• In 2015, 17.3% of the EU-28 population lived below the poverty line. The share was the highest in Romania (25.4%) and the lowest in the Czech Republic (9.7%); in Slovenia it was 14.3%.

• In 2015, over 10 million hectares or 6.2% of agricultural land were farmed organically or in conversion in the EU-28. The share was the highest in Austria (20.3%) and the lowest in Malta (0.3%); in Slovenia it was 8.8%.

• In 2014, 23.9% of the EU-28 population were daily or occasional smokers. The share was the highest in Bulgaria (34.7%) and the lowest in Sweden (16.7%); in Slovenia it was 24.3%.

• In 2016, 10.8% of adults (25–64 years) in the EU-28 participated in education or training. The share was the highest in Sweden (29.6%) and the lowest in Romania (1.2%); in Slovenia it was 11.6%.

• In the fourth quarter of 2016, 28.2% of seats in national parliaments were held by women in the EU-28. The share was the highest in Sweden (45.8%) and the lowest in Hungary (9.5%); 26.9% of seats were held by women in the Slovenian parliament. (Source: European Institute for Gender Equality).

• In 2015, 2.4% of the EU-28 citizens didn’t have access to basic sanitation facilities (bath or shower, indoor flushing toilet) in their household. The share was the highest in Romania (30.5%), while Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta and the Netherlands didn’t have problems with access to basic sanitation facilities; in Slovenia the share was 0.3%.

• Domestic material consumption – i.e. the total amount of material directly used in an economy – amounted to 13.2 tonnes per capita in 2015 in the EU-28. Consumption was the highest in Finland (30.5 t/capita) and the lowest in Italy (6.9 t/capita). In Slovenia, 13.3 tonnes per capita were consumed.

• The EU-28 reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 22.9% between 1990 and 2014. The largest reduction was made in Lithuania (–59.3%) and the largest increase in Malta (+50.9%). Slovenia reduced its emissions by 10.8%.

• In 2013, 55% of the marine habitats and species listed in the Habitats Directive were considered as sufficient (in terms of number, extent, distribution and representativeness) in the EU-28. In Germany, Estonia and the Netherlands, the network of designated sites covered all their marine habitats and species listed in the Habitats Directive, while in Spain there was 7% sufficiency of sites; Slovenia had 60% sufficiency of sites.

• The degree to which Member States have completed their network of “Sites of Community Importance” was high throughout most of the EU-28, with an overall coverage of 92% of the terrestrial habitats and species listed in the Habitats Directive in 2013. The share was the highest in Ireland (100%) and the lowest in Cyprus (46%); in Slovenia it was 95%.

• In 2015, the share of renewable energy in gross final energy consumption in the EU-28 was 16.7%. It was the highest in Sweden (53.9%) and the lowest in Luxembourg and Malta (each 5%); in Slovenia it was 22%.

• In 2015, the share of young people (aged 15–24) who were neither in employment nor in education and training was 15.8% in the EU-28. It was the highest in Italy (21.4%) and the lowest in the Netherlands (4.7%); in Slovenia it was 9.5%.

• In 2015, gross domestic expenditure for research and development represented 2.03% of gross domestic product of the EU-28. The largest share was spent in Sweden (3.26%) and the lowest in Cyprus (0.46%); in Slovenia 2.21% was spent.

• In 2015, gross domestic product per capita was EUR 26,500. The highest GDP per capita was reported in Luxembourg (164% higher than the EU-28 average) and the lowest in Bulgaria (53% lower than the EU-28 average). Slovenian GDP per capita was 17% lower than the EU-28 average.

• In 2014, the urban population of the EU-28 was on average exposed to 22.5 micrograms of particulate matter PM10 per cubic metre. Urban population was exposed to the highest average concentrations in Bulgaria (41.2 µg/m3) and to the lowest in Finland (13.7 µg/m3). In Slovenia the average concentration was 22.5 µg/m3. The threshold set by the EU is 40 µg/m3.

• In 2015, 13.6% of the EU-28 population had problems with crime, violence or vandalism in the area where they live. The share was the highest in Bulgaria (26.3%) and lowest in Croatia (2.9%); in Slovenia it was 9.2%.

• In 2015, the EU-28 Member States spent 0.46% of their gross national income on official development assistance. The highest share was spent in Sweden (1.41%) and the lowest in Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Lithuania and Romania (0.09% in each); Slovenia spent 0.15%.

Teja Rutar, Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia