1. Eurostat regional yearbook 2016
Åsa Önnerfors
Eurostat

2. Published on Wednesday the 14th of September, a couple of weeks earlier than usual, since we didn't wait for the printed copies to arrive.
New layout with colourful Lisbon on the cover!

3. Some new topics and indicators:
Regional policies and Europe 2020 is much shorter; "twin graphs" for all regional Europe 2020 targets.
Population: Share of working age population.
Health: Perceived health status by degree of urbanisation.
Economy: Labour productivity and private household economy.
Information society: Mobile internet use and e-commerce.
Agriculture: new section on soil erosion.

4. Data visualisation at regional level, some examples:
Statistical maps: shows geographical patterns. Distribution plot: shows regional distribution within countries. Rankings: shows high/low performing regions. Gender gap graphs: shows the gap between male and female rates. Degree of urbanisation graphs: shows different patterns in cities compared to rural areas.

5. GDP in PPS in relation to the EU-28 average

6. Life expectancy at birth and gender gap

7. Ranking:
Distribution of total population by broad age groups:
< 20
20-64
=> 60

8. Degree of urbanisation: Proportion of people using a mobile phone to access the internet, by:
Cities
Towns and suburbs
Rural areas

9. Two new topics

10. Focus on commuting patterns
Analyses commuting patterns between NUTS 2 regions, both from regions within the same country and cross-border commuting.
Commuting is defined as people travelling to work - at least once a week - from the region where they live (have permanent residence) to the region where they work according to the Labour Force Survey.
The chapter concludes with a socio-demographic analysis of commuters.

11. London has the highest number of inter-regional commuters in the EU

12. Luxembourg has the highest number of cross-border commuters in the EU

13. Socio-economic factors: Young, well-educated men working in the service sector tend to commute more regularly than other groups in the society.

14. Focus on regional population projections
The chapter is based on the Europop2013 population projections at regional level.
These results should not be seen as forecasts, but as ‘what-if’ scenarios which are based on a set of assumptions on future developments for fertility, mortality and net migration.
The data collection includes the period and all 28 Member States + Iceland, Norway and Switzerland.

15. Projected developments of population change components, EU-28, 2015-50 (thousands)

16. Projected population change of the population: by NUTS 2 regions, 2015-50

17. Projected population change of the population: due to natural change/ due to migration

18. Online version in Statistics Explained:
Translations of all articles into German and French. 3 chapters translated into 20 languages. Contains a glossary with short definitions of statistical terms and concepts.

19. Mobile phone app "My Region":
Compare values for 20 indicators for up to three regions at a time. Ranking, time line graph, maps and metadata. Photos to represent all NUTS 2 regions in EU-28, EFTA and candidate countries.

20. Thank you for your attention!
Photos from the spotlight boxes, regions from left to right:
Upper row: Pinhal interior sul (Portugal), Severozapaden (Bulgaria) and Åland (Finland)
Lower row: Vest (Romania), Malta (Malta) and Lietuva (Lithuania)