Statistics

Question 1

What is the population of the EU in 2023?

Answer 1

More than 448.8 million

This represents 5.6% of the world’s population.

Question 2

What was the EU population in 2022?

Answer 2

446.7 million

Question 3

By what year is the EU population projected to fall to 420 million?

Answer 3

By 2100

Question 4

What was the ratio of working-age people to older persons in the EU in 2022?

Answer 4

2.8

Question 5

What is the fertility rate in the EU as of 2023?

Answer 5

1.46 births per woman

Question 6

What percentage of the world population will be Europeans by 2080?

Answer 6

3.9%

Question 7

How many EU residents are foreign citizens as of 2023?

Answer 7

Around 41.3 million

Question 8

What was the number of asylum applicants in the EU in 2023?

Answer 8

1,049,000

Question 9

What is the life expectancy for women in the EU as of 2022?

Answer 9

83.3 years

Question 10

What percentage of EU citizens aged 16 or older feel in good or very good health?

Answer 10

68%

Question 11

What was the early school leaver rate in the EU in 2023?

Answer 11

9.5%

Question 12

What was the employment rate in the EU in 2023?

Answer 12

2023: 75.3%
2022: 74.6%;
2021: 73.1%

Question 13

What is the unemployment rate for young people aged 15-24 in the EU in 2023?

Answer 13

14.5%

Question 14

What percentage less do women earn than men in the EU as of 2023?

Answer 14

12.7%

Question 15

What percentage of EU individuals aged 16 to 74 used the internet in the three months prior to being surveyed in 2023?

Answer 15

91.4%

Question 16

What is the poverty risk in the EU in 2023?

Answer 16

21.4%

94.6 million people

31.2% unable to cope with unexpected expenses

28% unable to afford a week holiday

Question 17

What is the GDP of the EU in 2023?

Answer 17

€17 trillion

2022: 15.8 trillion;
2021: 14.4 trillion

Question 18

What was the inflation rate in the EU in 2023?

Answer 18

6.4%

9.2% (2022);
0.7% (2020);
2.9% (2021)

Question 19

What percentage of the EU’s GDP is accounted for by services?

Answer 19

71.9%

Question 20

What percentage of EU citizens live in urban areas?

Answer 20

39%

Question 21

What is the energy dependency rate in the EU as of 2022?

Answer 21

62.5%

55.5% (2021); 57.5% (2020);

Question 22

What was the percentage of greenhouse gas emissions reduction in the EU by 2022 compared to 1990 levels?

Answer 22

29.2%

Question 23

In 2024, what percentage of Europeans are satisfied with how democracy functions in the EU?

Answer 23

57%

Question 24

What was the first year of the Standard Eurobarometer survey?

Answer 24

1974

Question 25

What percentage of EU citizens feel they are citizens of the EU in 2024?

Answer 25

74%

Question 26

Fill in the blank: The EU accounts for _____ of the world’s GDP.

Answer 26

15%

Question 27

What percentage of EU citizens believe their country benefits from EU membership in 2024?

Answer 27

71%

Question 28

In 2023, what percentage of EU citizens feel comfortable with a woman holding the highest elected position in their country?

Answer 28

87%

Question 29

What is the average number of nights spent by tourists in the EU annually as of 2023?

Answer 29

2.91 billion

Question 30

What is the estimated impact of new data rules on EU GDP by 2028?

Answer 30

€270 billion

Question 31

GDP growth rate

Answer 31

2023: 0.4 or 0.9%; 2022: 3.5%; 2021: 6.0%

Question 32

EU deficit and debt

Answer 32

deficit: : 3.5% of GDP (2023); 3.4% (2022) debt: 82% of GDP (2023); 84% (2022).

Question 33

trade surplus / deficit

Answer 33

EU trade surplus of 38 billion (2023); EU trade deficit of 430 billion (2022); surplus of 62 billion (2021)

Question 34

Net migration

Answer 34

7.03 million immigrated to the EU; 2.73 million emigrated from the EU; 4.30 million net immigration to the EU

Question 35

Asylum decisions in 2023

Answer 35

865,655

Question 36

Refugees as share of EU population

Answer 36

1.5 %

Question 37

First time residence permits per year

Answer 37

3.7 million in 2023 3.6 million in 2022

Question 38

NEETs in the EU

Answer 38

2023: 9.2%; 2022: 9.6%; 2021: 10.8%

Question 39

Unemployment rate 2023

Answer 39

6.1%. 2022: 6.2%; 2021: 7.0%

Question 40

GDP per inhabitant

Answer 40

2023: €37 620; 2022: €35 450; 2021: €32 270; 2020: €29 910

Question 41

Environmental taxes

Answer 41

€321 billion, equivalent to 2.0% of GDP

Question 42

Energy consumption

Answer 42

1 260 million tonnes of oil equivalent (2022); 11.7% away from the EU 2030 target (no more than 1 128 Mtoe)

Question 43

R&D intensity

Answer 43

2.24% (2022); 2.27% (2021) - €355 billion in 2022