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Europe 2010

 

No.

Nation

Population

GDP

billions

Per capita

ODA

2008

million

Con.

EU Mem. y / n

56

Europe

731,782,548

18,257

$24,975

78,447

-4,186

 

28 Y

26 N

28

European Union

491,582,852

14,510

$32,600

76,409

1949

Y

26

Non-Members

234,692,244

3,131

$13,323

2,038

-4,186

 

N

9

Central

164,248,424

4,515

$27,530

17,795

 

 

1

Austria

8,210,281

323.1

$39,400

1,714

976

Y

2

Czech Republic

10,211,904

256.6

$25,100

 

1993

Y

3

Germany

82,329,758

2,811

$34,100

13,981

1871

Y

4

Hungary

9,905,596

184.9

$18,600

 

1000

Y

5

Liechtenstein

34,761

4.16

$122,100

 

1806

N

6

Poland

38,482,919

463

$12,000

 

1918

Y

7

Slovakia

5,463,046

115.7

$21,200

 

1993

Y

8

Slovenia

2,005,692

39.41

$19,600

 

1991

Y

9

Switzerland

7,604,467

317

$41,700

2,038

1291

N

8

East

211,412,780

2,668

$12,645

-1,915

 

 

10

Belarus

9,648,533

116

$11,600

-110

1991

N

11

Estonia

1,299,371

24.36

$18,700

 

1991

Y

12

Georgia

4,615,807

20.29

$4,400

-888

1991

N

13

Latvia

2,231,503

32.4

$14,500

 

1918

Y

14

Lithuania

3,555,179

54.84

$15,400

 

1990

Y

15

Moldova

4,320,748

9.986

$2,300

-299

1991

N

16

Russia

140,041,244

2,116

$15,100

 

1991

N

17

Ukraine

45,700,395

294.3

$6,400

-618

1991

N

8

North

24,828,793

1,002

$40,080

12,664

 

 

18

Denmark

5,500,510

198.6

$36,000

2,803

1849

Y

19

Finland

5,250,275

182.6

$34,900

1,166

1917

Y

20

Faroe Islands

49,057

1.56

$48,200

 

Den.

N

21

Greenland

57,637

2.03

$35,400

 

Den.

N

22

Iceland

306,694

12.15

$39,600

 

1944

N

23

Norway

4,660,539

273.1

$58,600

3,963

1905

Y

24

Sweden

9,059,651

333.5

$36,800

4,732

1523

Y

25

Svalbard

2,067

 

 

 

Nor.

N

12

South

121,761,640

3,740

$30,655

13,051

 

 

26

Akrotiri

15,700

 

 

 

UK

N

27

Andorra

83,888

4.22

$44,900

 

1278

N

28

Cyprus

1,084,748

22.97

$21,200

 

1960

Y

29

Dhekelia

15,700

 

 

 

UK

N

30

Gibraltar

28,877

1.106

$38,500

 

UK

N

31

Greece

10,737,428

341

$32,100

703

1829

Y

32

Holy See

829

 

 

 

1929

 

33

Italy

58,126,212

1,760

$27,700

4,861

1961

Y

34

Malta

405,165

7.223

$18,200

 

1964

Y

35

Portugal

10,707,924

233.4

$21,800

620

1143

Y

36

San Marino

30,167

1.662

$41,900

 

301

N

37

Spain

40,525,002

1,368

$33,700

6,867

1492

Y

9

Southeast

51,692,683

580.9

$11,171

-2,271

 

 

38

Albania

3,639,453

22.9

$6.300

-386

1912

N

39

Bosnia & Herzegovina

4,025,476

29.07

$6,300

-482

1992

N

40

Bulgaria

7,204,687

90.51

$12,600

0

1908

Y

41

Croatia

4,489,409

79.21

$17,600

0

1991

N

42

Kosovo

1,815,048

5.3

$2,500

 

2008

N

44

Macedonia

2,066,718

18.77

$9,000

-250

1991

N

45

Montenegro

672,180

6.708

$9,800

-106

2006

N

46

Romania

22,215,421

255.4

$11,500

0

1877

Y

47

Serbia

7,379,339

78.36

$10,400

-1,047

2006

N

10

West

157,263,629

5,520

$35,159

33,530

 

 

48

Belgium

10,414,336

381

$36,600

2,386

1830

Y

49

France

64,057,792

2,110

$32,800

10,908

486

Y

40

Guernsey

65,632

2.742

$44,600

 

UK

N

50

Jersey

91,812

5.1

$57,000

 

UK

N

51

Luxembourg

491,775

36.37

$78,000

415

1839

Y

52

Ireland

4,203,200

176.9

$42,200

1,328

1921

Y

53

Isle of Man

76,913

2.719

$35,000

 

UK

N

54

Monaco

32,965

0.976

$30,000

 

1419

N

55

Netherlands

16,715,999

654.9

$39,200

6,993

1581

Y

56

United Kingdom

61,113,205

2,149

$35,600

11,500

1927

Y

 

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Vital Statistics 2010

 

Country

Population

Growth

 

Births per 000

Deaths per 000

Immi

gration per 000

Infant Mortal ity per 000

Life Expect

ancy

AIDS

rate

Literacy

Penal Pop.

 

Penal Pop.

Per  00,0000

Akrotiri

15,700

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Albania

3,639,453

0.546%

15.29

5.55

-4.28

18.62

77.96

0

98.7%

5,041

159

Andorra

70,549

1.135%

10.35

5.89

6.89

3.76

82.51

0

100%

60

71

Austria

8,210,281

0.052%

8.65

9.98

1.85

4.42

79.5

0.2%

98%

8,308

99

Belarus

9,648,533

-0.0%

9.71

13.86

0.38

6.43

79.63

0.2%

99.6%

36,533

385

Belgium

10,414,336

0.094%

10.15

10.44

1.22

4.44

79.22

0.2%

99%

10,159

94

Bosnia& Herzegovina

4,613,414

0.339%

8.85

8.63

3.17

9.1

78.5

0.1%

96.7%

2,674

66

Bulgaria

7,204,687

-0.79%

9.51

14.31

-3.11

17.87

72.03

0.1%

98.2%

9,408

124

Croatia

4,489,409

-0.05%

9.64

11.75

1.58

6.37

75.35

0.1%

98.1%

4,734

107

Cyprus

1,084,748

1.69%

11.32

6.4

11.98

9.7

77.49

0.1%

97.6%

671

83

Czech Republic

10,211,904

-0.09%

8.83

10.74

0.97

3.79

76.02

0.1%

99%

22,013

209

Dhekelia

15,700

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Denmark

5,500,510

0.28%

10.54

10.22

2.48

4.34

78.3

0.2%

99%

3,645

66

Estonia

1,299,371

-0.63%

10.37

13.42

-3.26

7.32

72.82

1.3%

99.8%

3,555

265

Faroe Islands

49,057 

0.424%

12.9

8.66

0

6.18

79.58

 

99%

12

25

Finland

5,250,275

0.098%

10.38

10.07

0.68

3.47

78.97

0.1%

100%

3,583

67

France

64,057,792

0.549%

12.57

8.56

1.48

3.33

80.98

0.4%

99%

59,655

96

Georgia

4,615,807

-0.33%

10.66

9.65

-4.26

16.22

76.72

0.1%

100%

21,239

483

Germany

82,329,758

-0.05%

8.18

10.9

2.19

3.99

79.26

0.1%

99%

72,048

88

Gibraltar

28,877 

0.27

14.12

8.17

-3.32

6.82

78.53

 

80%

51

174

Greece

10,737,428

0.127%

9.45

10.51

2.33

5.16

79.66

0.2%

96%

12,300

109

Greenland

57,637

0.064%

14.68

8.05

-5.99

10.26

70.67

 

100%

132

234

Guernsey

65,632

0.225%

8.55

10.1

3.81

4.36

80.14

 

 

77

117

Holy See

829

0.004%

 

 

 

 

 

 

100%

 

 

Hungary

9,905,596

-0.26%

9.51

12.94

0.87

7.86

73.44

0.1%

99.4%

15,373

153

Iceland

306,694

0.74%

13.43

6.85

0.83

3.23

80.67

0.2%

99%

175

55

Ireland

4,203,200

1.12%

14.23

7.75

4.71

5.05

78.24

0.2%

99%

3,895

85

Isle of Man

76,913 

0.523%

10.7

10.67

5.2

5.27

78.98

 

 

97

127

Italy

58,126,212 

-0.05%

8.18

10.72

2.06

5.51

80.2

0.4%

98.4%

64,595

107

Jersey

91,812

0.196

8.56

9.32

2.72

4.66

79.89

 

 

176

190

Kosovo

1,815,048

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

91.9%

1,300

62

Latvia

2,231,503

-0.61%

9.78

13.62

-2.3

8.77

72.15

0.8%

99.7%

7,200

319

Liechtenstein

34,761

0.702%

9.75

7.39

4.66

4.25

80.06

0

100%

10

28

Lithuania

3,555,179

-0.28%

9.11

11.18

-0.72

6.47

74.9

0.4%

99.6%

7,744

230

Luxembourg

491,775

1.172%

11.73

8.44

8.44

4.56

79.33

0.2%

100%

745

155

Macedonia

2,066,718

0.262%

11.97

8.83

-0.52

9.01

74.68

0.1%

96.1%

2,235

109

Malta

405,165

0.4%

10.36

8.38

2.02

3.75

79.44

0.1%

92.8%

560

134

Moldova

4,320,748

-0.08%

11.12

10.78

-1.13

13.13

70.8

0.4%

99.1%

6,535

184

Monaco

32,965

0.394%

9.1

12.74

7.58

5

80.09

 

99%

25

76

Montenegro

672,180

-0.85%

11.14

8.63

 

 

 

 

 

961

153

Netherlands

16,715,999

0.412%

10.4

8.74

2.46

4.73

79.4

0.2%

99%

16,416

100

Norway

4,660,539

0.341%

10.99

9.29

1.71

3.58

79.95

0.1%

100%

3,369

70

Poland

38,482,919

-0.05%

10.04

10.05

-0.47

6.8

75.63

0.1%

99.8%

85,530

224

Portugal

10,707,924 

0.275%

10.29

10.68

3.14

4.78

77.53

0.5%

93.3%

11,493

108

Romania

22,215,421

-0.15%

10.53

11.88

-0.13

22.9

72.45

0.1%

97.3%

27,638

129

Russia

140,041,244

-0.47%

11.1

16.06

0.28

10.56

66.03[1]

1.1%

99.4%

862,300

609

San Marino

30,167

1.15%

9.68

8.55

10.38

5.53

80.81[2]

 

96%

2[3]

6.6

Serbia

7,379,339

-0.47%

9.19

13.86

0

6.75

73.9

0.1%

96.4%

10,526

143

Slovakia

5,463,046

0.137%

10.6

9.53

0.3

6.84

75.4

0.1%

99.6%

8,166

151

Slovenia

2,005,692

-0.11%

8.97

10.62

0.52

4.25

76.92

0.1%

99.7%

1,317

65

Spain

40,525,002

0.070%

9.72

9.99

0.99

4.21

80.05

0.5%

97.9%

76,753

166

Sweden

9,059,651

0.158%

10.13

10.21

1.66

2.75

80.86

0.1%

99%

6,853

74

Svalbard

2,067

-0.02%

[4]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Switzerland

7,604,467

0.276%

9.59

8.59

1.76

4.18

80.39

0.6%

99%

6,084

79

Ukraine

45,700,395

-0.63%

9.6

15.81

-0.11

8.98

68.25[5]

1.6%

99.4%

144,380

314

United Kingdom

61,113,205

0.279%

10.65

10.02

2.16

4.85

79.01

0.2%

99%

94,258

154

Total

731,782,548

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,740,764

294

European Union

491,582,852

0.108%

9.9

10.28

1.46

5.72

78.67

 

 

 

 

 

Sources: CIA World Fact July 2009; World Prison Brief June 2008

 

Economics 2010

 

Country

Population

GDP billion

Purch.

parity

GDP

bill

ex

rate

Economic

Growth

2009

Per capita

Labor 000s

Unem       ploy

ment

Below Poverty Line

Budget Revenue billions

Budget Expense billions

Surplus

Deficit

billions

Deficit as % GDP ex rate

Public

Debt

% GDP

Inflation

Exports  billions

Imports billions

Trade Balance

billions

Trade Balance % GDP

External Debt in billions

Foreign Aid millions

2008

EU Mem. y / n

Europe

731,174,482

18,257

18,744

 

$24,975

357,652

 

 

7,357

8,563

-1,206

-6.4%

 

 

5,016

4,973

43

0.2%

37,100

78,447

-4,186

 

European Union

491,582,852

14,510

16,180

-4%

$32,600

224,800

9.2%

 

1,109

1,123

 

 

 

0.6%

1,952

1,690

262

 

 

55,725

 

 

Albania

3,639,453

22.9

11.86

3.7%

$6,300

1,103

12%

25%

3.46

4.099

-0.639

-5.4%

54.9%

2.1%

1.194

3.602

-2.408

-20.3%

1.41

-386

N

Andorra

83,888

4.22

4.22

2.6%[6]

$44,900

42.2

7%

8%

0.531

0.531

0

0

0

2.3%

0.089

1.801

-1.712

-40.6%

0

12

N

Austria

8,210,281

323.1

378.8

-3.5%[7]

$39,400

3,680

4.7%

6%

181.2

194.4

-13.2

-4%[8]

66.5%

0.4%

129

136

-7

-1.8%

15.5

1,714

Y

Belarus

9,648,533

116

46

-0.2%[9]

$11,600

5,000

1%

27.1%

16.5

16.9

-0.4[10]

-0.87%

 

10%

24.8

30.4

-5.6[11]

-12.2%

7.9

-110

N

Belgium

10,414,336

381

366.9

-3.1%[12]

$36,600

5,010

8.3%

15.2%[13]

204.9

230.9

-26[14]

-7%

99%

0%

296.1

315

-18.9[15]

-5.2%

1,354[16]

2,386

Y

Bosnia& Herzegovina

4,025,476

29.07

17.16

-3.4%[17]

$6,300

1,863

44%

25%

7.814

8.571

-0.757

-4.4%[18]

43%

0.6%

3.95

8.82

-3.95

-23%

8.415

-482

N

Bulgaria

7,204,687

90.51

45.3

-4.9%[19]

$12,600

3,200

9.1%

14%

18.4

18.9

-0.5

-1.1%

14.7%

1.6%

16.23

23.27

-6.04

-13.3%

49.28

0

Y

Croatia

4,489,409

79.21

62.45

-5.2%[20]

$17,600

1,196

16.1%

17%

20.99

22.35

-1.36

-2.2%

61%

2.4%

10.57

22.1

-11.53

-18.5%

59.4

0

N

Cyprus

1,084,748

22.97

23.49

-0.8%[21]

$21,200

400

4.8%

 

9.689

10.72

-1.031

-4.4%

52.4%

0.9%

1.135

6.676

-5.541

-23.6%

7.327

0

Y

Czech Republic

10,211,904

256.6

191.9

-4.1%

$25,100

5,380

9.3%

 

76.71

85.65

-8.94

-4.6%

32.8%

1.1%

106.4

99.97

6.43

3.4%

76.83

0

Y

Denmark

5,500,510

198.6

311.9

-4.3%[22]

$36,000

2,940

4.3%

12.1%

175.4

175.6

-0.2

-0.06%

38.5%

1.3%

91.9

84.07

7.83

2.5%

607.4

2,803

Y

Estonia

1,299,371

24.36

18.26

-14.1%[23]

$18,700

700

14.3%

19.5%

7.293

8.042

-0.749

-4.1%

7.5%

-0.4%

9.233

9.315

-0.082

-0.4%

8.373

0

Y

Faroe Islands

49,057 

1.56

2.45

0.5%[24]

$48,200

35

3.9%

 

1.163

1.139

0.024

1%

 

-1.1%

0.848

0.983

-0.135

-5.5%

0.068

 

N

Finland

5,250,275

182.6

238.2

-7.6%

$34,900

2,680

8.5%

 

115.7

122.6

-6.9

-2.9%

41.4%

0%

57.88

54.1

3.78

1.6%

364.9

1,166

Y

France

64,057,792

2,110

2,666

-2.2%[25]

$32,800

27,990

9.7%

6.2%

1,229

1,445

-216

-8.1%

79.7%

0.1%

456.8

532.2

-75.4

-2.8%

5,021

10,908

Y

Georgia

4,615,807

20.29

11.11

-7[26]

$4,400

1,918

16.4%

31%

3.444

3.183

0.261

2.4%

 

1.5%

1.14

4.477

-3.337

-30%

3.381

-888

N

Germany

82,329,758

2,811

3,273

-5%[27]

$34,100

43,510

8.2%

11%

1,398

1,540

-142[28]

-4.3%

77.2%

0%

1,121

931.3

189.7

5.8%

5,208

13,981

Y

Gibraltar

28,877 

1.106

1.106

3.7%[29]

$38,500

13

3%

 

0.455

0.424

0.031

2.8%

15.5%

2.9%

0.271

2.967

-2.696

-244%

0

 

N

Greece

10,737,428

341

342.2

-2%[30]

$32,100

5,000

9%

20%

108.7

145.2

-36.5

-11%[31]

113.4%

1.2%

21.37

64.27

-42.9

-12.5%

552.8

703

Y

Greenland

57,637

2.03

2.03

1.5%

$35,400

28,240

6.8%

9.2%

1.47

1.51

-0.04

-1.9%

 

9.4%

0.485

0.867

-0.382

-18.8%

0.58

 

N

Guernsey

65,632

2.742

2.742

3%

$44,600

32

0.9%

 

0.564

0.531

0.033

1.2%

 

3.4%

0

0

 

 

0

 

 

Holy See

829

0

0

 

 

0

 

 

0.356

0.357

-0.001

 

 

 

0

0

 

 

0

 

 

Hungary

9,905,596

184.9

125.7

-6.7%[32]

$18,600

3,800

10.8%

12%

44.1

44.8

-0.7

-0.66[33]

78%

2%

83.34

76.89

6.45

5.1%

116.8

0

Y

Iceland

306,694

12.15

11.92

-6.6%[34]

$39,600

181

8.2%

 

3.879

5.488

-1.579

-13%

95.1%

12%

4.218

2.826

1.392

11.6%

3.073

0

N

Ireland

4,203,200

176.9

229.4

-7.5%[35]

$42,200

2,200

12%

4.2%

74.82

104.6

-29.78

-13%

63.7%

-1.7%

107.3

64.9

42.4

18.5%

2.287

1,328

Y

Isle of Man

76,913 

2.719

2.719

5.2%

$35,000

40

1.5%

 

0.965

0.943

0.022

0.8%

 

3.1%

0

0

 

 

0

 

 

Italy

58,126,212 

1,760

2,114

-4.8%[36]

$30,300

24,950

7.5%

 

960.1

1,068

-107.9

-5%[37]

115.2%

0.6%

369

358.7

10.3

0.5%

2,328

4,861

Y

Jersey

91,812

5.1

5.1

 

$57,000

54

 

 

0.829

0.851

-0.022

-0.4%

 

3.7%

0

0

 

 

0

 

 

Kosovo

1,815,048

5.3

3.237

N/A[1]

$2,500

550

43%

35%

1.19

1.22

-0.03

-0.9%

 

5.3%

0.527

2.6

-2.073

-64%

 

 

N

Latvia

2,231,503

32.4

24.48

-17.8%[38]

$14,500

1,205

16.6%

 

9.501

12.15

-2.649

-11%

32.5%

3.3%

6.721

8.849

-2.128

-8.7%

38.01

0

Y

Liechtenstein

34,761

4.16

4.603

3.1%

$122,100

32

1.5%

 

0.943

0.820

0.123

2.7%

 

0.5%

3.92

2.59

0

 

0

 

N

Lithuania

3,555,179

54.84

36.39

-15%[39]

$15,400

1,656

13.7%

4%

13.09

16.62

-3.53

-9.7%

20.9%

4.2%

16.1

17.84

-1.74

-4.8%

36.43

0

Y

Luxembourg

491,775

38.37

47.06

-3.9%[40]

$78,000

208

6.8%

 

17.83

19.76

-1.93

-4.1%

14.5%

0.5%

14.05

18.69

-4.64

-9.9%

1,994

415

Y

Macedonia

2,066,718

18.77

8.929

-1.5%

$9,000

941

31.7%

28.7%

3

3.236

-0.236

-2.6%

32.4%

-0.8%

3.035

4.942

1.907

21.4%

5.458

 

N

Malta

405,165

9.831

7.805

-2.2%

$23,800

175

6.9%

 

4.119

3.736

0.383

4.9

67%

1.8%

2.26

3.84

1.58

20.2%

3.75

 

Y

Moldova

4,320,748

9.986

5.391

-7.7%[41]

$2,300

1,336

2.6%

29.5%

1.751

2.112

-0.36

-6.7%

31.3%

0%

1.24

3.14

-1.9

-35.3%

3.97

-299

N

Monaco

32,965

0.976

0.976

0.9%

$30,000

44

0%

 

0.863

0.531

0.33

34%

 

1.9%

0.716

0.916

-0.2

-20.5%

18

 

N

Montenegro

672,180

6.708

4.496

-4%[42]

$9,800

259

14.7%

7%

0

0

0

 

38%

 

0.171

0.602

-0.431

-9.6%

0.650

-106

N

Netherlands

16,715,999

654.9

799

-3.9%[43]

$39,200

8,330

5%

10.5%

335.4

372.5

-37.1

-5%[44]

62.2%

1.2%

397.6

358.9

38.65

4.8%

3,733

6,993

Y

Norway

4,660,539

273.1

373.3

-1%[45]

$58,600

2,600

3.2%

 

206.9

169

37.9

10.2%

60.2%

2.3%

122

64.5

57.5

15.4%

548.1

3,963

Y

Poland

38,482,919

690.1

427.9

1.7%[46]

$17,900

16,990

8.9%

17%

83.86

93.47

-9.61

-2.2%

47.5%

3.4%

134.7

141.7

-7

-1.6%

201.2

 

Y

Portugal

10,707,924 

233.4

222.4

-2.8%[47]

$21,800

5,580

9.2%

18%

91.89

106.8

-14.91

-6.7%

75.2%

-0.9%

41.43

58.79

-17.36

-7.8%

507

620

Y

Romania

22,215,421

255.4

162.6

-7.2%[48]

$11,500

9,330

7.6%

25%

50.75

61.51

-10.76

-6.6%

20%

5%

38.1

49.2

-11.1

-6.8%

95.48

0

Y

Russia

140,041,244

2,116

1,232

-7.9%[49]

$15,100

75,810

8.9%

15.8%

205.3

306.6

-101.3

-8.2%

6.9%

11.9%

295.6

196.8

98.8

8%

369.2

 

N

San Marino

30,167

1.662

1.048

4.3%

$41,900

22.6

3.1%

 

0.691

0.653

0.038

3.6%

3.5%

3.3%

4.628

3.744

0.884

84%

0

 

N

Serbia

7,379,339

78.36

42.88

-3%[50]

$10,400

3,107

16.6%

7.9%

9.7

11.3

-1.6

-3.7%

31.3%

6.6%

8.34

15.85

-7.51

-17.5%

31.72

-1,047

N

Slovakia

5,463,046

115.7

89.33

-4.7%[51]

$21,200

2,365

12.1%

21%

21.08

34.68

-13.6

-15.2%

37.1%

1.6%

55.4

53.74

1.66

1.9%

52.53

 

Y

Slovenia

2,005,692

39.41

50.13

-7.3%[52]

$27,900

914

9.4%

12.3%

20.58

23.54

-2.96

-5.9%

34%

0.8%

24.3

22.9

1.4

2.8%

55

0[53]

Y

Spain

40,525,002

1,368

1,466

-3.6%[54]

$33,700

22,970

18.1%

19.8%

420.4

536.3

-115.9

-7.9%

50%

-0.8%

215.7

293.2

-77.5

-5.3%

2,410

6,867

Y

Sweden

9,059,651

333.5

402.4

-4.4%

$36,800

4,930

9.3%

 

196.9

211.4

-14.5

-3.6%

43.2%

-0.5%

132.8

121.1

11.7

2.9%

669.1

4,732

Y

Switzerland

7,604,467

317

489.8

-1.5%

$41,700

4,280

4.4%

7,4%

151.5

150

1.5

0.3%

43.5%

0.1%

190.1

177.2

12.9

2.6%

1,339

2,038

N

Ukraine

45,700,395

294.3

117.1

-14.1%[55]

$6,400[56]

20,400

4.8%

35%

26.35

34.37

-8.02

-6.8%

30%

 

 

12.3%

41.49

45.58

-4.09

-3.5%

104

618

N

United Kingdom

61,113,205

2,149

2,224

-4.8%

$35,200

31,250

8%

14%

819.9

1,132

-312.1

-14%

68.5%

2.1%

351.3

473.6

-122.3

-5.5%

9,088

11,500

Y

 

Sources: CIA World Fact  Book July 2009; OECD Development Aid at a Glance 2010

 

 



[1] Over the past few years Kosovo's economy has shown significant progress in transitioning to a market-based system and maintaining macroeconomic stability, but it is still highly dependent on the international community and the diaspora for financial and technical assistance. Remittances from the diaspora - located mainly in Germany and Switzerland - are estimated to account for about 14% of GDP, and donor-financed activities and aid for another 7.5%. Kosovo's citizens are the poorest in Europe with an average annual per capita income of only $2,500. Unemployment, around 40% of the population, is a significant problem that encourages outward migration and black market activity.



[1] In Russia the male life expectancy is 59.33 years and the female: 73.14 years (2009 est.)

[2] San Marino boasts the world's longest life expectancy for men with 81 years. 

[3] Council of Europe Annual Penal Statistics - most prisoners serve their sentences in Italian prisons and are not included in the prison population total for San Marino.

[4] In Svalbard the Norwegian state-owned coal company employs nearly 60% of the Norwegian population on the island, runs many of the local services, and provides most of the local infrastructure. There is also some hunting of seal, reindeer, and fox.

[5] In Ukraine the male life expectancy is 62.37 years female: 74.5 years (2009 est.)

[6] Tourism, the mainstay of Andorra's tiny, well-to-do economy, accounts for more than 80% of GDP. An estimated 11 million tourists visit annually, attracted by Andorra's duty-free status for some products and by its summer and winter resorts. Andorra's comparative advantage eroded when the borders of neighboring France and Spain opened, providing broader availability of goods and lower tariffs. The banking sector, with its partial "tax haven" status, also contributes substantially to the economy.

[7] The international financial crisis and global economic downturn in 2008 led to a recession that persisted until the third quarter of 2009. Austrian GDP contracted 3.5% in 2009 but it will probably see positive growth of nearly 2% in 2010.

[8] Stimulus initiatives, and the government's income tax reforms pushed the budget deficit to about 4% of GDP in 2009, from only about 1.3% in 2008.

[9] Government statistics indicate GDP growth was strong, reaching 10% in 2008, despite the roadblocks of a tough, centrally directed economy with a high rate of inflation. However, the global crisis pushed the country into recession in 2009, and GDP fell 0.2%.

[10] In 2009, Belarus devalued the ruble more than 40% and tightened some fiscal and monetary policies. Nevertheless, Belarus missed its 2009 budget targets with a deficit of less than 1% of GDP.

[11] On 1 January 2010, Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus launched a customs union, with unified trade regulations and customs codes still under negotiation. In late January, Russia and Belarus amended their 2007 oil supply agreement.

[12] In 2009 Belgian GDP contracted by 3.1%, the unemployment rate rose slightly, and the budget deficit worsened because of large-scale bail-outs in the financial sector. Belgian banks have been severely affected by the international financial crisis with three major banks all receiving capital injections from the government. An ageing population and rising social expenditures are also increasing pressure on public finances, making it likely the government will need to implement unpopular austerity measures to restore fiscal balance.

[13] While unemployment has gone down from 15% in 2007 to 8% in 2009 the poverty rate has dramatically increased from 4% to 15%.

[14] The Belgian government succeeded in balancing its budget during the 2000-2008 period.

[15] Roughly three-quarters of Belgium's trade is with other EU countries and its overall current account deficit widened to 4% of GDP in 2009.

[16] As the result of bank bailouts Belgian foreign debt rose from $28.3 billion to over $1,354 billion as of December 31, 2008.

[17] 2003-08 Bosnia & Herovina’s GDP growth exceeded 5% per year. However, due in large part to the global economic crisis, GDP fell by about 3% in 2009, exports fell 24%, and unemployment - as officially reported - rose above 40%.

[18] In 2009, Bosnia's economy was hurt by the global financial downturn, with GDP, exports, and employment all showing declines. One of Bosnia's main challenges has been to cut public sector wages and social benefits to meet the IMF's budget deficit criteria and qualify for additional tranches of Fund aid.

[19] Bulgaria, a former Communist country that entered the EU on 1 January 2007, averaged more than 6% growth from 2004 to 2008, driven by significant amounts of foreign direct investment. GDP in 2009 contracted by approximately 5%.

[20] Once one of the wealthiest of the Yugoslav republics, Croatia's economy suffered badly during the 1991-95 war as output collapsed and the country missed the early waves of investment in Central and Eastern Europe that followed the fall of the Berlin Wall.  Between 2000 and 2007, Croatia's economic fortunes began to improve slowly, with moderate but steady GDP growth between 4% and 6% led by a rebound in tourism and credit-driven consumer spending. Inflation over the same period has remained tame and the currency, the kuna, stable.

[21] The area of the Republic of Cyprus under government control has a market economy dominated by the service sector, which accounts for nearly four-fifths of GDP. Tourism, financial services, and real estate are the most important sectors.

[22] After a long consumption-driven upswing, Denmark's economy began slowing in early 2007 with the end of a housing boom. The global financial crisis has exacerbated this cyclical slowdown through increased borrowing costs and lower export demand, consumer confidence, and investment. The global financial crises cut Danish GDP by 0.9% in 2008 and 4.3% in 2009.

[23] High growth rates in Estonia - on average 8% per year from 2003 to 2007. Estonia's economy slowed down markedly and fell sharply into recession in mid-2008, primarily as a result of an investment and consumption slump following the bursting of the real estate market bubble. GDP dropped nearly 15% in 2009, among the world's highest rates of contraction.

[24] Fishing accounts for about 95% of exports and nearly half of GDP.  GDP grew 0.5% in 2008-09. The Faroese Home Rule Government produced increasing budget surpluses that helped to reduce the large public debt, most of it to Denmark.  Aided by an annual subsidy from Denmark amounting to about 6% of Faroese GDP, the Faroese have a standard of living comparable to that of the Danes and other Scandinavians.

[25] France has weathered the global economic crisis better than most other big EU economies because of more resilient consumer and government spending, and lower exposure to the downturn in global demand. Nonetheless, France's real GDP contracted 2.1% in 2009, while the unemployment rate increased from 7.4% in 2008 to nearly 10%. In response to the economic crisis the government passed a $35 billion stimulus plan in February 2009 centered on investment in infrastructure and tax breaks for small businesses. Paris also created a $25 billion strategic investment fund to protect French companies from foreign takeovers, and President Nicolas SARKOZY proposed a $52 billion plan for strategic investments in science and technology.

[26] Georgia's economy sustained GDP growth of more than 10% in 2006-07, based on strong inflows of foreign investment and robust government spending. However, GDP growth slowed to 2% in 2008 following the August 2008 conflict with Russia, and the economy contracted by nearly 5% in 2009 as foreign direct investment and workers' remittances declined in the wake of the global financial crisis.

[27] German GDP grew just over 1% in 2008 and contracted roughly 5% in 2009. Germany crept out of recession in the second and third quarters of 2009. The Germany economy probably will recover to about 1.5% growth for the year 2010.

[28] Germany's record budget deficit is expected to exceed 5% of GDP in 2010. The EU has given Germany until 2013 to get its consolidated budget deficit below 3% of GDP. A new constitutional amendment likewise limits the federal government to structural deficits of no more than 0.35% of GDP per annum as of 2016.

[29] Self-sufficient Gibraltar benefits from an extensive shipping trade, offshore banking, and its position as an international conference center. The British military presence has been sharply reduced and now contributes about 7% to the local economy, compared with 60% in 1984. The financial sector, tourism (almost 5 million visitors in 1998), shipping services fees, and duties on consumer goods also generate revenue. The financial sector, the shipping sector, and tourism each contribute 25%-30% of GDP. Telecommunications accounts for another 10%. In recent years, Gibraltar has seen major structural change from a public to a private sector economy, but changes in government spending still have a major impact on the level of employment.

[30] Greece is a major beneficiary of EU aid, equal to about 3.3% of annual GDP. The Greek economy grew by nearly 4.0% per year between 2003 and 2007, due partly to infrastructural spending related to the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, and in part to an increased availability of credit, which has sustained record levels of consumer spending. But growth dropped to 2% in 2008. The economy went into recession in 2009 and contracted by 2%.

[31] Greece violated the EU's Growth and Stability Pact budget deficit criterion of no more than 3% of GDP from 2001 to 2006, but finally met that criterion in 2007-08, before exceeding it again in 2009, with the deficit reaching 12.7% of GDP.

[32] Hungary's impending inability to service its short-term debt - brought on by the global financial crisis in late 2008 - led Budapest to seek and receive an IMF-arranged financial assistance package worth over $25 billion. The global economic downturn, declining exports, and low domestic consumption and fixed asset accumulation, dampened by government austerity measures, resulted in an economic contraction of 6.7% in 2009.

[33] The Hungary's austerity measures, imposed since late 2006, have reduced the budget deficit from over 9% of GDP in 2006 to 3.3% in 2008.

[34] The foreign exposure of Icelandic banks, whose loans and other assets totaled more than 10 times the country's GDP, became unsustainable. Iceland's three largest banks collapsed in late 2008. The country secured over $10 billion in loans from the IMF and other countries to stabilize its currency and financial sector, and to back government guarantees for foreign deposits in Icelandic banks. GDP fell 6.3% in 2009, and unemployment peaked at 8.8%. GDP growth is expected to be near zero in 2010.

[35] GDP growth averaged 6% in 1995-2007, but economic activity dropped sharply in 2008-09 as GDP fell by 3% in 2008 and nearly 8% in 2009.

[36] The Italian economy is driven in large part by the manufacture of high-quality consumer goods produced by small and medium-sized enterprises, many of them family-owned. Italy also has a sizable underground economy, which by some estimates accounts for as much as 15% of GDP.

[37] The Italian government has struggled to limit government spending, but Italy's exceedingly high public debt remains above 115% of GDP, and its fiscal deficit - just 1.5% of GDP in 2007 - exceeded 5% in 2009 as the costs of servicing the country's debt rose.

[38] Latvia's economy experienced GDP growth of more than 10% per year during 2006-07; but entered a severe recession in 2008 as a result of an unsustainable current account deficit and large debt exposure amid the softening world economy. GDP plunged nearly 18% in 2009 - the three former Soviet Baltic republics had the world's worst declines last year. The IMF, EU, and other donors provided assistance to Latvia as part of an agreement to defend the currency's peg to the euro and reduce the fiscal deficit to about 5% of GDP. 

[39] Lithuania's economy grew on average 8% per year for the four years prior to 2008, driven by exports and domestic demand. However, GDP plunged 15% in 2009.  The three former Soviet Baltic republics had the world's worst economic declines last year. 

[40]  Following strong expansion from 2004 to 2007, Luxembourg's economy contracted 0.9% in 2008 and 4.6% in 2009. 

[41] In 2008 Moldovan growth exceeded 7%, boosted by Russia's partial removal of the bans, solid fixed capital investment, and strong domestic demand driven by remittances from abroad. The country reversed course again in 2009, due to the onset of the global financial crisis and poor economic conditions in Moldova's main foreign markets, which dramatically decreased remittances. GDP fell about 9%.   In fall 2009, the IMF allocated $186 million to Moldova to cover its immediate budgetary needs, and the government signed an new agreement with the IMF in January 2010 for a program worth $574 million. The economy is likely to have a modest recovery in 2010.

[42] In May 2006, Montenegro invoked its right under the Constitutional Charter of Serbia and Montenegro to hold a referendum on independence from the state union. The vote for severing ties with Serbia exceeded 55% - the threshold set by the EU - allowing Montenegro to formally declare its independence on 3 June 2006.

[43] The Netherlands has been one of the leading European nations for attracting foreign direct investment and is one of the four largest investors in the US. After 26 years of uninterrupted economic growth, the Netherlands' economy - which is highly open and dependent on foreign trade and financial services - was hard-hit by global economic crisis. Dutch GDP contracted 4.3% in 2009, while exports declined nearly 25% due to a sharp contraction in world demand.

[44] Dutch stimulus programs and bank bailouts, however, have resulted in a government budget deficit of nearly 4.6% of GDP in 2009 that contrasts sharply with a surplus of 0.7% of GDP in 2008. 

[45] After lackluster growth of less than 1.5% in 2002-03, GDP growth picked up to 2.5-6.2% in 2004-07, partly due to higher oil prices. Growth fell to 2.5% in 2008, and the economy contracted by 1.1% in 2009 as a result of the slowing world economy and the drop in oil prices.

[46] Before 2009, Polish GDP had grown about 5% annually.

[47] Economic growth had been above the EU average for much of the 1990s, but fell back in 2001-08, and shrank 3.3% in 2009. GDP per capita stands at roughly two-thirds of the EU-27 average.

[48] Romania's GDP growth contracted markedly in the last quarter of 2008 as the country began to feel the effects of a global downturn in financial markets and trade, and GDP fell nearly 7% in 2009, and unemployment doubled. Romania hopes to adopt the euro by 2014.

[49] The economy had averaged 7% growth since the 1998 Russian financial crisis, resulting in a doubling of real disposable incomes and the emergence of a middle class. The Russian economy, however, was one of the hardest hit by the 2008-09 global economic crisis as oil prices plummeted and the foreign credits that Russian banks and firms relied on dried up. The Central Bank of Russia spent one-third of its $600 billion international reserves, the world's third largest, in late 2008 to slow the devaluation of the ruble. The government also devoted $200 billion in a rescue plan to increase liquidity in the banking sector and aid Russian firms unable to roll over large foreign debts coming due. The economic decline appears to have bottomed out in mid-2009 and by the second half of the year there were signs that the economy was growing, albeit slowly. Long-term challenges include a shrinking workforce, a high level of corruption, and poor infrastructure in need of large capital investment.

[50] Serbia signed an augmented $4 billion Stand By Arrangement with the IMF in May 2009. IMF conditions on Serbia constrain the use of stimulus efforts to revive the economy, while Serbia's concerns about inflation and exchange rate stability preclude the use of expansionary monetary policy. Nevertheless, the IMF projects that Serbia's economy will grow by 1.5% in 2010 after a 3% contraction in 2009 as a recovery in Western Europe takes hold.

[51] Slovakia's economic growth exceeded expectations in 2001-08 despite the general European slowdown.  Slovakian GDP fell nearly 5% in 2009 and unemployment rose above 12%, as the global recession impacted many segments of the economy.

[52]  In 2009 the world recession caused the Slovenian economy to contract - through falling exports and industrial production - more than 6% and unemployment to rise above 9%.

[53] In March 2004, Slovenia became the first transition country to graduate from borrower status to donor partner at the World Bank.

[54] Spain's mixed capitalist economy is the 12th largest in the world, and its per capita income roughly matches that of Germany and France. However, after almost 15 years of above average GDP growth, the Spanish economy began to slow in late 2007 and entered into a recession in the second quarter of 2008. Spain's unemployment rate rose from a low of about 8% in 2007 to more than 19% in December 2009 and continues to rise. Its fiscal deficit worsened from 3.8% of GDP in 2008 to about 11% of GDP in 2009, more than three times the EMU limit. GDP contracted by 3.6% from 2008, ending a 16-year growth trend. The economy is projected to resume modest growth sometime in 2010, making Spain the last major economy to emerge from the global recession. 

[55] Real GDP growth exceeded 7% in 2006-07, fueled by high global prices for steel - Ukraine's top export - and by strong domestic consumption, spurred by rising pensions and wages. The drop in steel prices and Ukraine's exposure to the global financial crisis due to aggressive foreign borrowing lowered growth in 2008 and the economy contracted more than 14% in 2009, among the worst economic performances in the world. Ukraine reached an agreement with the IMF for a $16.4 billion Stand-By Arrangement in November 2008.

[56] Ukrainian per capita declined $1,000 since $7,400 (2008 est.)$7,200 (2007 est.)note: data are in 2009 US dollars.