International data

The dashboard contains monthly and quarterly indicators form a number of statistical areas relevant for tracking the economic and social recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, across countries and time. The January edition of the monthly updated dashboard is accessible here, with the latest available data for each indicator.

The Covid19 pandemic was a key factor of economic trends in the 1st quarter of 2021, too. The volume of GDP of the European Union was 1.7% lower than the relatively low base one year earlier, already affected by the pandemic. The performance of the economy decreased in Germany, known to be the largest economy in the EU, while out of the member states hit by the largest falls a year earlier it rose in France and further lessened in Italy and Spain.

In 2021, it has been 30 years since the establishment of the Visegrad Group. From July 2020 to June 2021 there is also the period of the Polish presidency in the V4 Group. It coincides with the end of the Europe 2020 strategy. On this occasion, we present you the " V4 towards Europe 2020" publication summarising the progress made by the V4 countries since 2010 on the background of the European Union. It presents a set of indicators monitoring the implementation of the Europe 2020 strategy goals in terms of employment, research and development activity, climate change and energy, education as well as poverty and social exclusion.

In our days European people travel much more than before. Mobility may be studied from several aspects, the reasons behind traveling could be very diverse: change of residency, studying, work or tourism. The present digital publication shows these movements with the help of the most recent data, from different perspectives, laying stress on people – and not commodities. The Eurostat publication – beside brief analyses – contains interactive visualisation tools and infographics as well.

At present, 7.8 billion people live on the Earth. More developed countries fight with low fertility, accelerating ageing of society, and problems of sustainability of provision systems, while shortage of food, poverty, lack of education, unemployment and the provision of basic health and social services are serious challenges in less developed regions. The UN declared 11 July World Population Day in 1989, the aim of which was to draw attention to the extent of global population growth and the implied problems.

The digital publication of Eurostat allows a quick and interactive overview of the status of countries and offers the possibility of their comparison with other European countries. The different visualisation tools offer a playful way to look into selected statistics focusing on population, living conditions, health, working life, income and expenditure and social life.