In this episode we talk about statistics and maps - the things we navigate when we drive and carry in our pockets on our phones. Maps are powerful tools for data visualization, particularly in statistics, and they can translate immensely complex numerical data into strikingly clear visualizations to give us an instantly understandable snapshot.The four speakers in this episode all deal with maps from a different angle. They are: Joseph Davies, data visualisation specialist; Hannes Reuter,...

In this episode we talk about the ‘Key figures on Europe 2023’ publica-tion. An emblem of the shifting trends in how we view stats at different times. What's key this year, and what was key last year? What does that tell us about our evolving attitudes to the statistics that surround us?

In this episode we talk about statistical literacy and how the EU's young people are learning to love and understand stats as never before. We will also find out how experts help us decode and understand the numbers and how to teach statistics to help children develop a critical thinking.

In this episode we talk about quality. Easy to spot in everyday things like food and clothing. But how about statistics? Eurostat has a team dedicated to this topic, and we'll hear how Eurostat with its European Statistics Code of Practice has set the standards for the entire European Statistical System, and how they monitor and implement it.

The podcast series 'Stats in a Wrap' intends to attract a wide European audience of podcast fans who wish to be informed and entertained by the world of statistics. In this episode we talk about European neighbourhood and EU enlargement countries. A country who wants to join the EU must show it can meet a lot of criteria. It must also prove its excellence in one of the key areas – statistics. We explain how cooperating and developing strong ties with neighbourhood statisticians plays into...

The podcast series “Stats in a Wrap” intends to attract a wide European audience of podcast fans who are interested to be informed and entertained by the world of statistics. In this episode we talk about what Eurostat has discovered about our constantly changing relationship with communication technology, the internet, web, phones, tablets, and computers. The EU is determined to raise the level of our skills and access to digital technology, and one of its most powerful tools to measure its...

In this episode we talk about how Eurostat tracks and checks the government finances of all its 27 member states of the European Union. We will look at the highly sensitive and political aspect of stats and official figures and what is a difference between deficit and debt.

The podcast series “Stats in a Wrap” intends to attract a wide European audience of podcast fans who are interested to be informed and entertained by the world of statistics. In this episode, we talk about experimental statistics - statistics that use innovative approaches or technologies for data collection. They bring more timeliness to our data collections, but what are the challenges we face when creating new ways of collecting statistical data? And can we trust experimental statistics?

The podcast series “Stats in a Wrap” intends to attract a wide European audience of podcast fans who are interested to be informed and entertained by the world of statistics. In this episode, we talk about the EU's 2020 Agricultural Census, a survey so big it can only happen every 10 years. It involves quizzing 9 million farmers and this time it had to be done in the middle of a pandemic. Helena Ramos from Eurostat and Johanna Slaets from Statistics Austria discuss the topic with Jonathan...

The podcast series “Stats in a Wrap” intends to attract a wide European audience of podcast fans who are interested to be informed and entertained by the world of statistics. In this episode we talk about the zoomed-in world of regional data which give a fascinating insight to the lives of 447 million people in the EU. These range from life expectancy to employment, from broadband speeds to transport links. Bianka Fohgrub from Eurostat and Paolo Veneri from the OECD discuss the topic with...

The podcast series “Stats in a Wrap” intends to attract a wide European audience of podcast fans who are interested to be informed and entertained by the world of statistics. In this episode we talk about the work of the statisticians and data scientists at Eurostat and their jobs and how they master and harmonize all the data from 27 EU Member States before they got presented to policymakers, academics and journalists. John Verrinder and Lourdes Prado from Eurostat discuss the topic with...

How is the European Union progressing on its way to becoming the world’s first carbon-neutral economy? Look at the data on renewable energy in Europe with us! Madeleine Mahovsky, head of the Energy Statistics Unit from Eurostat and Julian Prime, the head of Electricity, Renewables and Coal Statistics at the International Energy Agency, talk about the fascinating world of renewable energy and what the EU data have to say about it.

In the sixth episode, Madeleine Mahovsky from Eurostat and Julian Prime from the International Energy Agency talk with Jonathan Elliott about how the renewable energy is doing in Europe and the EU’s ambition to become the world’s first carbon-neutral economy.

This episode looks at the winning entries in the European Statistics Competition. The competition invites secondary-school students to create two-minute films presenting official statistics on the topic “Environment”. Over 17,000 students from 19 different countries across Europe entered this year’s contest. Tim Allen from Eurostat explains why data analysis and communication work go hand in hand. The participating students were asked to demonstrate their skills by finding and analyzing data...

In the fifth episode, Tim Allen from Eurostat, Glen Campbell from the Publications Office and Joanna Karlowska-Pik, a professor from Poland, talk with Jonathan Elliott about how secondary-school students can participate in the European Statistics Competition, the criteria for creating a successful video and what challenges the creators face. Jonathan also speaks to the winning teams from Slovenia, Bulgaria and Italy to get first-hand experience and advice.

In this episode we talk about the prices of things and what happens when they just won’t stop going up. Maybe we can find out what’s going on with the EU’s inflation problem and what might be done about it. Paul Konijn from Eurostat and Professor Ludwig von Auer from the University of Trier discuss the topic with Jonathan Elliott and throw light on inflation and why it’s rising in Europe.

In the fourth episode, Paul Konijn from Eurostat and Prof Ludwig von Auer from the University of Trier talk with Jonathan Elliott about what exactly is inflation, how do we calculate it and how do countries respond to it.

2022 is the ‘European Year of Youth’ and we are going to focus on the world of work for young people and the effects that the COVID pandemic has had and continues to have on it. Anna Emilia Martin from Eurostat and Niall O’Higgins, senior economist from the International Labour Organization Agency talk with Jonathan Elliott about this topic to figure out how the world has changed for young people aged 15 to 29 in Europe.

In the third episode, Anna Martino from Eurostat and Niall O’Higgins, an expert from the International Labour Organisation, talk with Jonathan Elliott about how the COVID pandemic affected the employment of young people in Europe.

Are we saving the planet with our recycling or ruining it with more packaging and consumption? Is there now less pollution, or more? Oscar Gomez from Eurostat and Ioannis Bakas, an expert from the European Environment Agency talk with Jonathan Elliott about this topic to figure out what’s really going on when it comes to recycling our waste in Europe.

In the second episode, Oscar Gomez from Eurostat and Ioannis Bakas, an expert from the European Environment Agency talk with Jonathan Elliott about waste to figure out what's really going on when it comes to recycling our waste in Europe.

In spring 2020, the EU countries went into a lockdown because of the global COVID pandemic. Two years later, we take a look at the how the changes in the way we travel are reflected in the tourism statistical data. Christophe Demunter from Eurostat and Ulf Sonntag from NIT, Germany, talk to our host Jonathan Elliott about how the pandemic affected the modes of transport we take, where we go for holidays and how jobs in the tourism sector have changed. We also ask some people in the street how...

The pilot episode raises the question how COVID has changed our travelling habits which the host of the series, Jonathan Elliot, explores together with the Eurostat expert Christophe Demunter as well as Ulf Sonntag from the NIT.