Snapshot of the EU regions with a view to selected Europe 2020 targets
The NUTS classification (Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics) is a system to divide the territory of Member States (MS) into regions for the purpose of collection and harmonisation of statistics and for socio-economic analysis. There are three NUTS NUTS: 1, 2 and 3 respectively, moving from smaller to larger territorial units.NUTS 2 divides EU territory into 276 regions with minimum and maximum population thresholds of 800 000 and 3 000 000. It is used for allocating European structural and investment funds to EU regions.This paper provides statistics for the 276 NUTS 2 regions, firstly looking at GDP and unemployment for the years 2004 and 2014. Second, it shows the employment situation of the younger generation in 2014. It then considers employment, poverty and education in the light of selected Europe 2020 targets, and internet usage in view of the EU’s digital agenda. Finally it shows the allocation of structural and investment funds for the period 2014-2020.
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- communications
- economic analysis
- economic and social cohesion
- economic conditions
- economic convergence
- economic growth
- economic policy
- ECONOMICS
- EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
- employment
- EMPLOYMENT AND WORKING CONDITIONS
- EU finance
- EU growth strategy
- EU regional policy
- EU statistics
- European construction
- European Structural and Investment Funds
- EUROPEAN UNION
- fight against unemployment
- fund (EU)
- Internet
- labour market
- national accounts
- purchasing power
- regions and regional policy
- skilled worker
- social affairs
- social integration
- SOCIAL QUESTIONS