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This page compares the sovereign states of Europe on economic, financial and social indicators.

Map of Europe according to the United Nations geoscheme for Europe

Definition of Europe

For the purposes of comparison the broader definition of Europe will be used. A sovereign state must meet at least one of the following criteria to be included:

Economic

Countries by GDP (nominal)

See also: List of sovereign states in Europe by GDP (nominal)
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London is considered to be the leading financial capital in Europe.
European countries by share of total Europe's Nominal GDP

Data provided is by the International Monetary Fund (2021)[1]

Rank Country GDP (Millions of US$)
1  Germany 4,200,000
2  France 3,100,000
3  United Kingdom 3,000,000
4  Italy 1,886,000
5  Russia 1,483,000
6  Spain 1,281,000
7  Netherlands 912,806
8   Switzerland 748,000
9  Turkey 720,100
11  Poland 594,200
12  Sweden 537,600
13  Belgium 515,300
14  Austria 429,000
15  Ireland 418,600
16  Norway 362,000
17  Denmark 355,200
18  Czech Republic 282,300
19  Finland 271,200
20  Romania 248,700
21  Portugal 231,300
22  Greece 189,400
23  Ukraine 155,600
24  Hungary 155,260
25  Slovakia 104,600
26  Luxembourg 73,260
27  Bulgaria 69,110
28  Belarus 60,260
29  Croatia 55,970
30  Lithuania 55,890
31  Serbia 52,960
32  Slovenia 52,880
33  Azerbaijan 42,610
34  Latvia 33,510
35  Estonia 31,030
36  Cyprus 23,800
37  Iceland 21,710
38  Bosnia and Herzegovina 19,790
39  Georgia 15,890
40  Albania 14,800
41  Malta 14,650
42  Armenia 12,650
43  North Macedonia 12,270
44  Moldova 11,910
45  Monaco 7,424
46  Liechtenstein 6,839
48  Montenegro 4,779
49  Andorra 3,155
50  San Marino 1,616

GDP growth rate

Azerbaijan is among the fastest growing economies in Europe, in part due to the country's growing energy sector
The economy of Cyprus continues to struggle as a result of the ongoing Eurozone crisis and the resulting Cypriot financial crisis

The real GDP growth rates provided are the 2015 estimates (unless otherwise indicated) as recorded in the CIA World Factbook.[2]

Rank Country Real GDP growth rate (%)
1  Monaco 9.30 (2013 est.)
2  Ireland 7.80
3  Malta 5.40
4  Luxembourg 4.50
5  Czech Republic 4.20
6  Montenegro 4.10
7  Sweden 4.10
8  Iceland 4.00
9  Vatican City 3.80
10  Romania 3.70
11  North Macedonia 3.70
12  Slovakia 3.60
13  Poland 3.60
14  Spain 3.20
15  Armenia 3.00
16  Bulgaria 3.00
17  Slovenia 2.90
18  Hungary 2.90
19  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.80
20  Georgia 2.80
21  Latvia 2.70
22  Albania 2.60
23  United Kingdom 2.20
24  Netherlands 1.90
25  Liechtenstein 1.80
26  Lithuania 1.60
27  Norway 1.60
28  Cyprus 1.60
29  Croatia 1.60
30  Germany 1.50
31  Portugal 1.50
32  Belgium 1.40
33  Denmark 1.20
34  France 1.10
35  Estonia 1.10
36  Azerbaijan 1.10
37  San Marino 1.00
38   Switzerland 0.90
39  Austria 0.90
40  Italy 0.80
41  Serbia 0.70
42  Finland 0.40
43  Greece −0.20
44  Moldova −1.10
45  Andorra −1.60
46  Russia −3.70
47  Belarus −3.90
48  Ukraine −9.90

GDP (nominal) per capita of sovereign states in Europe

Data provided is by the World Bank (2021). Data for Monaco and Liechtenstein is from 2020 and 2019 respectively.[3]

Monaco is home to one of the world's wealthiest populations, and has the highest level of GDP per capita in Europe
Like Monaco, the small size of Liechtenstein has led to it being among the highest ranked European states for GDP per capita
Luxembourg is home to an established financial sector as well as one of Europe's richest populations
Despite having the highest GDP growth rate in Europe, Moldova is among its poorest states, and also has Europe's smallest GDP per capita
Rank in Europe Country US$
1  Monaco 173,688
2  Liechtenstein 169,049
3  Luxembourg 135,683
4  Ireland 99,152
5   Switzerland 93,457
6  Norway 89,203
7  Iceland 68,384
8  Denmark 67,803
9  Sweden 60,239
10  Netherlands 58,061
11  Finland 53,983
12  Austria 53,268
13  Belgium 51,768
14  Germany 50,802
15  United Kingdom 47,334
16  San Marino 45,516
17  France 43,519
18  Andorra 43,048
19  Italy 35,551
20  Malta 33,257
21  Cyprus 30,799
22  Spain 30,116
23  Slovenia 29,201
24  Estonia 27,281
25  Czech Republic 26,379
26  Portugal 24,262
27  Lithuania 23,433
28  Slovakia 21,088
29  Latvia 20,642
30  Greece 20,277
31  Hungary 18,773
32  Poland 17,841
33  Croatia 17,399
34  Romania 14,862
— World 12,263
35  Russia 12,173
36  Bulgaria 11,635
37  Turkey 9,587
38  Montenegro 9,367
39  Serbia 9,215
40  Belarus 7,304
41  Bosnia and Herzegovina 6,916
42  North Macedonia 6,721
43  Albania 6,494
44  Moldova 5,315
45  Kosovo 4,987
46  Ukraine 4,836

GDP purchasing power parity (PPP)

Madrid is the financial capital of Spain, and one of the most important financial centres in Europe

Data provided is by the International Monetary Fund (2018)[4]

Rank Country GDP (Billions of US$)
1  Germany 4,342.9
2  Russia 4,227.4
3  France 3,040.4
4  United Kingdom 3,038.8
5  Italy 2,399.7
6  Spain 1,865.9
7  Poland 1,215.4
8   Switzerland 551.5
9  Belgium 550.8
10  Sweden 548.8
11  Romania 516.3
13  Austria 463.5
14  Czech Republic 396.1
15  Norway 395.8
16  Ukraine 390.4
17  Ireland 389.0
18  Portugal 333.1
19  Greece 312.2
20  Hungary 312.0
21  Denmark 302.2
22  Finland 256.8
23  Slovakia 191.2
24  Belarus 189.2
25  Azerbaijan 179.1
26  Bulgaria 162.1
27  Serbia 122.7
28  Croatia 107.3
29  Lithuania 97.0
30  Slovenia 75.9
31  Luxembourg 64.0
32  Latvia 57.8
33  Bosnia and Herzegovina 52.4
34  Estonia 45.4
35  Georgia 42.6
36  Albania 38.3
37  North Macedonia 32.6
38  Cyprus 34.5
39  Armenia 30.5
40  Moldova 25.8
41  Malta 21.4
42  Iceland 19.4
43  Montenegro 11.9
44  Monaco 5.74 (2011 est.)[n 1]
45  Liechtenstein 3.20 (2009 est.)[n 1]
46  Andorra 3.16 (2012 est.)[n 1]
47  San Marino 2.01

Net national wealth

See also: List of countries by total wealth

European countries by total wealth

List by Credit Suisse (2018)[5]
Rank Country Total wealth
(billions USD)
Europe 85,402
 European Union 77,821
1  Germany 14,499
2  France 14,449
3  United Kingdom 14,209
4  Italy 10,569
5  Spain 7,152
6   Switzerland 3,611
7  Netherlands 3,357
8  Belgium 2,776
9  Russia 2,240
10  Sweden 1,920
11  Austria 1,637
12  Denmark 1,276
13  Norway 1,181
14  Greece 975
15  Poland 974
16  Portugal 916
17  Ireland 806
18  Finland 697
19  Czech Republic 524
20  Romania 317
21  Hungary 294
22  Luxembourg 188
23  Slovakia 151
24  Bulgaria 138
25  Iceland 138
26  Slovenia 133
27  Croatia 120
28  Cyprus 91
29  Serbia 73
30  Estonia 60
31  Lithuania 57
32  Ukraine 55
33  Latvia 53
34  Malta 49
35  Bosnia and Herzegovina 40
36  Albania 37
37  North Macedonia 20
38  Montenegro 12
39  Belarus 11

Financial

Current account balance

The current account balance values provided are the 2013 figures (unless otherwise indicated) as recorded in the CIA World Factbook.[6] Figures for Andorra, Liechtenstein, Monaco and San Marino are unavailable.

Rank Country Current account balance (US$)
1  Germany 257,100,000,000
2  Russia 74,800,000,000 (2012 est.)
3  Norway 67,400,000,000
4  Netherlands 65,870,000,000
5   Switzerland 65,600,000,000
6  Sweden 39,000,000,000
7  Denmark 19,600,000,000
8  Azerbaijan 13,280,000,000
9  Austria 10,600,000,000
10  Ireland 7,300,000,000
11  Slovakia 3,315,000,000
12  Slovenia 2,954,000,000
13  Luxembourg 2,700,000,000
14  Spain 2,100,000,000
15  Greece 2,021,000,000
16  Hungary 1,722,000,000
17  Portugal 1,000,000,000
18  Malta 133,100,000
19  Iceland −100,000,000
20  Croatia −102,300,000
21  Bulgaria −182,300,000
22  North Macedonia −194,100,000
23  Estonia −352,300,000
24  Cyprus −358,200,000
25  Moldova −507,700,000
26  Lithuania −567,000,000
27  Latvia −613,900,000
28  Armenia −720,600,000
29  Bosnia and Herzegovina −939,500,000
30  Albania −1,280,000,000
31  Georgia −1,375,000,000
32  Serbia −1,807,000,000
33  Montenegro −1,938,000,000 (2012 est.)
34  Romania −1,986,000,000
35  Finland −2,000,000,000
36  Italy −2,400,000,000
37  Czech Republic −3,270,000,000
38  Belarus −4,245,000,000
39  Belgium −9,100,000,000
40  Poland −11,060,000,000
41  Ukraine −11,920,000,000
42  France −58,970,000,000
43  United Kingdom -93,600,000,000

Public debt

The public debt values provided are the 2013 figures (unless otherwise indicated) as recorded in the CIA World Factbook.[7] Figures for Liechtenstein and Monaco are unavailable.

Rank Country Public debt (% of GDP)
1  Greece 175.00
2  Italy 133.00
3  Iceland 130.50
4  Portugal 127.80
5  Cyprus 113.10
6  Belgium 102.40
7  Spain 93.70
8  France 93.40
9  United Kingdom 91.10
10  Germany 79.90
11  Hungary 79.80
12  Austria 75.70
13  Malta 75.30
14  Netherlands 74.30
15  Slovenia 71.70
16  Albania 70.50
17  Croatia 66.20
18  Ireland 64.80 (2019)
19  Serbia 61.20
20  Finland 56.50
21  Slovakia 55.50
22  Montenegro 52.10 (2012 est.)
23  Czech Republic 48.80
24  Poland 48.20
25  Denmark 47.00
26  Bosnia and Herzegovina 45.90
27  Sweden 41.50
28  Andorra 41.10 (2012)
29  Ukraine 40.60
30  Lithuania 40.20
31  Latvia 39.20
32  Romania 38.60
33  Armenia 37.70
34  Liechtenstein 36.60
35  Georgia 36.30 (2012 est.)
36  North Macedonia 34.30
37   Switzerland 33.80
38  Belarus 31.50
39  Norway 30.10
40  San Marino 25.80
41  Luxembourg 22.90
42  Bulgaria 18.40
43  Moldova 16.60
44  Russia 7.90
45  Azerbaijan 7.50
46  Estonia 6.00

Unemployment rate

The unemployment rate values provided are the most recent figures provided by varying sources, namely data released by governments.

Rank Country Unemployment rate (%)
1  Monaco 0.1 (2013)[n 2]
2  Belarus 0.5 (2020)
3  Czech Republic 2.7 (2020)
4  Poland 3.2 (2020)
5  Malta 4.1 (2020)
6  Bulgaria 4.4 (2020)
7  Germany 4.4 (2020)
8  Netherlands 4.5 (2020)[n 3]
9  Slovenia 4.7 (2020)
10  Hungary 4.9 (2020)
11  Ireland 5 (2020)
12  Austria 5.2 (2020)
13  Romania 5.4 (2020)
14  Belgium 5.5 (2020)
15  Denmark 6 (2020)
16  Slovakia 6.8 (2020)
17  France 6.9 (2020)
18  Cyprus 6.9 (2020)
19  Luxembourg 7.3 (2020)
20  Finland 7.8 (2020)
21  Estonia 8 (2020)
22  Portugal 8.1 (2020)
23  Croatia 8.6 (2020)
24  Latvia 9 (2020)
25  Lithuania 9 (2020)
26  Sweden 9.4 (2020)
27  Italy 9.7 (2020)
28  Spain 15.8 (2020)
29  Greece 18.3 (2020)

Average wage

See also: List of European countries by average wage

The average wage values provided are 2018 figures (unless otherwise stated) as recorded by varying sources, namely releases by respective Governments. The values are for monthly average wage (annual wage divided by 12 months) for net income (after taxes) in Euro currency.

Rank Country Net wage (Euro €)
1  Liechtenstein 4,887
2   Switzerland 4,502
3  Monaco 4,300
4  Iceland 3,568
5  Luxembourg 3,416
6  Norway 3,395
7  Denmark 3,270
8  France 2,634
9  United Kingdom 2,583
10  Ireland 2,525
11  Finland 2,509
12  Sweden 2,458
13  Germany 2,409
14  San Marino 2,390
15  Austria 2,324
16  Andorra 2,230
17  Netherlands 2,152
18  Belgium 1,920
19  Italy 1,758
20  Spain 1,749
21  Cyprus 1,658
22  Estonia 1,105
23  Slovenia 1,083
24  Malta 1,021
25  Czechia 932
26  Portugal 925
27  Greece 890
28  Slovakia 862
29  Poland 793
30  Latvia 755
31  Lithuania 722
32  Hungary 701
33  Romania 589
34  Bulgaria 583
35  Serbia 565
36  Montenegro 512
37  Bosnia and Herzegovina 510
38  North Macedonia 473
39  Russia 454
40  Albania 393
41  Belarus 348
42  Moldova 242
43  Ukraine 228

Minimum wage

See also: List of European countries by minimum wage

The minimum wage figures provided are the 2018 figures by The Federation of International Employers. Currency conversions from non-Euro currencies being based on the exchange rates of 2018.[8]

Rank Country Monthly minimum (Euro €)
1  Luxembourg 2,049
2  San Marino 1,832
3  Austria 1,750 (2020)
4  Monaco 1,732
5  Netherlands 1,578
6  Belgium 1,563
7  Ireland 1,563
8  Germany 1,498
9  France 1,458
10  United Kingdom 1,413
11  Spain 1,050
12  Andorra 991
13  Slovenia 886
14  Malta 761
15  Portugal 700
16  Greece 683
17  Lithuania 555
18  Estonia 540
19  Poland 524
20  Slovakia 480
21  Czechia 477
22  Croatia 462
23  Hungary 445
24  Latvia 430
25  Romania 407
26  Albania 300
27  Serbia 276
28  Bulgaria 260
29  North Macedonia 239
30  Bosnia and Herzegovina 207
31  Montenegro 193
32  Russia 139
33  Ukraine 128
34  Belarus 125
35  Moldova 124

Social

Human Development Index

The Human Development Index values provided are the 2018 estimates for 2017, as included in the United Nations Development Programme's Human Development Report.[9]

Rank Country HDI Change
1  Norway 0.953 Increase 0.002
2   Switzerland 0.944 Increase 0.001
3  Ireland 0.938 Increase 0.004
4  Germany 0.936 Increase 0.002
5  Iceland 0.935 Increase 0.002
6  Sweden 0.933 Increase 0.001
7  Netherlands 0.931 Increase 0.003
8  Denmark 0.929 Increase 0.001
9  United Kingdom 0.922 Increase 0.002
10  Finland 0.920 Increase 0.002
11  Belgium 0.916 Increase 0.001
12  Liechtenstein 0.916 Increase 0.001
13  Austria 0.908 Increase 0.002
14  Luxembourg 0.904 Increase 0.001
15  France 0.901 Increase 0.002
16  Slovenia 0.896 Increase 0.002
17  Spain 0.891 Increase 0.002
18  Czech Republic 0.888 Increase 0.003
19  Italy 0.880 Increase 0.002
20  Malta 0.878 Increase 0.003
21  Estonia 0.871 Increase 0.003
22  Greece 0.870 Increase 0.002
23  Cyprus 0.869 Increase 0.002
24  Poland 0.865 Increase 0.005
25  Andorra 0.858 Increase 0.002
26  Lithuania 0.858 Increase 0.003
27  Slovakia 0.855 Increase 0.002
28  Latvia 0.847 Increase 0.003
29  Portugal 0.847 Increase 0.002
30  Hungary 0.838 Increase 0.003
31  Croatia 0.831 Increase 0.003
32  Russia 0.816 Increase 0.001
33  Montenegro 0.814 Increase 0.004
34  Bulgaria 0.813 Increase 0.003
35  Romania 0.811 Increase 0.004
36  Belarus 0.808 Increase 0.003
37  Turkey 0.806 Increase 0.004
38  Serbia 0.787 Increase 0.002
39  Albania 0.785 Increase 0.003
40  Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.780 Increase 0.002
41  Georgia 0.780 Increase 0.004
42  Azerbaijan 0.757 Steady
43  North Macedonia 0.757 Increase 0.001
44  Armenia 0.755 Increase 0.006
45  Ukraine 0.752 Increase 0.005
46  Moldova 0.700 Increase 0.003

Percentage living below poverty line

The percentage figures for citizens living below the poverty line are provided by either the CIA World Factbook (2007) or the World Bank (2012) [10][11][12] There is no data available for eleven European states.

Rank Country Percentage Year
1  Lithuania 4.0 2008
2  Norway 4.3 2007
3  Ireland 5.5 2009
4  Latvia 5.9 2004
5  Austria 6.0 2008
5  Azerbaijan 6.0 2012
7  France 6.2 2004
8   Switzerland 6.9 2010
9  Belarus 7.3 2011
10  Poland 7.6 2008
11  Ukraine 7.8 2011
12  Czech Republic 8.6 2012
13  Serbia 9.1 2013
14  Netherlands 10.5 2005
15  Montenegro 11.3 2012
16  Slovenia 12.3 2008
17  Russia 12.7 2011
18  Slovakia 13.2 2011
19  Denmark 13.4 2011
20  Hungary 13.9 2010
21  United Kingdom 14.0 2006
37  Albania 40.7 2022
22  Belgium 15.2 2007
23  Germany 15.5 2010
24  Moldova 16.6 2012
25  Turkey 16.9 2010
26  Estonia 17.5 2010
27  Georgia 17.7 2011
28  Bosnia and Herzegovina 17.9 2011
29  Croatia 18.0 2009
30  Portugal 18.0 2006
31  Spain 19.8 2005
32  Greece 20.0 2009
33  Bulgaria 20.7 2009
34  North Macedonia 21.1 2010
35  Romania 22.2 2011
36  Armenia 34.1 2009

Social Progress Index

The Social Progress Index figures are provided by the nonprofit Social Progress Imperative and represent 2014. Eight European states are not represented as data is not available.[13]

Rank Country Social Progress Index
1   Switzerland 88.19
2  Iceland 88.07
3  Netherlands 87.37
4  Norway 87.12
5  Sweden 87.08
6  Finland 86.91
7  Denmark 86.55
8  Austria 85.11
9  Germany 84.61
10  United Kingdom 84.56
11  Ireland 84.05
12  Belgium 82.63
13  Slovenia 81.65
14  Estonia 81.65
15  France 81.10
16  Spain 80.77
17  Portugal 80.49
18  Czech Republic 80.41
19  Slovakia 78.93
20  Poland 77.44
21  Italy 76.93
22  Latvia 73.91
23  Hungary 73.87
24  Lithuania 73.76
25  Greece 73.43
26  Croatia 73.31
27  Serbia 70.61
28  Bulgaria 70.24
29  Albania 69.13
30  North Macedonia 68.33
31  Romania 67.72
32  Montenegro 66.80
33  Belarus 65.20
34  Armenia 65.03
35  Bosnia and Herzegovina 64.99
36  Ukraine 64.91
37  Turkey 64.62
38  Georgia 63.94
39  Azerbaijan 62.44
40  Russia 60.79
41  Moldova 60.12

Opportunity

The Opportunity figures are included in the 2014 Social Progress Index by the nonprofit Social Progress Imperative. Eight European states are not represented as data is not available.[13]

Rank Country Opportunity
1  Ireland 82.63
2  United Kingdom 82.29
3  Sweden 81.95
4  Finland 81.92
5  Iceland 81.71
6  Norway 80.82
7  Netherlands 80.63
8   Switzerland 79.92
9  Denmark 79.10
10  Belgium 76.34
11  Germany 75.81
12  Spain 75.19
13  Portugal 74.43
14  Austria 74.42
15  France 72.72
16  Estonia 72.32
17  Slovenia 69.3
18  Italy 66.58
19  Poland 66.50
20  Czech Republic 66.21
21  Hungary 63.46
22  Slovakia 63.04
23  Lithuania 61.84
24  Latvia 59.85
25  Greece 58.45
26  Bulgaria 56.98
27  Ukraine 55.33
28  North Macedonia 55.23
29  Romania 54.91
30  Croatia 54.88
31  Albania 54.14
32  Serbia 52.87
33  Montenegro 52.48
34  Georgia 49.07
35  Moldova 48.04
36  Turkey 47.41
37  Armenia 47.39
38  Bosnia and Herzegovina 46.93
39  Russia 46.58
40  Belarus 44.13
41  Azerbaijan 42.54

World Happiness Report

The World Happiness Report is a measure of happiness published by the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network, with the figures provided being the 2013 edition for the 2010 to 2012 period.[14]

Rank Country Happiness Change in happiness (2005-2006)
1  Finland 7.693 Decrease −0.233
2  Norway 7.655 Increase 0.263
3   Switzerland 7.650 Increase 0.303
4  Netherlands 7.512 Increase 0.054
5  Sweden 7.480 Increase 0.171
7  Austria 7.369 Increase 0.247
8  Iceland 7.355 N/A
9  Ireland 7.076 Decrease −0.068
10  Luxembourg 7.054 N/A
11  Belgium 6.967 Decrease −0.274
12  United Kingdom 6.883 Decrease −0.003
13  France 6.764 Decrease −0.049
14  Germany 6.672 Increase 0.163
15  Cyprus 6.466 Increase 0.228
16  Spain 6.322 Decrease −0.750
17  Czech Republic 6.290 Decrease −0.180
18  Slovenia 6.060 Increase 0.249
19  Italy 6.021 Decrease −0.691
20  Slovakia 5.969 Increase 0.705
21  Malta 5.964 N/A
22  Poland 5.822 Increase 0.085
23  Moldova 5.791 Increase 0.852
24  Croatia 5.661 Decrease −0.160
25  Albania 5.550 Increase 0.915
26  Belarus 5.504 Decrease −0.133
27  Russia 5.464 Increase 0.346
28  Greece 5.435 Decrease −0.891
29  Lithuania 5.426 Decrease −0.456
30  Estonia 5.426 Increase 0.074
31  Turkey 5.344 Increase 0.171
32  Montenegro 5.299 Increase 0.103
33  Portugal 5.101 Decrease −0.305
34  Ukraine 5.057 Increase 0.032
35  Latvia 5.046 Increase 0.358
36  Romania 5.033 Decrease −0.186
37  Bulgaria 4.981 Increase 0.137
38  Serbia 4.813 Increase 0.063
39  Bosnia and Herzegovina 4.813 Decrease −0.087
40  Hungary 4.775 Decrease −0.300
41  Azerbaijan 4.604 Decrease −0.045
42  North Macedonia 4.574 Increase 0.081
43  Armenia 4.316 Decrease −0.269
44  Georgia 4.187 Increase 0.496

Summary

Economic

  •  Azerbaijan Azerbaijan is the second fastest growing economy in Europe, and the fastest growing transcontinental economy
  •  Cyprus is the weakest growing economy in Europe, the European Union, the Eurozone and the European members of the Commonwealth of Nations
  •  France has the highest Net National Wealth of any European state
  •  Germany is the current largest economy in Europe, the European Union and the Eurozone, with Germany remaining the Eurozone's largest economy
  •  Latvia is the fastest growing economy in both the Eurozone and the European Union
  •  Luxembourg is home to the highest GDP (nominal) per capita in both the European Union and Eurozone
  •  Malta is the smallest economy in the Eurozone as well as the European Union, and is the fastest growing European economy in the Commonwealth of Nations
  •  Moldova is the fastest growing economy in Europe, but is also one of Europe's poorest countries, with the lowest GDP (nominal) per capita of any European state
  •  Monaco has the highest GDP (nominal) per capita of any European state
  •  Russia is the largest transcontinental European economy and will remain so until at least 2030
  •  San Marino is Europe's smallest economy, and is also the third weakest growing economy in Europe
  •  United Kingdom is the largest non Eurozone economy in Europe.

Financial

  •  Austria has the lowest unemployment rate in the European Union and the Eurozone
  •  Belarus has the lowest unemployment rate in Europe, although this figure includes underemployment
  •  Bulgaria has the smallest average wage and monthly minimum wage in the European Union
  •  Estonia has the smallest public debt (as a percentage of GDP) of any state in Europe, as well as in the European Union and Eurozone
  •  France has the largest financial deficit of any state in the Eurozone
  •  Georgia has the lowest monthly minimum wage in Europe
  •  Germany has the largest financial surplus of any country in Europe as well as the remainder of the world
  •  Greece has the highest public debt (as a percentage of GDP) of any European state, as well as having the largest unemployment rate in the European Union and Eurozone
  •  North Macedonia has the highest unemployment rate of any European state
  •  Liechtenstein has the highest average wage of any state in Europe
  •  Lithuania has the smallest average wage and monthly minimum wage in the Eurozone
  •  Luxembourg has the highest average wage in the European Union and Eurozone as well as the highest monthly minimum wage in the entirety of Europe
  •  Russia has the largest surplus of those European countries not a member of either (or both) the EU or Eurozone
  •  Ukraine has the smallest average wage in Europe, mostly as a result of ongoing political and military struggles
  •  United Kingdom has the largest deficit of any country in Europe and the European Union

Social

  •  Albania has the largest percentage living under the poverty line of any state in Europe
  •  Armenia has the highest Change in Happiness of any state in Europe
  •  Azerbaijan has the smallest rating for Opportunity in Europe
  •  Croatia has the smallest rating for Opportunity in the European Union
  •  Denmark ranks highest on the World Happiness Report in Europe and the European Union
  •  Greece has the largest percentage living under the poverty line in the Eurozone, and is also ranked last on the Social Progress Index among Eurozone members, including for Opportunity
  •  Ireland has the highest rating for Opportunity in Europe, the European Union and the Eurozone
  •  Latvia has the weakest Human Development Index and World Happiness Index figures in the Eurozone
  •  Lithuania has the smallest percentage living below the poverty line in Europe
  •  Moldova ranks lowest on the Human Development Index and Social Progress Index in Europe
  •  Netherlands has highest Human Development Index figure in the European Union and the Eurozone, and also ranks first in the EU and Eurozone on the Social Progress Index, as well as being the highest ranked country in the Eurozone on the World Happiness Index
  •  San Marino has the highest Human Development Index figure in Europe
  •   Switzerland ranks highest in Europe on the Social Progress Index

Notes

  1. ^ a b c As data by the IMF is unavailable, the latest available data by the CIA World Factbook is used.
  2. ^ Data for Belarusian unemployment does not take into account underemployment.
  3. ^ Data for Austrian unemployment includes only those who were previously employed.

References

  1. ^ "World Economic Outlook (October 2020)". Imf.org. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  2. ^ "GDP - Real Growth Rate, 2013". Archived from the original on 13 June 2007.
  3. ^ World Bank, 2021
  4. ^ International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook Database, October 2019
  5. ^ Global wealth databook 2018 (PDF). Credit Suisse. 2018. pp. 19–22. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 October 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2021. (from List of all Global wealth reports and Global wealth databooks - Credit Suisse (Archived 2021-10-21 at the Wayback Machine))
  6. ^ "Country Comparison - Current Account Balance, 2013". Archived from the original on 13 June 2007.
  7. ^ "Country Comparison - Current Account Balance, 2013". Archived from the original on 15 October 2008.
  8. ^ "Monthly minimum wages - bi-annual data". Eurostat.
  9. ^ "Human Development Report 20148 – "Sustaining Human Progress: Reducing Vulnerabilities and Building Resilience"" (PDF). HDRO (Human Development Report Office) United Nations Development Programme.
  10. ^ "World Databank". Databank.worldbank.org. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
  11. ^ Population below poverty line, The World Factbook, CIA, accessed on 25 July 2012.
  12. ^ Poverty data: Norway. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2007, US Department of State; Population: Norway - CIA The World Factbook.
  13. ^ a b "Social Progress Index: Measuring National Progress". Social Progress Imperitive. Archived from the original on 17 December 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  14. ^ Helliwell, John; Layard, Richard; Sachs, Jeffrey (9 September 2013). "World Happiness Report 2013". United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2014. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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