In 2025, 4.8% of people aged 16 or over in the EU consumed alcohol every day. 🍷
🔸 56.5% of men consumed alcohol at least every month, compared with 35.9% for women.
Explore more in ‘Key figures on European living conditions – 2026 edition' 👉link.europa.eu/FbhfQG
ALT Eurostat bar graph showing Frequency of alcohol consumption in the EU, % of population aged 16 or over, 2026
Discover what's new in the September edition of the Statistical literacy newsletter! 🆕 📰
🔸 Dive into regional statistics.
🔸 Key figures on European living conditions.
🔸 EU sport infographic.
Read ➡️ link.europa.eu/44n44b
Subscribe ➡️ link.europa.eu/xy3DBM
ALT Promotional image for Eurostat's Statistical literacy newsletter, September 2026 edition.
In August 2026, passenger air transport prices in the EU decreased 0.4% when compared to August 2025. ✈️
Biggest increases:
🇬🇷 Greece (+16.3%)
🇮🇪 Ireland (+14.4%)
Biggest decreases:
🇸🇰 Slovakia (-61.2%)
🇪🇸 Spain (-15.8%)
👉 link.europa.eu/FmQGQQ#WorldTourismDay
ALT Eurostat graph showing Prices of air passenger transport and package holidays in the EU, August 2026, %, annual rate of change.
In 2024, at the lower secondary level, 59.0% of pupils in the EU were learning 2 or more foreign languages. 📖💬
Highest shares in:
🇫🇮Finland (97.2%)
🇬🇷Greece (96.3%)
Lowest:
🇮🇪Ireland (5.2%)
🇭🇺Hungary (5.6%)
👉link.europa.eu/QgC9n7#EuropeanDayOfLanguages@ep_translation
ALT Pupils in lower secondary education learning 2 or more foreign languages, 2024 (%)
Did you know that in tertiary education, there were only 2 female students for every 5 male students studying sports in 2024❓
Explore facts, including employment, participation, and economic impact in our infographic on EU sports 👉link.europa.eu/MmP4Jm#EuropeanWeekOfSport
ALT Sports students in tertiary education in the EU (2024)
In 2025, 88% of the coastal bathing sites in the EU had excellent water quality. 🏖
Highest shares in:
🇨🇾 Cyprus, 🇱🇹 Lithuania and 🇸🇮 Slovenia (all 100% of bathing sites)
🇬🇷 Greece (97.1%)
Lowest in:
🇪🇪 Estonia (40.0%)
🇫🇮 Finland (55.1%)
Read more➡️ link.europa.eu/NnDpTK
ALT Map showing coastal bathing sites with excellent water quality in the EU, as percentage in 2025. EU countries where data are applicable.
In Q2 2026, the main suppliers of petroleum oil to the EU were the 🇺🇸United States (18.8% of trade in value).⛽️↔️
🔹 Main supplier of liquefied natural gas: 🇺🇸United States (63.2%)
🔹 Main supplier of natural gas in gaseous state: 🇳🇴Norway (51.2%)
➡️ link.europa.eu/8Xv9Mw
ALT Eurostat graph showing Extra-EU imports of energy products by partner, Q2 2026, (% of trade in value)
Updated #Eurostatistics article for September 2026 🆕📊
🔹 Macroeconomic situation in the euro area, EU and Member States with indicators of production, demand, labour and prices.
🔹 Visualisation tool with interactive graphs.
Explore it here ➡️ link.europa.eu/7JmqG9
ALT Eurostat screenshot of the Eurostatistics Statistics Explained article for September 2026.
In 2024, the number of fatal work-related accidents in the EU was 3 367.
🔹Among the EU’s economic sectors, construction recorded by far the highest number of fatal accidents at work in 2024, with 776 deaths.
Read more 👉link.europa.eu/DBCygd
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Top 10 economic sectors in the EU with highest number of fatal accidents at work, 2024
(number of accidents at work)
In 2024, the number of fatal work-related accidents in the EU was 3 367.
🔹Regarding non-fatal accidents at work, manufacturing recorded the highest number of cases (509 851).
Read more 👉link.europa.eu/DBCygd
ALT Top 10 economic sectors in the EU with highest number of non-fatal accidents at work, 2024
(number of accidents at work)
In 2024, the total weight of goods transported to/from main ports in the EU by short sea shipping was 1.6 billion tonnes. 🛳📦
Busiest EU ports:
🇳🇱Rotterdam (161 million tonnes)
🇧🇪Antwerp-Bruges (122 million tonnes)
👉link.europa.eu/p7VMhM#WorldMaritimeDay
ALT Map showing busiest short sea shipping ports in the EU, 2024 (million tonnes of goods transported to/from main ports)
In 2025, 13.29 billion tonnes of goods were transported by road in the EU. 🚚📦
🔹In terms of weight, largest product group transported: ‘metal ores, mining and quarrying products’ (3.04 billion tonnes, or 22.9% of the EU total).
Read more 👉link.europa.eu/KN9mNt
ALT Road freight transport in the EU by type of goods, 2025
(% share in tonnes and tonne-kilometres)
Maritime transport accounted for 73.3% of all EU international goods imports and 72.6% of all exports by weight in 2025.⛴️↔️
🔹When it comes to value, it represented a smaller share, with 50.2% of import value and 40.4% of export value.
Read more 👉 link.europa.eu/v98xYH
ALT EU trade in goods by mode of transport, 2025 (%, based on quantity in kilograms and value in euro)