Eurostat Statistics in focus
23 % of EU citizens were at risk of poverty or social exclusion in 2010 - Issue number 9/2012
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:00:00 +0100
In 2010 as in 2009, around 23 % of the European population were considered to be at risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE), according to the definition adopted for the Europe 2020 strategy. With a rate of 26.9 % in EU-27, children were at greater risk of poverty or social exclusion in 2010 than the rest of the population in 21 of the 25 Member States for which data are available. The only exceptions were Denmark, Slovenia, Finland and Sweden. Concerning the single components of the AROPE indicator, in 2010, as in 2009 around 16 % of the European population were at risk of poverty, meaning below the poverty threshold. 8 % of Europeans were severely materially deprived (stable compared with 2009) and 36 % stated they would be unable to cope with unexpected expenses (an increase of 1 percentage point (pp) compared with 2009). Around 10 % of people aged 0-59 could be considered as living in a household with very low work intensity in 2010 (increase of 0.9 pp compared with 2009).
Strong recovery in rail freight transport performance in the first nine months of 2010 - Issue number 10/2012
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:01:00 +0100
Rail freight transport in Europe <br> <br> The total performance of rail freight transport in the EU-27 was estimated at 389 billion tonne-kilometres in 2010, a rise of 7.9% compared with 2009. This increase reflects the recovery of rail freight transport following the economic crisis (which brought to an end a sustained period of growth over recent years.
Asylum applicants and first instance decisions on asylum applications: second quarter 2011 - Issue number 11/2012
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:40:00 +0100
Nearly 25 % more asylum applicants in the EU-27 during the second quarter of 2011, compared with the second quarter of 2010 <br> <br> This quarterly publication gives an insight into recent developments in international protection including applicants for asylum and first instance decisions on asylum applications. These data are supplied to Eurostat by the national Ministries of Interior and related official agencies. Most of the statistics presented in this Statistics in Focus are collected under the regulatory framework of Regulation 862/2007 on statistics on migration and international protection.
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