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Europe's Divides

Where Europe splits: by income, by vote and by citizenship. Interactive pages built on official statistics, each with its sources and data files.

Each page takes one question and answers it with official data only, from Eurostat, the national statistical offices and returning officers, UNHCR and UCDP. Every figure can be traced to its source, and every page lists its sources and links to its data files.

Poverty and the Vote.

Do poorer regions of Europe vote less, and more for the far right? The 2024 European election, region by region.

Two questions about the 2024 European election, asked of every NUTS-2 region with the same measures: did poorer regions turn out less, and did they vote more for the far right? One answer per country, and the map to check it.

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Map of the EU’s regions shaded by the share of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion: the stronger the shade, the more people at risk.Map of the EU’s regions shaded by the share of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion: the stronger the shade, the more people at risk.

The Far Right in Germany.

Every state and federal election since 1946: how far-right parties rose, fell and rose again.

The earlier waves of far-right parties and the AfD beside them: where each rose and fell, state by state, and from the federal map down to county and municipality.

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Bar chart of the far right’s share in every Bundestag election from 1949 to 2025: small throughout, with a peak in 1969, then far higher in 2017, 2021 and 2025, highest in 2025.Bar chart of the far right’s share in every Bundestag election from 1949 to 2025: small throughout, with a peak in 1969, then far higher in 2017, 2021 and 2025, highest in 2025.

Area Doesn’t Vote.

Land doesn’t vote, people do: Germany’s federal elections since 1953 drawn by eligible voters.

The usual county map makes the far right look stronger than it was, because thinly populated counties fill most of it. The same results drawn four more ways, sized by the people eligible to vote, show what each map shows and hides.

Open Area Doesn’t Vote →

Two maps of Germany coloured by the far right’s share in the 2025 federal election, county by county: on the left each county drawn by its land area, on the right by its eligible voters.Two maps of Germany coloured by the far right’s share in the 2025 federal election, county by county: on the left each county drawn by its land area, on the right by its eligible voters.

Asking for Protection.

Who asks for asylum in the EU and Switzerland, which citizenship they hold and in which country they apply: every month since 2014, from Eurostat’s official statistics.

Every month since 2014, from official statistics: who applies for asylum, from which citizenship and where, what is decided, and beside it UNHCR’s refugee figures and the deaths from organised violence that UCDP counts.

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Area chart of first-time asylum applicants in the EU per month, January 2014 to May 2026: a peak in 2015 and 2016, a low in spring 2020, and a second rise from 2021 to 2023.Area chart of first-time asylum applicants in the EU per month, January 2014 to May 2026: a peak in 2015 and 2016, a low in spring 2020, and a second rise from 2021 to 2023.