A broader picture of the headline indicators of the Europe 2020 strategy
The publication contains a chapter for each of the five headline indicators of the Europe 2020 strategy2 - on employment, research & development, climate change & energy, education and poverty & social exclusion. In each chapter, past trends are presented, covering the period since 2000 or 2005 to the latest data available3 (2011 or 2012). The purpose of the publication is not to predict whether Europe 2020 targets will be reached, but to help to understand the factors behind the changes observed so far in the headline indicators, by providing additional related statistics. Each chapter also links to various European Commission initiatives and reports which support the different areas.
The table below presents data on the headline indicators and targets for the EU.
What is the situation on a national level?
After the thematic chapters at EU level, follows a country profile for each Member State. These country profiles give a detailed picture of the situation at national level in relation to their national Europe 2020 targets. The profiles also set out the country-specific recommendations already given by the European Commission after their assessment of the national programmes.
Interactive tool to visualise data
The situation in each Member State is illustrated in the form of a chart, which shows the distance towards the defined national targets. This chart is available as an interactive tool on the Eurostat website. User can access this tool, called the flexible dashboard4, on the dedicated section of the Europe 2020 indicators.
Europe 2020 strategy headline indicators3, EU275
|
Headline indicator |
2005 |
2009 |
2011 |
2012 |
2020 Target |
|
|
Employment |
Employment rates, total |
68.0 |
69.0 |
68.6 |
68.5 |
75.0 |
|
Employment rates, females |
60.0 |
62.3 |
62.3 |
62.4 |
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|
Employment rates, males |
76.0 |
75.8 |
75.0 |
74.6 |
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|
R&D |
Gross domestic expenditure on R&D |
1.82 |
2.01e |
2.03e |
: |
3.00 |
|
Climate change & energy |
Greenhouse gas emissions* |
93.2 |
83.7 |
83.0 |
: |
80.0 |
|
Share of renewable energy in gross final energy consumption (%) |
8.5 |
11.6 |
13.0 |
: |
20.0 |
|
|
Primary energy consumption |
1 703 |
1 592 |
1 583 |
: |
1 474 |
|
|
Education |
Early leavers from education & training, total |
15.8 |
14.3 |
13.5 |
12.8p |
<10.0 |
|
Early leavers from education & training, females |
13.8 |
12.4 |
11.6 |
11.0p |
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|
Early leavers from education & training, males |
17.8 |
16.2 |
15.3 |
14.5p |
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|
Tertiary educational attainment, total |
28.0 |
32.2 |
34.6 |
35.8 |
≥40.0 |
|
|
Tertiary educational attainment, females |
30.0 |
35.6 |
38.5 |
40.0 |
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|
Tertiary educational attainment, males |
26.0 |
28.8 |
30.8 |
31.6 |
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|
Poverty or social exclusion |
People at risk of poverty or social exclusion |
123.9e |
113.8 |
119.8 |
: |
95.7 |
|
People at risk of poverty or social exclusion |
25.6e |
23.1 |
24.2 |
: |
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|
People living in households with very low work intensity (%) |
10.3e |
9.0 |
10.2 |
: |
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|
People at risk of poverty after social transfers |
16.4e |
16.3 |
16.9 |
: |
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|
Severely materially deprived people |
10.7e |
8.1e |
8.8 |
: |
* Total emissions, including international aviation, but excluding emissions from land use, land use change and forestry.
** The indicator “People at risk of poverty or social exclusion” corresponds to the sum of persons who are: at risk of poverty or severely materially deprived or living in households with very low work intensity. Persons are only counted once even if they are present in several sub-indicators. The overall EU target is to lift at least 20 million people out of risk of poverty or social exclusion by 2020 with the 2008 figure as a base.
