European Union statistics

Statistics in the European Union are collected by Eurostat (European statistics body).

Area and population

As of 1 January 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 80.4 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 from 2006 or 2007 estimates. The highest and lowest figures in each column have been marked in bold.

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
Croatia	4.3	0.9%	56,594	1.3%	75.8
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]	65.03	13.%	643,548	14.6%	111
Germany	80.4	16.6%	357,021	8.1%	225
Greece	11.1	2.2%	131,940	3.0%	84
Hungary	10.1	2.0%	93,030	2.1%	108
Ireland	4.6	0.9%	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%	45
Luxembourg	0.5	0.1%	2,586	0.1%	181
Malta	0.4	0.1%	316	0.0007%	1,261
Netherlands	17	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

Economy

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

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	Net contribution in Euro
European Union	105,259,468,772	100.00%	106,575,500,000	100.00%	−1,316,031,228
Germany	22,218,438,941	21.11%	12,242,400,000	11.49%	9,976,038,941
France	17,303,107,859	16.44%	13,496,200,000	12.66%	3,806,907,859
Italy	14,359,479,157	13.64%	10,922,300,000	10.25%	3,437,179,157
United Kingdom	13,739,900,046	13.05%	8,294,200,000	7.78%	5,445,700,046
Spain	8,957,286,488	8.51%	12,883,000,000	12.09%	−3,925,713,512
Netherlands	5,552,933,781	5.28%	2,190,400,000	2.06%	3,362,533,781
Belgium	4,035,286,807	3.83%	5,625,100,000	5.28%	−1,589,813,193
Sweden	2,832,862,800	2.69%	1,573,400,000	1.48%	1,259,462,800
Austria	2,308,432,030	2.19%	1,830,100,000	1.72%	478,332,030
Denmark	2,130,860,212	2.02%	1,501,900,000	1.41%	628,960,212
Poland	2,099,087,114	1.99%	5,305,600,000	4.98%	−3,206,512,886
Greece	1,882,611,879	1.79%	6,833,700,000	6.41%	−4,951,088,121
Finland	1,544,832,284	1.47%	1,280,400,000	1.20%	264,432,284
Portugal	1,443,049,602	1.37%	3,634,800,000	3.41%	−2,191,750,398
Ireland	1,341,281,313	1.27%	2,461,800,000	2.31%	−1,120,518,687
Hungary	1,003,119,411	0.95%	1,842,200,000	1.73%	−839,080,589
Czech Republic	932,392,859	0.89%	1,330,000,000	1.25%	−397,607,141
Slovakia	393,148,777	0.37%	696,200,000	0.65%	−303,051,223
Slovenia	299,993,572	0.29%	406,000,000	0.38%	−106,006,428
Luxembourg	241,439,011	0.23%	1,194,800,000	1.12%	−953,360,989
Lithuania	221,997,405	0.21%	799,800,000	0.75%	−577,802,595
Cyprus	144,556,416	0.14%	239,600,000	0.22%	−95,043,584
Latvia	115,205,431	0.11%	402,600,000	0.24%	−287,394,569
Estonia	100,756,308	0.10%	300,000,000	0.28%	−199,243,692
Malta	57,409,269	0.05%	157,000,000	0.14%	−99,590,731
Bulgaria			360,600,000	0.34%	−360,600,000
Romania			693,100,000	0.65%	−693,100,000

Freedom and governance-related rankings

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

Freedom of the press

EU Rank	Member State	Global Rank
1	Finland	1
2	Netherlands	2
3	Luxembourg	4
4	Denmark	6
5	Sweden	10
6	Estonia	11
7	Austria	12
8	Ireland	15
9	Czech Republic	16
10	Germany	17
11	Belgium	21
12	Poland	22
13	Slovakia	23
14	Cyprus	24

EU Rank	Member State	Global Rank
15	Portugal	28
16	United Kingdom	29
17	Lithuania	33
18	Slovenia	35
19	Spain	36
20	France	37
21	Latvia	39
22	Romania	42
23	Malta	45
24	Hungary	56
25	Italy	57
26	Greece	84
27	Bulgaria	87

Reporters sans frontières conducts an annual survey on the freedom of the press and produces scores (not shown here) for each country. In 2013, Finland was proclaimed as having the freest press in the European Union, and indeed the world, with a score of 6.38. Bulgaria was ranked as having the least free press in the European Union, with a score of 28.58. [1]

Economic freedom

EU Rank	Member State	Global Rank
1	Denmark	9
2	Ireland	11
3	Estonia	13
4	United Kingdom	14
5	Luxembourg	15
6	Finland	16
7	Netherlands	17
8	Sweden	18
9	Germany	19
10	Lithuania	22
11	Austria	25
12	Czech Republic	29
13	Belgium	40
14	Cyprus	41

EU Rank	Member State	Global Rank
15	Slovakia	42
16	Spain	46
17	Hungary	47
18	Malta	48
19	Latvia	55
20	Poland	57
21	Romania	59
22	Bulgaria	60
23	France	62
24	Portugal	67
25	Slovenia	76
26	Italy	83
27	Greece	117

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.

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

Source: 2013 Index of Economic Freedom.

Colour Codes
Free
Mostly Free
Moderately Free
Mostly Unfree

Perception of corruption

EU Rank	Member State	Global Rank
1	Denmark	=1
2	Finland	=3
=	Sweden	=3
4	Netherlands	8
5	Luxembourg	11
6	Germany	=12
7	United Kingdom	=14
8	Belgium	=15
9	Ireland	=21
10	France	=22
11	Austria	=26
12	Estonia	=28
13	Cyprus	=31
14	Portugal	=33
15	Poland	=38

EU Rank	Member State	Global Rank
16	Spain	40
17	Lithuania	=43
=	Slovenia	=43
19	Malta	45
20	Hungary	=47
21	Latvia	=49
22	Croatia	=57
=	Czech Republic	=57
24	Slovakia	=61
25	Italy	=69
=	Romania	=69
27	Bulgaria	=77
28	Greece	=80

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 2013 [2].

Human development

EU Rank	Member State	Global Rank
1	Netherlands	4
2	Germany	6
3	Denmark	10
4	Ireland	11
5	Sweden	12
6	United Kingdom	14
7	France	20
8	Austria	=21
=	Belgium	=21
=	Luxembourg	=21
11	Finland	24
12	Slovenia	25
13	Italy	26
14	Spain	27

EU Rank	Member State	Global Rank
15	Czech Republic	28
16	Greece	29
17	Cyprus	32
18	Estonia	33
19	Lithuania	=35
20	Poland	=35
21	Slovakia	37
22	Malta	39
23	Portugal	41
24	Hungary	43
25	Croatia	47
26	Latvia	48
27	Romania	54
28	Bulgaria	58

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

poverty (GDP per capita)
education (mean years of schooling and expected years of schooling)
health (life expectancy)

The rankings of the table refer to the UNDP Human Development Report 2014 (2013 data). The UN lists all EU member states except Romania and Bulgaria as countries with very high human development.

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, Luxembourg, and Cyprus have no statistics available, and so are not included in this table. These statistics have been compiled by the United Nations (see [3])

Ease of doing business

EU Rank	Member State	Global Rank
1	Denmark	5
2	United Kingdom	10
3	Finland	12
4	Sweden	14
5	Ireland	15
6	Lithuania	17
7	Germany	21
8	Estonia	22
9	Latvia	24
10	Netherlands	28
11	Austria	30
12	Portugal	31
13	Slovenia	33
14	Belgium	36

EU Rank	Member State	Global Rank
15	France	38
16	Cyprus	39
17	Poland	45
18	Hungary	47
19	Slovakia	49
20	Spain	52
21	Bulgaria	58
22	Luxembourg	60
23	Italy	65
24	Greece	72
25	Romania	73
26	Czech Republic	75
27	Croatia	89
28	Malta	103

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.

The data in the table are from the 2014 report.^[5]

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 63.6 million, area 551 695 km², and population density 113/km².
^ http://www.doingbusiness.org/~/media/GIAWB/Doing%20Business/Documents/Annual-Reports/English/DB14-Chapters/DB14-Mini-Report.pdf

External links

[1] "Total Population as of 01.01.06", EUROSTAT. Retrieved 12 November 2006.

[2] "The EU's baby blues", BBC News, 27 March 2006. Retrieved 10 July 2006.

[3] "France claims EU fertility crown ", BBC News, 16 January 2007. Retrieved 10 February 2007.

[4] 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 63.6 million, area 551 695 km², and population density 113/km².

[5] ttp://www.doingbusiness.org/~/media/GIAWB/Doing%20Business/Documents/Annual-Reports/English/DB14-Chapters/DB14-Mini-Report.pdf

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