In 2024, the value of sold postcards in the European Union fell 15 % to €60.0 million, a decline from €69 million in 2023. Postcard sales have been decreasing since 2014, but the pandemic saw a nearly 50 % jump from 2020 to 2021 and a peak of €81.3 million in 2022. In the same year, 1.45 million people aged 15 or older were employed in postal and courier services, up from 1.40 million in 2014. Among them, 0.90 million were men, representing 62.9 % of the sector’s workforce. The average number of workers per 10 000 employed people was 70 in 2024, slightly below the 75 in 2014.
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