European Union statistics

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Statistics in the European Union are collected by Eurostat.

1 Institutional statistics
2 Area and population
3 Languages
4 Economy
- 4.1 EU budget
5 Proportion of non-EU nationals
6 Freedom and governance-related rankings
7 See also
8 Sources
9 References

[edit] Institutional statistics

See also: Apportionment in the European Parliament

Member State	Year of Entry	Seats in Parliament	Seats in Parliament % of Total	Seats in Parliament per million of inhabitants	Votes in the Council	Votes in the Council % of Total	Votes in the Council per million of inhabitants
European Union	N/A	785	100.0%	1.6	345	100.0%	0.7
Austria	1995	18	2.3%	2.2	10	2.9%	1.2
Belgium	1957	24	3.1%	2.3	12	3.5%	1.2
Bulgaria	2007	18	2.3%	2.3	10	2.9%	1.3
Cyprus	2004	6	0.8%	7.5	4	1.2%	5.0
Czech Republic	2004	24	3.1%	2.4	12	3.5%	1.2
Denmark	1973	14	1.8%	2.6	7	2.0%	1.3
Estonia	2004	6	0.8%	4.3	4	1.2%	2.9
Finland	1995	14	1.8%	2.7	7	2.0%	1.3
France	1957	78	10.0%	1.3	29	8.4%	0.5
Germany	1957	99	12.6%	1.2	29	8.4%	0.4
Greece	1981	24	3.1%	2.2	12	3.5%	1.1
Hungary	2004	24	3.1%	2.4	12	3.5%	1.2
Ireland	1973	13	1.7%	3.3	7	2.0%	1.8
Italy	1957	78	10.0%	1.3	29	8.4%	0.5
Latvia	2004	9	1.1%	3.9	4	1.2%	1.7
Lithuania	2004	13	1.7%	3.7	7	2.0%	2.0
Luxembourg	1957	6	0.8%	12.0	4	1.2%	8.0
Malta	2004	5	0.6%	12.5	3	0.9%	7.5
Netherlands	1957	27	3.4%	1.7	13	3.8%	0.8
Poland	2004	54	6.9%	1.4	27	7.8%	0.7
Portugal	1986	24	3.1%	2.4	12	3.5%	1.2
Romania	2007	35	4.5%	1.6	14	4.1%	0.6
Spain	1986	54	6.9%	1.3	27	7.8%	0.7
Slovakia	2004	14	1.8%	2.6	7	2.0%	1.3
Slovenia	2004	7	0.9%	3.7	4	1.2%	2.1
Sweden	1995	19	2.4%	2.1	10	2.9%	1.1
United Kingdom	1973	78	10.0%	1.3	29	8.4%	0.5

[edit] Area and population

As of January 1, 2006, the population of the EU was about 493 million people^[1]. Many countries are expected to experience a decline in population over the coming decades,^[2], though this could be offset with new countries planning to join the EU within the next 20 years. The most populous member state is Germany, with an estimated 82 million people. France and Ireland have the highest birth-rates. ^[3] The most densely populated country is the island of Malta, which is also the smallest, while the largest in area is France. The least densely populated country is Finland.

Population figures in the table below are the latest available for each country (some are 2006 estimates, others are 2007 estimates). The highest and lowest figures in each column have been marked in bold.

EU population cartogram

Member State	Population in millions	Population % of EU	Area km²	Area % of EU	Pop. density People/km²
European Union	494.8	100%	4,422,773	100%	112
Austria	8.3	1.7%	83,858	1.9%	99
Belgium	10.5	2.1%	30,510	0.7%	344
Bulgaria	7.7	1.6%	110,912	2.5%	70
Cyprus	0.8	0.2%	9,250	0.2%	84
Czech Republic	10.3	2.1%	78,866	1.8%	131
Denmark	5.4	1.1%	43,094	1.0%	126
Estonia	1.4	0.3%	45,226	1.0%	29
Finland	5.3	1.1%	337,030	7.6%	16
France^[4]	64.1	13.0%	643,548	14.6%	99
Germany	82.3	16.6%	357,021	8.1%	231
Greece	11.1	2.2%	131,940	3.0%	84
Hungary	10.1	2.0%	93,030	2.1%	108
Ireland	4.2	0.8%	70,280	1.6%	60
Italy	58.8	11.9%	301,320	6.8%	195
Latvia	2.3	0.5%	64,589	1.5%	35
Lithuania	3.4	0.7%	65,200	1.5%	52
Luxembourg	0.5	0.1%	2,586	0.1%	181
Malta	0.4	0.1%	316	0.0%	1,261
Netherlands	16.4	3.3%	41,526	0.9%	394
Poland	38.1	7.7%	312,685	7.1%	122
Portugal	10.6	2.1%	92,931	2.1%	114
Romania	21.6	4.4%	238,391	5.4%	91
Spain	44.7	9.0%	504,782	11.4%	87
Slovakia	5.4	1.1%	48,845	1.1%	111
Slovenia	2.0	0.4%	20,253	0.5%	99
Sweden	9.1	1.8%	449,964	10.2%	20
United Kingdom	60.7	12.3%	244,820	5.5%	246

[edit] Languages

For statistics relating to languages spoken in the European Union, please see Languages of the European Union.

Languages of the European Union
Language	(EU Countries)	As a mother tongue (% of EU population)	As a language other than mother tongue (% of EU population)	Can speak the language (% of EU population)
English		13%	38%	51%
German		18%	14%	32%
French		12%	14%	26%
Italian	^[5]	13%	3%	16%
Spanish		9%	6%	15%
Polish		9%	1%	10%
Dutch		5%	1%	6%
Russian		1%	6%	7%
Swedish		2%	1%	3%
Greek		3%	0%	3%
Czech		2%	1%	3%
Portuguese		2%	0%	2%
Hungarian		2%	0%	2%
Slovak		1%	1%	2%
Catalan		1%	1%	2%

Source: [1], data for EU25, published before 2007 enlargement.

Additional languages:

Irish is the official language of Ireland since 2007-01-01 (Treaties have been published and authenticated in Irish since 1973.)
Maltese must be incorporated as an official language by April 30, 2007.^[6]

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[edit] Economy

For statistics relating to economy, please see Economy of the European Union.

[edit] EU budget

The primary resource for funding the European Union is the contributions sought from member states. Each member state contributes to the EU budget, and receives funding back from the EU, depending on the relative wealth of the states, i.e. their ability to pay.

The table below shows the contributions as a percentage of the total budget. This takes into account the special considerations given to the United Kingdom to reduce its contribution through a rebate. Expenditure in Luxembourg, Belgium and France include items for the EU administrative centres in each of those countries.

Member State	Total Contribution in Euro	Total Contribution as % of total EU budget	Total Expenditure year 2006 in Euro	Total Expenditure as % of total EU budget
European Union	105 259 468 772	100.00%	106 575 500 000	100.00%
Germany	22 218 438 941	21.11%	12 242 400 000	11.49%
France	17 303 107 859	16.44%	13 496 200 000	12.66%
Italy	14 359 479 157	13.64%	10 922 300 000	10.25%
United Kingdom	13 739 900 046	13.05%	8 294 200 000	7.78%
Spain	8 957 286 488	8.51%	12 883 000 000	12.09%
Netherlands	5 552 933 781	5.28%	2 190 400 000	2.06%
Belgium	4 035 286 807	3.83%	5 625 100 000	5.28%
Sweden	2 832 862 800	2.69%	1 573 400 000	1.48%
Austria	2 308 432 030	2.19%	1 830 100 000	1.72%
Denmark	2 130 860 212	2.02%	1 501 900 000	1.41%
Poland	2 099 087 114	1.99%	5 305 600 000	4.98%
Greece	1 882 611 879	1.79%	6 833 700 000	6.41%
Finland	1 544 832 284	1.47%	1 280 400 000	1.20%
Portugal	1 443 049 602	1.37%	3 634 800 000	3.41%
Ireland	1 341 281 313	1.27%	2 461 800 000	2.31%
Hungary	1 003 119 411	0.95%	1 842 200 000	1.73%
Czech Republic	932 392 859	0.89%	1 330 000 000	1.25%
Slovakia	393 148 777	0.37%	696 200 000	0.65%
Slovenia	299 993 572	0.29%	406 000 000	0.38%
Luxembourg	241 439 011	0.23%	1 194 800 000	1.12%
Lithuania	221 997 405	0.21%	799 800 000	0.75%
Cyprus	144 556 416	0.14%	239 600 000	0.22%
Latvia	115 205 431	0.11%	402 600 000	0.24%
Estonia	100 756 308	0.10%	300 000 000	0.28%
Malta	57 409 269	0.05%	157 000 000	0.14%
Bulgaria			360 600 000	0.34%
Romania			693 100 000	0.65%

[edit] Proportion of non-EU nationals

In most EU cities, there is a proportion of its inhabitants which are not nationals of the European Union.

Top 10 Cities
Rank	City	Proportion %
1	Tallinn, Estonia	27.8
2	Cayenne, French Guiana (France)	22.7
3	Athens, Greece	16.7
4	Frankfurt, Germany	16.3
5	Munich, Germany	16.2
6	Vienna, Austria	14.4
7	Augsburg, Germany	14.3
8	Cologne, Germany	14.0
9	Wiesbaden, Germany	13.9
10	Bonn, Germany	13.5

Bottom 10 Cities
Rank	City	Proportion %
1	Konin, Poland	0.0
=	Suwałki, Poland	0.0
=	Żory, Poland	0.0
2	Kielce, Poland	0.1
=	Poznań, Poland	0.1
=	Toruń, Poland	0.1
=	Lublin, Poland	0.1
=	Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland	0.1
=	Gdańsk, Poland	0.1
=	Katowice, Poland	0.1

[edit] Freedom and governance-related rankings

There are many indices available on issues such as corruption, development, and freedom.

[edit] Freedom of the press

EU Rank	Member State	Global Rank
1	Estonia	3
=	Slovakia	3
3	Belgium	5
=	Finland	5
=	Sweden	5
6	Denmark	8
=	Ireland	8
=	Portugal	8
9	Latvia	12
=	Netherlands	12
11	Czech Republic	14
12	Austria	16
13	Hungary	17

EU Rank	Member State	Global Rank
14	Germany	20
15	Slovenia	21
16	Lithuania	23
17	United Kingdom	24
18	Greece	30
19	France	31
20	Spain	33
21	Italy	35
22	Romania	42
23	Cyprus	45
24	Bulgaria	51
25	Poland	56

Reporters sans frontières conducts an annual survey on the freedom of the press and produces scores (not shown here) for each country. In 2007, Estonia and Slovakia had the freest press in the European Union, with a score of 1.00, whilst Poland was ranked as having the least free press, with a score of 18.50.

There is no data available for Luxembourg and Malta, and hence these are not included in the statistics.

[edit] Economic freedom

EU Rank	Member State	Global Rank
1	Ireland	3
2	United Kingdom	10
3	Denmark	11
4	Estonia	12
5	Netherlands	13
6	Luxembourg	15
7	Finland	16
8	Belgium	20
9	Cyprus	22
10	Germany	23
11	Lithuania	26
12	Sweden	27
13	Austria	30
14	Spain	31

EU Rank	Member State	Global Rank
15	Slovakia	35
16	Czech Republic	37
17	Latvia	38
18	Hungary	43
19	Malta	47
20	France	48
21	Portugal	53
22	Bulgaria	59
23	Italy	64
24	Romania	68
25	Slovenia	75
26	Greece	80
27	Poland	83

An index of Economic Freedom is produced by the Wall Street Journal and the Heritage Foundation. It uses 50 different variables to compile the survey, in areas such as trade policy and government intervention. Ireland ranks highest amongst EU nations in terms of these variables.

A similar index produced by the World Economic Forum is its Global Competitiveness Index.

Source: The Heritage Foundation.

Colour Codes
Free
Mostly Free
Moderately Free
Mostly Unfree

[edit] Perception of corruption

EU Rank	Member State	Global Rank
1	Denmark	=1
1	Finland	=1
3	Sweden	=4
4	Netherlands	=7
5	Luxembourg	=12
5	United Kingdom	=12
7	Austria	15
8	Germany	16
9	Ireland	=17
10	France	19
11	Belgium	21
12	Spain	=25
13	Slovenia	27
14	Estonia	=28

EU Rank	Member State	Global Rank
14	Portugal	=28
16	Malta	33
17	Cyprus	=39
17	Hungary	=39
19	Czech Republic	=41
19	Italy	=41
21	Slovakia	=49
22	Latvia	=51
22	Lithuania	=51
24	Greece	56
25	Poland	=61
26	Bulgaria	=64
27	Romania	=69

Transparency International is an international NGO publishing an annual Global Corruption Report indicating the perception of corruption around the world. The rankings of the table refer to the Corruption Perceptions Index 2007.

[edit] Human development

EU Rank	Member State	Global Rank
1	Ireland	5
2	Sweden	6
3	Netherlands	9
4	France	10
5	Finland	11
6	Spain	13
7	Denmark	14
8	Austria	15
9	United Kingdom	16
10	Belgium	17
11	Luxembourg	18
12	Italy	20
13	Germany	22
14	Greece	24

EU Rank	Member State	Global Rank
15	Slovenia	27
16	Cyprus	28
17	Portugal	29
18	Czech Republic	32
19	Malta	34
20	Hungary	36
21	Poland	37
22	Slovakia	42
23	Lithuania	43
24	Estonia	44
25	Latvia	45
26	Bulgaria	53
27	Romania	60

The Human Development Index is a measure produced by the United Nations which covers three aspects of human development:

The rankings of the table refer to the UNDP Human Development Report 2006. The UN lists all 27 EU member states as countries with high human development.

[edit] Income equality

EU Rank	Member State	Global Rank
1	Denmark	2
2	Sweden	4
3	Czech Republic	5
4	Slovakia	6
5	Hungary	10
=	Finland	10
7	Germany	14
8	Slovenia	15
9	Austria	18
10	Bulgaria	19
11	Netherlands	25
12	Romania	26

EU Rank	Member State	Global Rank
13	France	32
14	Belgium	33
15	Ireland	40
=	Greece	40
17	Poland	44
18	Spain	47
19	Estonia	50
20	Lithuania	51
=	Italy	51
=	United Kingdom	51
23	Latvia	57
24	Portugal	59

Income inequality, measured by the gini coefficient is how evenly incomes are distributed through the population. Denmark has the least income inequality with a gini coefficient score of 24.4, whilst Portugal has the most income inequality with a score of 38.5. Malta and Cyprus have no statistics available, and so are not included in this table. These statistics have been compiled by the United Nations (see [2])

[edit] Ease of doing business

EU Rank	Member State	Global Rank
1	Denmark	5
2	United Kingdom	6
3	Ireland	8
4	Finland	13
5	Sweden	14
6	Estonia	17
7	Germany	20
8	Belgium	19
9	Netherlands	21
10	Latvia	22
11	Austria	25
12	Lithuania	26
13	France	31

EU Rank	Member State	Global Rank
14	Slovakia	32
15	Portugal	37
16	Spain	38
17	Luxembourg	42
18	Hungary	45
19	Bulgaria	46
20	Romania	48
21	Italy	53
22	Slovenia	55
23	Czech Republic	56
24	Poland	74
25	Greece	100

The Ease of Doing Business Index is created by the World Bank and based on the study of laws and regulations, with the input and verification by more than 3,500 government officials, lawyers, business consultants, accountants and other professionals who routinely advise on or administer legal and regulatory requirements.

[edit] See also

European Union Portal

[edit] Sources

EU Budget Data

[edit] References

^ "Total Population as of 01.01.06", EUROSTAT. Retrieved 12 November 2006.
^ "The EU's baby blues", BBC News, 27 March 2006. Retrieved 10 July 2006.
^ "France claims EU fertility crown ", BBC News, 16 January 2007. Retrieved 10 February 2007.
^ Figures for France include the four overseas departments (French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Réunion) which are integral parts of the European Union, but do not include the overseas collectivities and territories, which are not part of the European Union. Figures for Metropolitan France proper are: population 61.5 million, area 551 695 km², and population density 113/km².
^ Ignasi Badia i Capdevila; A view of the linguistic situation in Malta; NovesSl; [2004]; retrieved on [2008-02-24]
^ Council Regulation 930/2004/EC.

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