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General informationCoverageThe 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 availableFigures in italics are estimates, provisional or forecasts

Extraction dateData were extracted on: 31 January 2012The next edition (extraction planned: 30 April 2012) will be issued in May 2012.The most recent data is available athttp://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/statistics/search_database

Data codesThe 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 up-to-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

2008 2009 2010 Target

Empl

oym

ent Employment rate, aged 20-64

(% of population) 70.3 69.0 68.6 75

- women 62.8 62.3 62.1

- men 77.9 75.8 75.1

R&D Gross domestic

expenditure on R&D (% of GDP)

1.9 2.0 2.0 3

Clim

ate

chan

ge /

ener

gy

Greenhouse gas emissions (1990=100) 89 83 : 80

Renewables share of final energy consumption (%) 10.5 11.7 : 20

Energy intensity (kgoe/(EUR 1 000 of GDP)) 167.4 165.2 : (1)

Educ

atio

n

Early leavers from education & training (%) 14.9 14.4 14.1 10

- 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 40

- women 34.3 35.7 37.2

- men 28.0 28.9 30.0Po

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xclu

sion

People at-risk-of poverty or exclusion (million) 115.7 113.7 115.5

20 mil.less

People at-risk-of poverty or exclusion (%) 23.6 23.1 23.4

- with very low work intensity (%) 9.0 9.0 9.9

- after social transfers (%) 16.4 16.3 16.4

- severely materially deprived (%) 8.4 8.1 8.1

(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)

Principal European economic indicators

GDP, quarterly growth rate (%)

-5.0

-2.5

0.0

2.5

Q1-2003 Q1-2005 Q1-2007 Q1-2009 Q1-2011EU-27 Japan United States

Source: Eurostat (online data code: namq_gdp_k)

Labour cost index, quarterly growth rate (%)

-0.50.00.51.01.52.02.5

Q1-2003 Q1-2005 Q1-2007 Q1-2009 Q1-2011EU-27 Euro area (EA-17)

Source: Eurostat (online data code: lc_lci_r2_q)

Trade of goods and services, quarterly growth rate, EU-27 (%)

-10

-5

0

5

10

Q1-2003 Q1-2005 Q1-2007 Q1-2009 Q1-2011

Exports of goods Imports of goodsExports of services Imports of services

Source: Eurostat (online data code: namq_exi_k)

Inflation, annual rate of change, EU (%)-2 0 2 4 6 8 10 12

All-itemsEnergy (1)

HousingTransport

   Alcoholic bev. & tobaccoFood & non-alcoholic bev.

HealthRestaurants & hotels

EducationHousehold equipment

Clothing & footwearRecreation & culture

CommunicationsMiscellaneous

Dec. 2010 Dec. 2011 (2)

(1) Estimate for December 2010. (2) Provisional.Source: Eurostat (online data code: prc_hicp_manr)

Inflation, annual rate of change, all-items indices, December 2011 (%)

-1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6EU (1)

Euro area (1)BelgiumBulgaria

Czech RepublicDenmarkGermany

EstoniaIrelandGreece

SpainFrance

ItalyCyprusLatvia

LithuaniaLuxembourg

HungaryMalta (1)

Netherlands (1)Austria (1)

PolandPortugalRomaniaSloveniaSlovakiaFinland

SwedenUnited Kingdom (2)

IcelandNorway

Switzerland(1) Provisional. (2) November 2011.Source: Eurostat (online data code: prc_hicp_manr)

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Economy, public finance

GDP in current prices GDP growth in volume Public balance Government debt

(EUR / inhabitant)

(EUR 1 000 million) Quarterly growth rate (%) (% of GDP) (% of GDP)

2010 Q1-2011 Q2-2011 Q3-2011 Q2-2011 Q3-2011 Q2-2011 Q3-2011EU-27 24 400 12 256 0.7 0.2 0.3 -4.3 : 81.7 82.2Euro area (EA-17) 27 600 9 161 0.8 0.2 0.1 -3.7 : 87.7 87.4Belgium 32 600 354 0.9 0.4 -0.1 1.4 -9.0 98.0 98.5Bulgaria 4 800 36 0.5 0.3 0.3 -0.6 0.2 15.2 15.0Czech Republic 14 200 149 0.6 0.2 -0.1 -0.5 -3.2 39.0 39.8Denmark 42 500 236 0.0 1.0 -0.5 -2.0 -3.6 46.4 49.3Germany 30 300 2 477 1.3 0.3 0.5 : : 82.0 81.8Estonia 10 700 14 3.0 1.7 1.2 4.5 3.7 6.2 6.1Ireland 34 900 156 1.8 1.9 1.6 -8.2 -10.6 102.3 104.9Greece 20 100 227 0.2 : : -12.3 -9.4 154.7 159.1Spain 22 800 1 051 0.4 0.2 0.0 -9.9 -6.1 66.0 66.0France 29 800 1 933 0.9 -0.1 0.3 : : 86.0 85.2Italy 25 700 1 556 0.1 0.3 -0.2 -3.4 -2.7 121.2 119.6Cyprus 21 600 17 -0.2 0.2 -0.7 -7.0 1.9 67.4 67.5Latvia 8 000 18 1.2 2.1 1.7 0.9 -0.8 45.1 44.6Lithuania 8 400 28 2.1 1.8 1.4 -5.1 -1.5 38.1 37.6Luxembourg 79 500 40 0.2 -0.9 0.6 4.5 -1.8 18.8 18.5Hungary 9 700 97 0.5 0.2 0.5 -4.2 -5.6 77.7 82.6Malta 14 800 6 -0.3 0.4 0.3 -6.7 -2.5 71.9 70.3Netherlands 35 400 588 0.8 0.2 -0.2 -8.5 -5.4 63.8 64.5Austria 34 100 286 0.9 0.5 0.3 -2.0 -2.9 72.1 71.6Poland 9 300 354 1.0 1.2 1.0 -6.3 -2.2 55.9 56.3Portugal 16 200 173 -0.6 -0.2 -0.6 -9.0 -3.8 106.5 110.1Romania 5 800 124 1.2 0.9 1.8 -4.1 -3.0 34.3 33.3Slovenia 17 300 35 -0.1 0.0 -0.2 -7.5 -5.0 44.4 44.4Slovakia 12 100 66 0.8 0.8 0.8 -5.0 -2.5 42.7 42.2Finland 33 600 180 0.2 0.1 0.9 5.0 -1.4 45.5 47.2Sweden 37 000 347 0.7 1.0 1.6 4.4 0.5 37.3 37.0United Kingdom 27 400 1 706 0.4 0.0 0.6 -10.3 -7.5 83.9 85.2Iceland 29 900 9 2.8 -3.6 4.7 -5.3 -4.4 : :Norway 64 500 315 -0.5 0.5 1.4 14.8 14.5 41.8 39.0Switzerland 51 200 399 0.4 0.5 0.2 : : : :Online data code: nama_gdp_c teina011 gov_q_ggnfa gov_q_ggdebt

Source: Eurostat

Population, living conditions and educationPopulation Fertility

rate (children / woman) (2)

Life expectancy at birth

(years) (3)

At-risk-of poverty rate

(%) (4)

Educational attainment

(%) (5)

Early leavers from education

and training (%) (6)Total (million)

Share of age group (%) (1)<15 65+ Men Women Men Women Men Women Men Women

1.1.2011 2010EU-27 502.50 15.6 17.4 1.59 76.4 82.4 15.7 17.1 73.7 71.8 16.0 12.2Euro area (EA-17) 331.98 15.4 18.3 : 77.8 83.5 15.3 16.9 69.0 67.9 18.0 13.1Belgium 10.95 16.9 17.2 1.84 77.3 82.8 13.9 15.2 70.0 71.0 13.8 10.0Bulgaria 7.50 13.8 17.7 1.49 70.3 77.4 19.0 22.3 79.3 79.6 13.2 14.5Czech Republic 10.53 14.4 15.5 1.49 74.5 80.9 8.0 10.0 94.8 89.1 4.9 4.8Denmark 5.56 17.9 16.8 1.87 77.2 81.4 13.1 13.4 77.8 75.1 13.6 7.5Germany 81.75 13.4 20.6 1.39 78.0 83.0 14.9 16.4 88.3 83.3 12.7 11.0Estonia 1.34 15.3 17.0 1.63 70.6 80.8 15.4 16.2 86.3 91.8 15.2 9.3Ireland 4.48 21.8 11.6 2.07 78.7 83.2 14.9 15.1 70.5 76.4 12.6 8.4Greece 11.31 14.4 19.3 1.44 78.4 82.8 19.3 20.9 60.8 64.3 16.5 10.8Spain 46.15 15.1 17.1 1.39 79.1 85.3 20.1 21.3 51.5 53.7 33.5 23.1France 65.08 18.5 16.8 2.00 78.0 85.0 12.8 14.1 72.1 69.6 15.4 10.3Italy 60.63 14.0 20.3 1.41 79.1 84.5 16.8 19.5 54.3 56.0 22.0 15.4Cyprus 0.80 16.9 13.1 1.51 78.6 83.6 14.4 17.9 75.2 73.0 16.2 9.8Latvia 2.23 13.7 17.4 1.17 68.6 78.4 21.7 21.0 85.1 91.6 17.2 9.4Lithuania 3.24 15.0 16.5 1.55 68.0 78.9 20.7 19.8 91.0 93.0 9.9 6.2Luxembourg 0.51 17.6 13.9 1.63 77.9 83.5 14.6 14.4 80.7 74.6 8.0 6.0Hungary 9.99 14.6 16.7 1.25 70.7 78.6 12.6 12.0 84.3 78.4 11.5 9.5Malta 0.42 15.3 15.5 1.38 79.2 83.6 15.0 16.0 31.4 26.0 41.0 32.4Netherlands 16.66 17.5 15.6 1.79 78.9 83.0 9.7 10.8 73.9 70.8 12.2 7.9Austria 8.40 14.7 17.6 1.44 77.9 83.5 10.7 13.5 87.6 77.5 8.4 8.2Poland 38.20 15.1 13.6 1.38 72.1 80.7 17.4 17.7 88.8 88.5 7.2 3.5Portugal 10.64 15.1 18.2 1.36 76.7 82.8 17.3 18.4 28.6 35.1 32.7 24.6Romania 21.41 15.2 14.9 1.38 69.8 77.4 20.7 21.4 78.5 70.2 18.6 18.2Slovenia 2.05 14.2 16.5 1.57 76.4 83.1 11.3 14.1 85.2 81.4 6.4 3.3Slovakia 5.44 15.3 12.4 1.40 71.7 79.3 11.7 12.2 92.8 89.1 4.6 4.9Finland 5.38 16.5 17.5 1.87 76.9 83.5 12.4 13.8 80.8 85.2 11.6 9.0Sweden 9.42 16.6 18.5 1.98 79.6 83.6 11.4 14.3 81.6 81.5 10.9 8.5United Kingdom 62.44 17.4 16.6 1.94 78.3 82.5 16.4 17.8 78.9 73.4 15.8 14.0Iceland 0.32 20.9 12.3 2.20 79.8 84.1 9.8 9.8 67.0 66.1 26.0 19.0Norway 4.92 18.7 15.1 1.95 79.0 83.3 10.1 12.2 81.4 80.5 21.4 13.2Switzerland 7.87 15.2 16.8 1.50 79.9 84.6 13.8 16.1 88.9 82.6 6.1 7.0Online data code: tps00001 tps00010 tsdde220 tps00025 tessi010 edat_lfse_08 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 25–64 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 Employment rate, aged 20-64 (% of population)

Unemployment rate (% of the labour force)

(1 000) Total Men Women Total Youth, aged 15-24 Long-term

Q3-2010 Q3-2011 Q3-2011 Q3-2011 Q4-2011 Q3-2011 Q4-2011 Q3-2010 Q3-2011EU-27 224 175 224 087 68.9 75.4 62.4 9.7 9.8 21.5 22.1 3.8 4.1 Euro area (EA-17) 146 859 147 269 68.6 75.4 62.0 10.2 10.4 20.8 21.3 4.3 4.5 Belgium 4 577 4 654 66.9 72.4 61.4 7.3 7.2 20.5 20.9 4.2 3.8 Bulgaria 3 663 3 544 65.4 68.3 62.6 11.0 11.0 25.4 25.8 4.5 6.2 Czech Republic 5 096 5 100 71.2 80.3 61.8 6.6 6.7 18.1 19.1 3.1 2.7 Denmark 2 798 2 770 76.3 79.7 72.9 7.5 7.8 14.8 14.9 1.5 1.7 Germany 40 740 41 235 76.6 81.8 71.4 5.8 5.6 8.5 8.0 3.2 2.8 Estonia 554 603 72.4 75.6 69.5 11.3 : 21.8 : 8.2 6.3 Ireland 1 852 1 806 63.9 68.7 59.2 14.5 14.4 29.3 28.8 7.0 8.8 Greece 4 763 4 403 59.7 70.9 48.4 18.3 : 45.7 : 5.7 9.1 Spain 18 778 18 504 61.7 67.9 55.5 22.1 22.8 47.1 48.6 7.4 8.9 France 26 789 26 989 69.4 74.2 64.8 9.7 9.8 22.7 23.5 4.0 4.0 Italy 24 512 24 672 61.1 73.0 49.4 8.4 : 29.0 : 3.8 4.1 Cyprus 397 398 73.1 80.2 66.0 8.0 9.0 23.0 25.8 1.3 1.8 Latvia 949 975 68.0 69.4 66.7 14.8 : 30.0 : 8.3 7.9 Lithuania 1 350 1 378 67.9 68.6 67.2 15.3 : 31.0 : 7.5 8.0 Luxembourg : : 70.4 78.3 62.2 4.9 5.0 15.3 14.7 1.0 1.4 Hungary 4 117 4 139 61.3 67.7 55.2 10.9 10.8 26.1 26.3 5.7 5.1 Malta 168 169 61.4 78.5 43.6 6.4 6.5 13.9 14.1 3.4 2.7 Netherlands 8 679 8 709 77.0 82.8 71.2 4.4 4.9 7.6 8.5 1.2 1.4 Austria 4 139 4 200 75.7 81.6 69.9 3.8 4.1 7.3 8.5 1.1 0.9 Poland 16 113 16 176 65.3 73.0 57.7 9.7 9.9 25.9 27.4 3.0 3.6 Portugal 4 921 4 883 69.3 74.0 64.7 12.7 13.2 29.9 30.6 6.6 5.9 Romania : : 63.3 70.2 56.4 7.5 7.2 23.4 : 2.6 3.0 Slovenia 969 952 68.6 72.1 64.9 8.1 8.2 15.2 15.2 3.3 3.3 Slovakia 2 180 2 216 65.6 73.2 57.9 13.4 13.5 33.7 35.2 9.4 8.7 Finland 2 468 2 499 74.7 76.6 72.7 7.7 7.6 20.0 19.9 2.0 1.7 Sweden 4 636 4 734 80.9 83.7 78.0 7.3 7.5 22.3 22.8 1.5 1.3 United Kingdom 31 185 31 277 73.6 79.4 67.9 8.3 : 21.8 : 2.6 2.7 Iceland : : 81.2 84.8 77.6 : : : : : : Norway 2 608 2 658 80.0 82.8 77.1 3.2 : 8.8 : 0.8 0.8 Switzerland : : 81.8 88.6 74.8 : : : : : : Online data code: lfsi_grt_q lfsi_emp_q une_rt_q une_ltu_q

Source: Eurostat