Compact guides
Basic figures on the EU Spring 2012
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General information Coverage The tables show information for the EU, the euro area, the EU Member States and three EFTA countries. The euro area (EA-17) is composed of: Belgium, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Cyprus, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Slovenia, Slovakia and Finland. The EU (EU-27) includes the EA-17 countries and also: Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Sweden and the United Kingdom. The three EFTA countries covered are: Iceland, Norway and Switzerland. The information presented in this short guide is generally based on fixed EU and euro area aggregates for 27 and 17 Member States respectively – however, the data for inflation is based on moving aggregates that reflect the membership of the EU and euro area over time. Quarterly growth rates are expressed in relation to the previous quarter. Quarterly rates are generally calculated using seasonally adjusted data, although rates for the public balance, government debt and long-term unemployment are based on non seasonally adjusted data. Furthermore, annual rates of change for inflation are also based on non seasonally adjusted data. Symbols and abbreviations : not available Figures in italics are estimates, provisional or forecasts Extraction date Data were extracted on: 31 January 2012 The next edition (extraction planned: 30 April 2012) will be issued in May 2012. The most recent data is available at http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/ portal/page/portal/statistics/search_database Data codes The Eurostat online data code, which is given at the bottom of each column of data in the tables and as part of the source for figures, provides users with a quick and efficient way of accessing the most upto-date statistics. When used through the ‘search’ facility of Eurostat’s website, each data code directs users to the corresponding dataset offering the freshest data and longer time-series.
Europe 2020 strategy indicators, EU-27
Principal European economic indicators
Education
Climate change / energy
R&D
Employment
2008 2009
Target 75
Employment rate, aged 20-64 (% of population)
70.3
69.0
68.6
- women
62.8
62.3
62.1
- men
77.9
75.8
75.1
Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (% of GDP)
1.9
2.0
2.0
3
Greenhouse gas emissions (1990=100)
89
83
:
80
Renewables share of final energy consumption (%) Energy intensity (kgoe/(EUR 1 000 of GDP))
10.5
20
167.4 165.2
:
(1) 10
14.4
14.1
- women
12.9
12.5
12.2
- men
16.9
16.3
16.0
Tertiary education attainment, aged 30-34 (%)
31.1
32.3
33.6
- women
34.3
35.7
37.2
- men
28.0
28.9
30.0
115.7 113.7
People at-risk-of poverty or exclusion (%) - with very low work intensity (%) - after social transfers (%) - severely materially deprived (%)
115.5
2.5
-2.5
:
14.9
GDP, quarterly growth rate (%)
0.0
11.7
Early leavers from education & training (%)
People at-risk-of poverty or exclusion (million) Poverty / social exclusion
2010
Inflation, annual rate of change, EU (%)
40
-5.0 Q1-2003
Q1-2005 EU-27
Q1-2007 Japan
Q1-2009 Q1-2011 United States
Labour cost index, quarterly growth rate (%)
EU-27
Q1-2007 Q1-2009 Euro area (EA-17)
Q1-2011
Trade of goods and services, quarterly growth rate, EU-27 (%) 10
23.6
23.1
23.4
5
9.0
9.0
9.9
0
16.4
16.3
16.4
8.4
8.1
8.1
-5
(1) Proxy indicator: target is to increase energy efficiency by 20 %. Source: Eurostat (http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/europe_2020_indicators/headline_indicators)
-10 Q1-2003
Q1-2005 Q1-2007 Exports of goods Exports of services
Source: Eurostat (online data code: namq_exi_k)
4
6
8
10
12
5
6
Dec. 2011 (2)
Inflation, annual rate of change, all-items indices, December 2011 (%)
Source: Eurostat (online data code: lc_lci_r2_q)
20 mil. less
2
Dec. 2010
-1
Q1-2005
0
(1) Estimate for December 2010. (2) Provisional. Source: Eurostat (online data code: prc_hicp_manr)
Source: Eurostat (online data code: namq_gdp_k)
2.5 2.0 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.0 -0.5 Q1-2003
-2 All-items 1 Energy ( ) Housing Transport Alcoholic bev. & tobacco Food & non-alcoholic bev. Health Restaurants & hotels Education Household equipment Clothing & footwear Recreation & culture Communications Miscellaneous
Q1-2009 Q1-2011 Imports of goods Imports of services
0
1
EU (1) Euro area (1) Belgium Bulgaria Czech Republic Denmark Germany Estonia Ireland Greece Spain France Italy Cyprus Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Hungary Malta (1) Netherlands (1) Austria (1) Poland Portugal Romania Slovenia Slovakia Finland Sweden United Kingdom (2) Iceland Norway Switzerland (1) Provisional. (2) November 2011. Source: Eurostat (online data code: prc_hicp_manr)
2
3
4
Economy, public finance GDP in current prices
EU-27 Euro area (EA-17) Belgium Bulgaria Czech Republic Denmark Germany Estonia Ireland Greece Spain France Italy Cyprus Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Hungary Malta Netherlands Austria Poland Portugal Romania Slovenia Slovakia Finland Sweden United Kingdom Iceland Norway Switzerland Online data code: Source: Eurostat
(EUR / (EURÂ 1Â 000 inhabitant) million) 2010 24 400 12 256 27 600 9 161 32 600 354 4 800 36 14 200 149 42 500 236 30 300 2 477 10 700 14 34 900 156 20 100 227 22 800 1 051 29 800 1 933 25 700 1 556 21 600 17 8 000 18 8 400 28 79 500 40 9 700 97 14 800 6 35 400 588 34 100 286 9 300 354 16 200 173 5 800 124 17 300 35 12 100 66 33 600 180 37 000 347 27 400 1 706 29 900 9 64 500 315 51 200 399 nama_gdp_c
GDP growth in volume
Public balance
Government debt
Quarterly growth rate (%)
(% of GDP)
(% of GDP)
Q2-2011 Q3-2011 -4.3 : -3.7 : 1.4 -9.0 -0.6 0.2 -0.5 -3.2 -2.0 -3.6 : : 4.5 3.7 -8.2 -10.6 -12.3 -9.4 -9.9 -6.1 : : -3.4 -2.7 -7.0 1.9 0.9 -0.8 -5.1 -1.5 4.5 -1.8 -4.2 -5.6 -6.7 -2.5 -8.5 -5.4 -2.0 -2.9 -6.3 -2.2 -9.0 -3.8 -4.1 -3.0 -7.5 -5.0 -5.0 -2.5 5.0 -1.4 4.4 0.5 -10.3 -7.5 -5.3 -4.4 14.8 14.5 : : gov_q_ggnfa
Q2-2011 Q3-2011 81.7 82.2 87.7 87.4 98.0 98.5 15.2 15.0 39.0 39.8 46.4 49.3 82.0 81.8 6.2 6.1 102.3 104.9 154.7 159.1 66.0 66.0 86.0 85.2 121.2 119.6 67.4 67.5 45.1 44.6 38.1 37.6 18.8 18.5 77.7 82.6 71.9 70.3 63.8 64.5 72.1 71.6 55.9 56.3 106.5 110.1 34.3 33.3 44.4 44.4 42.7 42.2 45.5 47.2 37.3 37.0 83.9 85.2 : : 41.8 39.0 : : gov_q_ggdebt
Q1-2011 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.5 0.6 0.0 1.3 3.0 1.8 0.2 0.4 0.9 0.1 -0.2 1.2 2.1 0.2 0.5 -0.3 0.8 0.9 1.0 -0.6 1.2 -0.1 0.8 0.2 0.7 0.4 2.8 -0.5 0.4
Q2-2011 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.2 1.0 0.3 1.7 1.9 : 0.2 -0.1 0.3 0.2 2.1 1.8 -0.9 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.5 1.2 -0.2 0.9 0.0 0.8 0.1 1.0 0.0 -3.6 0.5 0.5 teina011
Q3-2011 0.3 0.1 -0.1 0.3 -0.1 -0.5 0.5 1.2 1.6 : 0.0 0.3 -0.2 -0.7 1.7 1.4 0.6 0.5 0.3 -0.2 0.3 1.0 -0.6 1.8 -0.2 0.8 0.9 1.6 0.6 4.7 1.4 0.2
Population, living conditions and education Population Share of age Total group (%) (1) (million) <15 65+ 1.1.2011 EU-27 502.50 15.6 17.4 Euro area (EA-17) 331.98 15.4 18.3 Belgium 10.95 16.9 17.2 Bulgaria 7.50 13.8 17.7 Czech Republic 10.53 14.4 15.5 Denmark 5.56 17.9 16.8 Germany 81.75 13.4 20.6 Estonia 1.34 15.3 17.0 Ireland 4.48 21.8 11.6 Greece 11.31 14.4 19.3 Spain 46.15 15.1 17.1 France 65.08 18.5 16.8 Italy 60.63 14.0 20.3 Cyprus 0.80 16.9 13.1 Latvia 2.23 13.7 17.4 Lithuania 3.24 15.0 16.5 Luxembourg 0.51 17.6 13.9 Hungary 9.99 14.6 16.7 Malta 0.42 15.3 15.5 Netherlands 16.66 17.5 15.6 Austria 8.40 14.7 17.6 Poland 38.20 15.1 13.6 Portugal 10.64 15.1 18.2 Romania 21.41 15.2 14.9 Slovenia 2.05 14.2 16.5 Slovakia 5.44 15.3 12.4 Finland 5.38 16.5 17.5 Sweden 9.42 16.6 18.5 United Kingdom 62.44 17.4 16.6 Iceland 0.32 20.9 12.3 Norway 4.92 18.7 15.1 Switzerland 7.87 15.2 16.8 Online data code: tps00001 tps00010
Fertility rate (children / woman) (2) 1.59 : 1.84 1.49 1.49 1.87 1.39 1.63 2.07 1.44 1.39 2.00 1.41 1.51 1.17 1.55 1.63 1.25 1.38 1.79 1.44 1.38 1.36 1.38 1.57 1.40 1.87 1.98 1.94 2.20 1.95 1.50 tsdde220
Life expectancy At-risk-of poverty rate at birth (%) (4) (years) (3) Men Women Men Women 2010 76.4 82.4 15.7 17.1 77.8 83.5 15.3 16.9 77.3 82.8 13.9 15.2 70.3 77.4 19.0 22.3 74.5 80.9 8.0 10.0 77.2 81.4 13.1 13.4 78.0 83.0 14.9 16.4 70.6 80.8 15.4 16.2 78.7 83.2 14.9 15.1 78.4 82.8 19.3 20.9 79.1 85.3 20.1 21.3 78.0 85.0 12.8 14.1 79.1 84.5 16.8 19.5 78.6 83.6 14.4 17.9 68.6 78.4 21.7 21.0 68.0 78.9 20.7 19.8 77.9 83.5 14.6 14.4 70.7 78.6 12.6 12.0 79.2 83.6 15.0 16.0 78.9 83.0 9.7 10.8 77.9 83.5 10.7 13.5 72.1 80.7 17.4 17.7 76.7 82.8 17.3 18.4 69.8 77.4 20.7 21.4 76.4 83.1 11.3 14.1 71.7 79.3 11.7 12.2 76.9 83.5 12.4 13.8 79.6 83.6 11.4 14.3 78.3 82.5 16.4 17.8 79.8 84.1 9.8 9.8 79.0 83.3 10.1 12.2 79.9 84.6 13.8 16.1 tps00025 tessi010
Educational Early leavers attainment from education (%) (5) and training (%) (6) Men Women Men Women 73.7 71.8 69.0 67.9 70.0 71.0 79.3 79.6 94.8 89.1 77.8 75.1 88.3 83.3 86.3 91.8 70.5 76.4 60.8 64.3 51.5 53.7 72.1 69.6 54.3 56.0 75.2 73.0 85.1 91.6 91.0 93.0 80.7 74.6 84.3 78.4 31.4 26.0 73.9 70.8 87.6 77.5 88.8 88.5 28.6 35.1 78.5 70.2 85.2 81.4 92.8 89.1 85.2 80.8 81.6 81.5 78.9 73.4 67.0 66.1 81.4 80.5 88.9 82.6 edat_lfse_08
16.0 12.2 18.0 13.1 13.8 10.0 13.2 14.5 4.9 4.8 13.6 7.5 12.7 11.0 15.2 9.3 12.6 8.4 16.5 10.8 33.5 23.1 15.4 10.3 22.0 15.4 16.2 9.8 17.2 9.4 9.9 6.2 8.0 6.0 11.5 9.5 41.0 32.4 12.2 7.9 8.4 8.2 7.2 3.5 32.7 24.6 18.6 18.2 6.4 3.3 4.6 4.9 11.6 9.0 10.9 8.5 15.8 14.0 26.0 19.0 21.4 13.2 6.1 7.0 t2020_40
(1) EU-27, EA-17, Belgium, Cyprus, Romania and Switzerland, 1.1.2010. (2) EU-27, Belgium, France, Italy, Cyprus, Romania, the United Kingdom and Switzerland, 2009. (3) Belgium, France, Cyprus, Romania, the United Kingdom and Switzerland, 2009; EU-27, EA-17 and Italy, 2008. (4) Ireland and Cyprus, 2009. (5) Those aged 25â&#x20AC;&#x201C;64 with at least an upper secondary education (level generally prior to higher education). (6) Percentage of the population aged 18-24 with at most a lower secondary education and not in further education or training; women in Estonia, 2009. Source: Eurostat
Employment and unemployment Employment
EU-27 Euro area (EA-17) Belgium Bulgaria Czech Republic Denmark Germany Estonia Ireland Greece Spain France Italy Cyprus Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Hungary Malta Netherlands Austria Poland Portugal Romania Slovenia Slovakia Finland Sweden United Kingdom Iceland Norway Switzerland Online data code: Source: Eurostat
Employment rate, aged 20-64 (% of population)
(1 000)
Total
Men
Women
Q3-2010 Q3-2011 224 175 224 087 146 859 147 269 4 577 4 654 3 663 3 544 5 096 5 100 2 798 2 770 40 740 41 235 554 603 1 852 1 806 4 763 4 403 18 778 18 504 26 789 26 989 24 512 24 672 397 398 949 975 1 350 1 378 : : 4 117 4 139 168 169 8 679 8 709 4 139 4 200 16 113 16 176 4 921 4 883 : : 969 952 2 180 2 216 2 468 2 499 4 636 4 734 31 185 31 277 : : 2 608 2 658 : : lfsi_grt_q
68.9 68.6 66.9 65.4 71.2 76.3 76.6 72.4 63.9 59.7 61.7 69.4 61.1 73.1 68.0 67.9 70.4 61.3 61.4 77.0 75.7 65.3 69.3 63.3 68.6 65.6 74.7 80.9 73.6 81.2 80.0 81.8
Q3-2011 75.4 75.4 72.4 68.3 80.3 79.7 81.8 75.6 68.7 70.9 67.9 74.2 73.0 80.2 69.4 68.6 78.3 67.7 78.5 82.8 81.6 73.0 74.0 70.2 72.1 73.2 76.6 83.7 79.4 84.8 82.8 88.6 lfsi_emp_q
62.4 62.0 61.4 62.6 61.8 72.9 71.4 69.5 59.2 48.4 55.5 64.8 49.4 66.0 66.7 67.2 62.2 55.2 43.6 71.2 69.9 57.7 64.7 56.4 64.9 57.9 72.7 78.0 67.9 77.6 77.1 74.8
Unemployment rate (% of the labour force) Youth, Total Long-term aged 15-24 Q3-2011 Q4-2011 Q3-2011 Q4-2011 Q3-2010 Q3-2011 9.7 9.8 21.5 22.1 3.8 4.1 10.2 10.4 20.8 21.3 4.3 4.5 7.3 7.2 20.5 20.9 4.2 3.8 11.0 11.0 25.4 25.8 4.5 6.2 6.6 6.7 18.1 19.1 3.1 2.7 7.5 7.8 14.8 14.9 1.5 1.7 5.8 5.6 8.5 8.0 3.2 2.8 11.3 : 21.8 : 8.2 6.3 14.5 14.4 29.3 28.8 7.0 8.8 18.3 : 45.7 : 5.7 9.1 22.1 22.8 47.1 48.6 7.4 8.9 9.7 9.8 22.7 23.5 4.0 4.0 8.4 : 29.0 : 3.8 4.1 8.0 9.0 23.0 25.8 1.3 1.8 14.8 : 30.0 : 8.3 7.9 15.3 : 31.0 : 7.5 8.0 4.9 5.0 15.3 14.7 1.0 1.4 10.9 10.8 26.1 26.3 5.7 5.1 6.4 6.5 13.9 14.1 3.4 2.7 4.4 4.9 7.6 8.5 1.2 1.4 3.8 4.1 7.3 8.5 1.1 0.9 9.7 9.9 25.9 27.4 3.0 3.6 12.7 13.2 29.9 30.6 6.6 5.9 7.5 7.2 23.4 : 2.6 3.0 8.1 8.2 15.2 15.2 3.3 3.3 13.4 13.5 33.7 35.2 9.4 8.7 7.7 7.6 20.0 19.9 2.0 1.7 7.3 7.5 22.3 22.8 1.5 1.3 8.3 : 21.8 : 2.6 2.7 : : : : : : 3.2 : 8.8 : 0.8 0.8 : : : : : : une_rt_q une_ltu_q