Rents and house prices in the EU continued to increase in the third quarter of 2022, going up by 2.1% and 7.4%, respectively, compared with the third quarter of 2021.
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In September 2022, 89 590 first-time asylum applicants (non-EU citizens) applied for international protection in the EU Member States, 11 995 more people than in the previous month, an increase of
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Eurostat, 22 December 2022
Between the second and the third quarter of 2022, 3.1 million unemployed people in the EU (23.4% of all unemployed in the second quarter of 2022) found a job.
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Eurostat, 21 December 2022
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Eurostat, 14 December 2022
In 2020, the average hourly labour cost in the EU was €28.9.
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Eurostat, 8 December 2022
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Eurostat, 14 December 2022
In 2020, life expectancy of a female newborn in the EU was 83.2 years, 5.7 years higher than for a male newborn (77.5 years).
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Eurostat, 18 November 2022
As of 1 January 2021, young people (aged 15-29 years) made up some 16.3% of the EU’s total population.
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Eurostat, 7 November 2022
In the first half of 2022, average household electricity prices in the EU increased sharply compared with the same period in 2021, from €22.0 per 100 kWh to reach €25.3 per 100 kWh.
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Eurostat, 31 October 2022
In 2020, each person living in the EU generated 34.6 kg of plastic packaging waste on average. Out of these, 13.0 kg were recycled.
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Eurostat, 20 October 2022