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@sharbat_c EFTA countries are part of the European Statistical System, therefore there is statistical cooperation with the EU and EFTA countries. 2025 figures are not yet available for Switzerland for this indicator. You can refer to previous data here: https://t.co/NeNxcxtmbD (1/3)

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

Top exporter:
🇧🇪 Belgium (1.5 bn litres)

Top importer:
🇫🇷 France (0.9 bn litres)

More data 👉 https://t.co/SDKxViLNem

#InternationalBeerDay

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@MikulasKru49402 The same definitions are used across the survey. You can refer to more about accuracy and comparability in EU SILC here: https://t.co/ZNBvrbXnYc 2/2

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@MikulasKru49402 Data are from the same source, the EU statistics on income and living conditions survey. This indicator shows % of people who lived in households spending 40% or more of their disposable income on housing. 1/2

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In 2025, EU governments allocated an estimated €130 200 million to research and development, equivalent to 0.69% of GDP. 🔍

Highest allocations:

🎓 R&D financed from General University Funds (37.3%) 
🎓 R&D financed from other sources (18.4%)

➡️  https://t.co/Snbwm3noRt

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In 2025, government budget allocations for research and development at EU level stood at €288.9 per inhabitant. 🔍💡

Highest:
🇱🇺 Luxembourg (€917.2 per inhabitant) 
🇩🇰 Denmark (€627.1)

Lowest:
🇷🇴 Romania (€18.8)
🇭🇺 Hungary (€57.4)

More data ➡️  https://t.co/Snbwm3nWH1

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Euro area #ServicesProduction up by 0.8% in May 2026 over April 2026, +2.4% over May 2025 https://t.co/OGmmVAlslq

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@FractalDoctor Electricity price statistics are available here: https://t.co/GrIkTf1euw

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@KersevanRoberto Values for this graph depict energy sources that replenish (or renew) themselves naturally, which does not include nuclear energy. See: https://t.co/gK874URETs

However, data for net electricity generated by nuclear fuels are available here: https://t.co/wOiouAmYkm

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@AndrewNJohns All non-EU country data available for this indicator can be accessed here: https://t.co/4NrHrZku1O

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The EU’s gross domestic product (GDP) was valued at €18.8 trillion in 2025.

Latest economy in:
🇩🇪Germany (€4.5 trillion, or 23.8% of the EU total)
🇫🇷France (15.8%)

Lowest:
🇲🇹Malta (0.1%)

Read more in Key figures on Europe - 2026 edition 👉https://t.co/dzcjKqkPIO