Smarter, greener, more inclusive? — Indicators to support the Europe 2020 strategy — 2018 edition

The 2018 edition of Smarter, greener, more inclusive? — Indicators to support the Europe 2020 strategy continues the series of Eurostat flagship publications supporting the Europe 2020 strategy by monitoring progress towards the targets and goals defined under the three mutually reinforcing priorities of smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. The analysis is based on the Europe 2020 headline indicators chosen to monitor progress towards the strategy’s targets. Other indicators focusing on specific subgroups of society or on related contextual issues are also used to deepen the analysis and present a broader picture. The data used mainly come from official statistics produced by the European Statistical System and disseminated by Eurostat. It covers the period from 2002 or 2008 up to the most recent year for which data are available (2016 or 2017). [+]

Informe sobre la aplicación del Reglamento 295/2008 relativo a las estadísticas estructurales de las empresas (COM(2017) 419 final, 8.8.2017)

Key Figures on Europe — 2016 edition

Key figures on Europe presents a selection of topical data. Most data cover the European Union and its Member States, while some indicators are provided for other countries, such as members of EFTA, enlargement countries to the European Union. This publication may be viewed as an introduction to European statistics and provides a starting point for those who wish to explore the wide range of data that is freely on Eurostat’s website. [+]

Compilers guide on European statistics on international trade in goods by enterprise characteristics (TEC)

The main objective of this Compilers Guide is to provide a comprehensive overview of the compilation of indicators on trade in goods by enterprise characteristics (TEC). It aims to serve as a methodological handbook providing the necessary definitions, instructions and methodological guidance for the regular compilation of TEC statistics. [+]

Study on Statistical data on Women entrepreneurs in Europe
European Commission, 2014

Women represent more than 50% of the European population, but far fewer are taking the plunge to start up their own company.

Women continue to be held back from launching their own companies by a range of barriers including education, stereotypes, lack of confidence and difficulties with access to finance and access to networks. Female creativity and entrepreneurial potential are an under-exploited source of economic growth and new jobs that should be further developed. Encouraging the creation of more women-led businesses will not only bring fresh and creative business ideas, but will also empower the role of women in the society and create new sources of prosperity and jobs. The Commission has just published a study on statistical data on women entrepreneurs in Europe, which shows that women entrepreneurs constitute 29% of entrepreneurs (11.6 million) in Europe*. Since 2008 there has been a slight increase of 3% of women entrepreneurs in the EU. In Europe women constitute the majority of one person enterprises (78%). The areas of business that women prefer are health and social work activities, services and education. [+]

Europe in figures - Eurostat yearbook 2014

Europe in figures – Eurostat yearbook  presents a comprehensive selection of statistical data on Europe. With around 480 statistical tables, figures and maps, the yearbook is a definitive collection of statistical information on the European Union. The yearbook treats the following areas: economy and finance; population; health; education; labour market; living conditions and social protection; industry, trade and services; agriculture, forestry and fisheries; international trade; transport; environment; energy; and science and technology. The yearbook may be viewed as a key reference for those wishing to know more about European statistics, providing guidance to the vast range of data freely available from the Eurostat website. Europe in figures – Eurostat yearbook is an online-only Eurostat publication; it is updated on a rolling basis when the main data sets are refreshed. [+]

Basic figures on the EU - third quarter 2014 

The quarterly series ‛Basic figures on the EU’ presents the freshest Eurostat data on a small number of key indicators in the economic and social fields. Each issue is released during the second month of each quarter. The same content is available in a compact printed leaflet. [+]

Informe sobre la aplicación de la Decisión 1297/2008/CE relativa al Programa para Modernizar las Estadísticas Empresariales y Comerciales Europeas (programa MEETS) (COM(2014) 444 final, 3.7.2014)

Korea-EU - business demography
From birth to death: a closer look at business demography in selected EU countries and the Republic of Korea
Statistics in focus 1/2014
This article presents statistics for the Republic of Korea and for some of the largest Member States of the European Union (EU) on the number of active enterprises, the creation (‘births’) of new enterprises, the survival of such new enterprises and the closure (‘deaths’) of enterprises. This is generally called business demography statistics. The economic sectors covered are the business economy, more specifically industry, construction and services. In technical terms, this corresponds to sections B to N of NACE Rev.2 and the Korean activity classification KSIC, excluding activities of holding companies (K64.2). [+]

The European System of interoperable Business Registers (ESBRs) - An ESS.VIP project for mutual benefits
Statistical business registers are important infrastructures to build statistics. The ESBRs project aims to pass from the present situation, characterised by disconnected registers, to an efficient system of interoperable statistical business registers, including the EuroGroups Register (EGR) managed by Eurostat. A uniform implementation of the statistical unit "enterprise" will be necessary, allowing between else improved relevance and consistency of business statistics across Europe and domains. The use of the European profiling methodology will provide a better insight on enterprises' activities in the frame of multinational enterprise groups. [+]