General and regional statistics
Territorial and regional accounts: population distribution, regional output and regional labour markets across NUTS areas.
Brussels Is 2,200 Times More Crowded Than Northern Sweden
The EU averages 109.7 inhabitants per square kilometre.
Jobs in High-Tech Industries Are Most Common in the Regions of EU Capitals
In 2025 the twelve EU regions with the largest share of their workers in high-tech industries all contain their country's capital; Bratislavský kraj, the region of Bratislava, leads at 14.3%, about one job in seven.
People in Madrid Live Nearly Twelve Years Longer Than in Northwest Bulgaria
Life expectancy at birth across 244 EU regions runs from 85.7 years to 73.9 years.
The EU's Highest Unemployment Is in Its Territories Outside Europe
Unemployment among people aged 20 to 64 averaged 5.8% across the EU in 2025.
Women Average Fewer Than 1.3 Children in Over a Third of EU Regions
In 2024, 88 of the EU's 244 regions recorded a total fertility rate below 1.3 children per woman — more than a third of them.
94.6% of Overnight Stays on Crete Are by Foreign Visitors, the EU's Highest
In 2025 guests living outside Greece spent 94.6% of the nights at tourist accommodation on Kriti, the Greek island region: the highest share among the 244 regions of the EU. Every share on this page is derived by Silver Data Lab from Eurostat's counts of nights.
France Has Both the EU's Poorest Region and One of Its Richest
The published EU figure for GDP per capita was 39,900 purchasing power standards in 2024, and this study ranks the Union's 244 NUTS 2 regions against it.