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EU’s employment rate grew above 76% in 2025

EU’s employment rate grew above 76% in 2025

In 2025, 76.1% (197.7 million people) of the EU’s 20 to 64-year-olds were employed, the highest share recorded since the start of the time series in 2009. The employment rate was up 0.3 percentage points (pp) compared with 2024 and 0.8 pp compared with 2023. Among EU...

Euro area international trade in goods surplus €11.5 bn

Euro area international trade in goods surplus €11.5 bn

The first estimates of euro area balance showed a €11.5 bn surplus in trade in goods with the rest of the world in February 2026, compared with + €23.1 bn in February 2025. The euro area exports of goods to the rest of the world in February 2026 were €232.4 billion, a...

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