| dc.description.abstract | Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
(EU), collects, compiles and publishes statistics for the
EU and euro area, as well as national, regional and other
subnational data, primarily for the Member States of the
EU, but also for the EFTA and candidate countries.
The Eurostat regional yearbook aims to provide a taste
of the wide selection of European statistics that are
collected at a regional level across a broad range of
subjects.
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the EU and
the wider world profoundly and is likely to have a
lasting impact on a range of social, economic and
environmental issues in years to come. Although
vaccine programmes provide hope that countries
across the globe will emerge from the crisis,
considerable challenges remain. The impact of the
pandemic and its associated measures within the EU
is already visible in this 2021 edition of the Eurostat
regional yearbook. Initial results for 2020 for some
indicators illustrate the impact — at a regional level
— for topics such as mortality, education, the labour
market and use of the internet. |
