Romania is third in the European Union in the number of people at risk of poverty and social exclusion, with a rate of 27%.
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Romania is third in the European Union in the number of people at risk of poverty and social exclusion, with a rate of 27%.
Fatal workplace accidents in the European Union have fallen by 70% in the last three decades.
Every day, nine workers across the European Union fall victim to fatal workplace accidents.
Afghanistan is the only country where girls are banned from secondary and higher education, with nearly 2.2 million girls denied schooling beyond primary level.
93 million Europeans, or one out of five, are at risk of poverty or social exclusion.
One out of four children, or approximately 19 million children, are at risk of poverty or social exclusion.
In the past ten years, the at-risk-of-poverty or social exclusion rate in Romania dropped from 37% to 27%.
6.2 million people are employed as formal care workers, mostly women.
More than half of the population in Afghanistan depends on humanitarian assistance for survival.
Only 3.7 million Europeans have been lifted out of poverty and social exclusion so far.
Around 15% of NextGenerationEU investment is dedicated to education, child care, health and long-term care support.
The proposal for the next Multiannual Financial Framework includes a minimum 14% social investment commitment for all national plans.
One out of three children in Romania is at risk of poverty and exclusion
200,000 Romanian children were lifted out of risk of poverty and exclusion in 2024
The percentage of children in Romania at risk of poverty and exclusion fell from almost 40% to 33%
The European Child Guarantee in Romania has an allocation of approximately EUR 7 billion
The global number of recorded executions increased by 32% in 2024
Over 40% of all recorded executions in 2024 were related to drug offences
Two thirds of all states are today abolitionists in law or practice
In December 2024, the UN resolution on death penalty moratorium was adopted for the first time with a two-thirds majority of all UN states voting in favour
EUR 1 billion from the European Defence Fund is being used for drone and counter-drone prototypes.
The Commission proposed EUR 90 billion in loans for Ukraine last week.