This section provides a single access point to Eurostat's sub-national statistics. These consist of a wide variety of data for the regions and cities of EU countries. Regional and cities' statistics are used for a wide range of purposes, including:
Statistical information is an important tool for understanding and quantifying the impact of political decisions in a specific territory or region. The Eurostat regional yearbook 2012 gives a detailed picture relating to a broad range of statistical topics across the regions of the 27 Member States of the European Union (EU), as well as the regions of EFTA and candidate countries. Each chapter presents statistical information in maps, figures and tables, accompanied by a description of the main findings, data sources and policy context. These regional indicators are presented for the following 11 subjects: economy, population, health, education, the labour market, structural business statistics, tourism, the information society, agriculture, transport, and science, technology and innovation. In addition, three special focus chapters are included in this edition: these look at European cities and coastal regions, while the publication ends with a description of the methods used to identify rural and urban areas.
The Statistical Atlas is an interactive map viewer for statistical and topographical maps. The user can combine geographical information from various "base maps", such as the borders of the NUTS regions or the Urban Audit cities, with information from statistical maps.
Various functionalities are offered to view the details of the map display:
Zooming in and out on Europe and outermost regions
Changing the transparency settings of the map layers
Retrieving the code, geographical label and statistical value of a specific NUTS region or Urban Audit city.
The Statistical Atlas contains all the maps from the Eurostat regional yearbook 2012 sorted by publication themes and chapters.
New! Most EU maritime economic sectors suffered due to the economic crisis or following long-term trends. However, since 2009 some maritime sectors have started to recover.
