Eurostat

In 2024, police recorded 1.20 million burglary offences in the EU, of which 721 876 (60.3%) were burglaries of private residential premises. 🏡🔓 🔹Compared with 2023, burglaries decreased by 2.6% (-32 589 cases) and residential burglaries by 0.5% (-3 736). Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/e3QmWJ5Y

Let's take a look at 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) 🇵🇹 Portugal (82.9%, mostly hydro) 🇱🇹 Lithuania (75.7%, mostly wind) Lowest in: 🇨🇿 Czechia (12.7%) 🇲🇹 Malta (13.0%) 🇸🇰 Slovakia (17.2%) Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/euwGdD6a #EurostatTopPosts

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%) 🇩🇪 Germany (11.2%) Lowest in: 🇨🇾 Cyprus (2.4%) 🇭🇷 Croatia (3.2%) 🇸🇮 Slovenia and 🇸🇰 Slovakia (both 3.5%) ℹ️ The housing cost overburden rate is the percentage of the population living in households where the total housing costs (‘net’ of housing allowances) represent more than 40% of disposable income (‘net’ of housing allowances). 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://lnkd.in/e8zWi6-Y

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://lnkd.in/gMRvx_PN

Euro area annual inflation up to 2.9% 📈   Looking at the main components of euro area inflation, energy is expected to have the highest annual rate in July 2026 (10.0%), followed by services (3.3%), food, alcohol & tobacco (1.2%) and non-energy industrial goods (0.9%).   Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/gn3amWGz

In 2025, the total volume of road freight transport in the EU reached 1 886 billion tonne-kilometres. 🚚🛣️   The largest volume of goods was transported between: 🇩🇪 Germany ➡️ 🇳🇱 Netherlands (86.9 million tonnes) 🇩🇪 Germany ➡️🇵🇱 Poland (68.4 million tonnes) 🇧🇪 Belgium ➡️ 🇫🇷 France (55.9 million tonnes)   See more data 👉 https://lnkd.in/gZbMXvrN   #AskEurostat #EU #Transport #Freight

In July 2026, 22 out of 27 EU countries had national minimum wages, all except Denmark, Italy, Austria, Finland and Sweden. Among countries with minimum wages, the highest were in:  🇱🇺 Luxembourg (€2 771)  🇮🇪 Ireland (€2 391)  🇩🇪 Germany (€2 343) Lowest in: 🇧🇬 Bulgaria (€620) 🇱🇻 Latvia (€780) 🇷🇴 Romania (€825) ℹ️When the minimum wage is paid for more than 12 months per year (as in Greece, Spain and Portugal, where it is paid for 14 months a year), data have been adjusted to take these payments into account. ℹ️Minimum wages are expressed in gross terms. Find out more 👉 https://lnkd.in/epeXb8rn

In 2025, 1.89 million new battery-only electric passenger cars were registered in the EU, marking a strong rebound of 29.7% compared with 2024. ⚡🚗 🔸This came after a decline in 2024, when new registrations fell by 6.0% compared with 2023 (1.46 million cars).   🔸Plug-in hybrids recorded a growth rate of 34.2%, similar to battery-only electric cars in new registrations compared with 2024. 🔸Registrations of new pure diesel passenger cars fell by 22.0% (1.07 million), and pure petrol passenger cars observed a comparable decline of 18.4% (2.98 million).   For more data ➡️ https://lnkd.in/g-JnvQKk

In 2025, the estimated average rating of trust in others among people aged 16 and older in the EU stood at 5.8 (on a scale from 0 ‘do not trust at all’ to 10 ‘trust completely’). 👭🤝 Highest in: 🇷🇴 Romania (7.5) 🇫🇮 Finland (7.0) 🇵🇱 Poland (6.9) Lowest in: 🇨🇾 Cyprus (3.5) 🇫🇷 France (4.0) 🇱🇹 Lithuania (4.4) ℹ️ Note that the map includes EU countries and EFTA countries with available data. The ranking in the caption is based on EU countries only. Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/g2zpvtvW #InternationalFriendshipDay

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 proportions of people unable to afford a week’s annual holiday were recorded in: 🇷🇴 Romania (61.4%) 🇬🇷 Greece (46.6%) 🇧🇬 Bulgaria and 🇭🇺 Hungary (both 39.1%) Lowest in: 🇱🇺 Luxembourg (10.6%) 🇸🇪 Sweden (12.4%) 🇳🇱 Netherlands (12.8%) ℹ️ Note that the map includes EU countries, EFTA and candidate countries with available data. The ranking in the caption is based on EU countries only. Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/d3-6xXHN