Biggest changes in the latest figures

For every measure updated in the last 30 days: the three countries with the largest rise and the three with the largest fall between the same two consecutive periods, the latest period most countries share and the one before it. Countries with older or longer intervals are left out. Percentages are compared in percentage points, rates per population and index values as differences in their own unit, other measures in percent.

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Government spending on social protection

Updated 9 November 2026 · Eurostat

2023 to 2024, 28 countries with values for both periods. 2 other countries have older figures or a longer interval and are left out.

Largest rises

  • Iceland: +1.9 percentage points 10.7% → 12.6%
  • Austria: +1.6 percentage points 21.2% → 22.8%
  • Poland: +1.5 percentage points 16.8% → 18.3%

Largest falls

  • Cyprus: −2.2 percentage points 14.6% → 12.4%
  • Greece: −0.8 percentage points 18.5% → 17.7%
  • Czechia: −0.2 percentage points 13.4% → 13.2%

Government spending on defence

Updated 9 November 2026 · Eurostat

2023 to 2024, 23 countries with values for both periods. 7 other countries have older figures or a longer interval and are left out.

Largest rises

  • Poland: +0.7 percentage points 2.2% → 2.9%
  • Estonia: +0.6 percentage points 3.1% → 3.7%
  • Norway: +0.4 percentage points 1.7% → 2.1%

Largest falls

  • Bulgaria: −0.2 percentage points 1.5% → 1.3%
  • Ireland: −0.1 percentage points 0.2% → 0.1%

Severe material and social deprivation

Updated 9 November 2026 · Eurostat

2024 to 2025, 28 countries with values for both periods. 8 other countries have older figures or a longer interval and are left out.

Largest rises

Largest falls

  • Bulgaria: −1.6 percentage points 16.6% → 15.0%
  • Albania: −1.6 percentage points 32.8% → 31.2%
  • Türkiye: −1.4 percentage points 13.4% → 12.0%

Average household size

Updated 9 November 2026 · Eurostat

2024 to 2025, 7 countries with values for both periods. 29 other countries have older figures or a longer interval and are left out.

Largest rises

None in this update.

Largest falls

  • Poland: −0.1 2.9 people per household → 2.8 people per household
  • Croatia: −0.1 2.7 people per household → 2.6 people per household
  • Denmark: −0.1 2.0 people per household → 1.9 people per household

Practising nurses

Updated 9 November 2026 · Eurostat

2023 to 2024, 28 countries with values for both periods. 5 other countries have older figures or a longer interval and are left out.

Largest rises

  • Malta: +51 746 per 100,000 people → 797 per 100,000 people
  • Liechtenstein: +37 700 per 100,000 people → 737 per 100,000 people
  • Iceland: +36 996 per 100,000 people → 1,032 per 100,000 people

Largest falls

  • Norway: −33 1,557 per 100,000 people → 1,524 per 100,000 people
  • Austria: −15 1,030 per 100,000 people → 1,015 per 100,000 people
  • Spain: −15 588 per 100,000 people → 573 per 100,000 people

Healthy life years at birth

Updated 9 November 2026 · Eurostat

2023 to 2024, 27 countries with values for both periods. 4 other countries have older figures or a longer interval and are left out.

Largest rises

Largest falls

  • Cyprus: −1.7% 65.0 years → 63.9 years
  • Malta: −1.1% 71.4 years → 70.6 years
  • Slovakia: −0.7% 57.5 years → 57.1 years

Life expectancy at age 65

Updated 9 November 2026 · Eurostat

2023 to 2024, 33 countries with values for both periods. 11 other countries have older figures or a longer interval and are left out.

Largest rises

Largest falls

Natural population change

Updated 9 November 2026 · Eurostat

2024 to 2025, 36 countries with values for both periods. 13 other countries have older figures or a longer interval and are left out.

Largest rises

  • Monaco: +0.6 -1.4 per 1,000 people → -0.8 per 1,000 people
  • Croatia: +0.4 -4.9 per 1,000 people → -4.5 per 1,000 people
  • Finland: +0.2 -2.6 per 1,000 people → -2.4 per 1,000 people

Largest falls

  • Liechtenstein: −1.0 1.0 per 1,000 people → 0.0 per 1,000 people
  • Azerbaijan: −0.8 4.3 per 1,000 people → 3.5 per 1,000 people
  • Slovakia: −0.7 -1.4 per 1,000 people → -2.1 per 1,000 people

Interest rate on new loans to businesses

Updated 9 November 2026 · ECB

August 2026 to September 2026, 16 countries with values for both periods. 5 other countries have older figures or a longer interval and are left out.

Largest rises

  • Cyprus: +0.57 percentage points 3.76% → 4.33%
  • Ireland: +0.27 percentage points 4.43% → 4.70%
  • Slovakia: +0.23 percentage points 4.60% → 4.83%

Largest falls

  • Latvia: −0.39 percentage points 5.79% → 5.40%
  • Croatia: −0.28 percentage points 3.98% → 3.70%

Population on 1 January

Updated 9 November 2026 · Eurostat

2024 to 2025, 39 countries with values for both periods. 10 other countries have older figures or a longer interval and are left out.

Largest rises

  • Liechtenstein: +2.2% 40,015 people → 40,886 people
  • Malta: +1.9% 563,443 people → 574,250 people
  • Cyprus: +1.7% 966,365 people → 982,966 people

Largest falls

  • Moldova: −1.1% 2,415,549 people → 2,388,571 people
  • Latvia: −1.0% 1,878,575 people → 1,860,565 people
  • Serbia: −0.6% 6,605,168 people → 6,567,783 people

Crude birth rate (Eurostat)

Updated 9 November 2026 · Eurostat

2024 to 2025, 39 countries with values for both periods. 10 other countries have older figures or a longer interval and are left out.

Largest rises

  • Bosnia and Herzegovina: +0.5 7.2 per 1,000 people → 7.7 per 1,000 people
  • Monaco: +0.5 5.3 per 1,000 people → 5.8 per 1,000 people
  • Denmark: +0.4 9.5 per 1,000 people → 9.9 per 1,000 people

Largest falls

  • Georgia: −0.8 10.7 per 1,000 people → 9.9 per 1,000 people
  • Slovakia: −0.7 8.5 per 1,000 people → 7.8 per 1,000 people
  • Liechtenstein: −0.7 8.4 per 1,000 people → 7.7 per 1,000 people

Crude death rate (Eurostat)

Updated 9 November 2026 · Eurostat

2024 to 2025, 28 countries with values for both periods. 21 other countries have older figures or a longer interval and are left out.

Largest rises

Largest falls

  • Moldova: −0.5 13.9 per 1,000 people → 13.4 per 1,000 people
  • Serbia: −0.4 14.9 per 1,000 people → 14.5 per 1,000 people
  • Greece: −0.4 12.1 per 1,000 people → 11.7 per 1,000 people

Total fertility rate

Updated 9 November 2026 · Eurostat

2023 to 2024, 35 countries with values for both periods. 11 other countries have older figures or a longer interval and are left out.

Largest rises

  • Moldova: +6.0% 1.68 births per woman → 1.78 births per woman
  • Norway: +3.6% 1.40 births per woman → 1.45 births per woman
  • Serbia: +1.2% 1.62 births per woman → 1.64 births per woman

Largest falls

  • Estonia: −9.9% 1.31 births per woman → 1.18 births per woman
  • Romania: −9.7% 1.54 births per woman → 1.39 births per woman
  • Hungary: −9.0% 1.55 births per woman → 1.41 births per woman

Share of population aged 65 and over (Eurostat)

Updated 9 November 2026 · Eurostat

2024 to 2025, 38 countries with values for both periods. 10 other countries have older figures or a longer interval and are left out.

Largest rises

  • Azerbaijan: +0.8 percentage points 9.1% → 9.9%
  • Moldova: +0.7 percentage points 17.5% → 18.2%
  • Cyprus: +0.6 percentage points 17.7% → 18.3%

Largest falls

None in this update.

Median age of the population

Updated 9 November 2026 · Eurostat

2024 to 2025, 37 countries with values for both periods. 11 other countries have older figures or a longer interval and are left out.

Largest rises

  • Azerbaijan: +1.7% 34.5 years → 35.1 years
  • Moldova: +1.2% 40.8 years → 41.3 years
  • Türkiye: +1.2% 34.0 years → 34.4 years

Largest falls

None in this update.

Old-age dependency ratio

Updated 9 November 2026 · Eurostat

2024 to 2025, 39 countries with values for both periods. 9 other countries have older figures or a longer interval and are left out.

Largest rises

  • Azerbaijan: +8.4% 13.1 per 100 working-age people → 14.2 per 100 working-age people
  • Moldova: +5.4% 27.7 per 100 working-age people → 29.2 per 100 working-age people
  • Montenegro: +3.5% 25.7 per 100 working-age people → 26.6 per 100 working-age people

Largest falls

None in this update.

Infant mortality rate (Eurostat)

Updated 9 November 2026 · Eurostat

2023 to 2024, 33 countries with values for both periods. 15 other countries have older figures or a longer interval and are left out.

Largest rises

  • Malta: +1.4 3.6 per 1,000 live births → 5.0 per 1,000 live births
  • Luxembourg: +1.0 4.3 per 1,000 live births → 5.3 per 1,000 live births
  • Romania: +1.0 5.6 per 1,000 live births → 6.6 per 1,000 live births

Largest falls

  • Liechtenstein: −5.5 5.5 per 1,000 live births → 0.0 per 1,000 live births
  • Cyprus: −1.5 4.5 per 1,000 live births → 3.0 per 1,000 live births
  • Latvia: −1.1 2.6 per 1,000 live births → 1.5 per 1,000 live births

Immigration

Updated 9 November 2026 · Eurostat

2023 to 2024, 32 countries with values for both periods. 3 other countries have older figures or a longer interval and are left out.

Largest rises

  • Liechtenstein: +81.6% 716 immigrants → 1,300 immigrants
  • Sweden: +22.9% 94,514 immigrants → 116,197 immigrants
  • Slovakia: +15.2% 5,923 immigrants → 6,824 immigrants

Largest falls

  • Estonia: −29.4% 26,399 immigrants → 18,634 immigrants
  • Norway: −23.7% 86,589 immigrants → 66,077 immigrants
  • Lithuania: −22.3% 66,682 immigrants → 51,845 immigrants

Emigration

Updated 9 November 2026 · Eurostat

2023 to 2024, 32 countries with values for both periods. 3 other countries have older figures or a longer interval and are left out.

Largest rises

  • Czechia: +64.8% 53,639 emigrants → 88,379 emigrants
  • Estonia: +37.6% 12,543 emigrants → 17,260 emigrants
  • Lithuania: +32.4% 21,688 emigrants → 28,705 emigrants

Largest falls

  • Ireland: −22.6% 75,020 emigrants → 58,077 emigrants
  • Bulgaria: −14.6% 15,227 emigrants → 13,002 emigrants
  • Greece: −10.1% 86,775 emigrants → 78,014 emigrants

Acquisitions of citizenship

Updated 9 November 2026 · Eurostat

2023 to 2024, 32 countries with values for both periods. 5 other countries have older figures or a longer interval and are left out.

Largest rises

  • Denmark: +86.4% 3,355 people → 6,255 people
  • Slovakia: +59.2% 552 people → 879 people
  • Germany: +44.5% 199,790 people → 288,670 people

Largest falls

  • Romania: −67.9% 12,571 people → 4,040 people
  • Albania: −33.5% 1,382 people → 919 people
  • Estonia: −29.7% 1,078 people → 758 people

b: the source marks a break in the series at the latest value, so part of the change may come from a change in method.