Pocketbook on Euro-Mediterranean Statistics | Association of Organisations of Mediterranean Businesswomen

The European Union has recently published the Pocketbook on Euro-Mediterranean Statistics, which presents updated key statistical data for nine non EU Mediterranean partners (where available, for Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestinian Authority, Syria and Tunisia) as well as comparative EU aggregates.

The availability of reliable, comparable and comprehensive statistics is an essential component of evidence-based decision-making and good governance. The information is also needed to inform and support the dialogue and exchanges between the EU and its partners in the Mediterranean region, within the framework of the ENP and the more recent Union for the Mediterranean.

We have picked out some interesting figures, mainly about women in the labour force, in education and trade: