The EU population is expected to decline by 11.7 per cent between 2025 and 2100, acccording to the latest population projections from Eurostat, the EU’s statistics agency.
52.7% of EU enterprises used paid cloud computing services (i.e. online services used to access software, computing power, storage capacity, etc.) in 2025, marking a 7.4 percentage point (pp) increase compared with 2023.
12 EU countries with nuclear electricity production generated 649 524 gigawatt hours (GWh) of electricity in 2024, an increase of 4.8% compared with 2023, according to Eurostat.
Renewable energy sources accounted for 47.5 per cent of gross electricity consumption in the EU in 2024, a 2.1 per cent increase over 2023, according to figures from Eurostat.
The EU’s high-speed railway network grew by 2,744 km from 2013 to 2023, to 8,556 km in 2023, according to figures released by Eurostat, the EU’s statistics agency.
Preventive healthcare expenditure in the EU accounted for 5.5 per cent of total healthcare expenditure in 2022, with Germany and Austria recording the highest shares.
EU exports of spacecraft and space transport services totalled EUR1,340 million in 2022 after experiencing a 36% drop compared with 2021 (EUR 2,108m), according to figures from Eurostat.
