‘Statistics Explained’ is Eurostat’s general audience presentation of the statistics that it produces and those of its partners.  In 2023 and 2022, Acacia Consulting re-wrote or updated many ‘Statistics Explained’ articles that cover annual data prepared by three groups of Eurostat’s partners in the Western Balkans and Türkiye; the European Neighbourhood East (see map in previous post); and the European Neighbourhood South. 

The ‘Statistics Explained’ articles discuss the purpose and use of the statistics; trends in the data and / or indications of structural change over the last decade; and, where appropriate, international comparisons. Data are presented in graph or table form.  A challenge has been to explain the differing impact (or its absence) of the Covid-19 pandemic on various economic and social statistics in neighbouring countries.