1. Eurostat regional yearbook 2008
Åsa Önnerfors Eurostat
2-3 October 2008

2. Eurostat regional yearbook 2008
This year’s edition has been delayed, but is being printed now and it will be published in about 3 weeks time.
It contains 13 chapters, written by subject experts inside Eurostat and DG Regional Policy.
It is published in German, English and French.
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Regional and Urban Statistics
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3. Regional and Urban Statistics
Table of contents:
Population
Urban statistics
Gross domestic product
Household accounts
Structural business statistics
Labour market
Sectoral productivity
Labour costs
Transport
Tourism
Science, technology and innovation
Health
Agriculture
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4. Regional and Urban Statistics
New in the 2008 edition:
Data coverage from the 27 EU Member states as well as the candidate and EFTA-countries (whenever regional data is available).
We have two new chapters in this edition: Sectoral productivity and Labour costs, and the chapter on Health is reappearing again .
Revised colour scheme of the statistical maps, to be in line with the new graphical design.
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5. Using the NUTS 2006/EU-27 classification
The 2008 edition is using the revised NUTS classification that entered into force on the 1 January 2008.
You can find the revised list of all NUTS regions in this publication called “Regions in the European Union”.
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6. The candidate and EFTA countries…
For the candidate and EFTA countries the regions are called “Statistical regions” and follow the same principal rules as the NUTS regions.
When available, regional data from these countries are also shown in the Eurostat regional yearbook.
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7. Three examples from the 2008 edition:
Chapter 7: Sectorial productivity
Author: Zuzana Gáková in DG Regional Policy
Chapter 8: Labour costs
Author: Simone Casali in the Labour market unit, Eurostat
Chapter 13: Agriculture
Author: Garry Mahon in the Agriculture unit, Eurostat
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8. Chapter 7: Sectoral productivity
The chapter gives us a detailed analysis of the regional differences in productivity (GVA per person employed) in a number of business sectors.
The text concentrates on the financial intermediation and business sector (NACE J and K) as well as the industry sector (NACE C to E).
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9. Regional and Urban Statistics
Chapter 8: Labour costs
The chapter on Labour costs examine “Hourly labour costs” and “Average hours actually worked” (as in this map), but exceptionally by NUTS 1 regions since Eurostat don’t have more detailed regional data for this subject.
We are happy to introduce a new interesting labour market indicator in our publication.
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10. Regional and Urban Statistics
Chapter 13: Agriculture
This year’s chapter on Agriculture focus on livestock statistics in terms of major types of farm animals (especially pigs, sheep and cows) in the European regions and with specific attention to the dairy industry.
This maps shows the concentration of Sheep by NUTS 2 regions, 2005.
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11. Thank you for listening. Any questions or comments?
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