Around 50 million women in the European Union — equivalent to 31 percent of those aged 18 to 74 — have experienced physical violence (including threats) or sexual violence in adulthood, according to the EU survey on gender-based violence (wave 2021), published by Eurostat. The data reveals sharp differences between age groups. Younger women are disproportionately affected, with 35 percent of those aged 18–29 reporting experiences of gender-based violence, compared with 24 percent among women