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

Definition of Europe For 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: Be a recognised European state by the United Nations geoscheme for Europe Be a member state of the European Union Be a member state of the eurozone Be a member state of the Council of Europe

Economic

Countries by GDP (nominal)

Data provided is by the International Monetary Fund (2026)

Rank Country GDP (millions of US$) 1 5,750,000 2 4,360,000 3 3,880,000 4 2,738,000 5 2,656,000 6 2,091,000 7 1,640,100 8 1,449,806 9 1,146,000 10 1,134,200 11 779,381 12 776,730 13 760,481 14 623,719 15 599,406 16 503,772 17 480,834 18 432,597 19 380,637 20 337,669 21 307,554 22 271,122 23 225,337 24 168,897 25 148,121 26 116,574 27 112,025 28 110,417 29 105,907 30 102,042 31 86,732 32 78,372 33 53,686 34 51,634 35 45,171 36 43,800 37 42,716 38 36,771 39 33,333 40 31,873 41 30,712 42 21,889 43 21,605 44 10,724 45 10,227 46 9,442 47 4,879 48 2,417

GDP growth rate

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

Rank Country Real GDP growth rate (%) 1 9.30 (2013 est.) 2 7.80 3 5.40 4 4.50 5 4.20 6 4.10 7 4.10 8 4.00 9 3.80 10 3.70 11 3.70 12 3.60 13 3.60 14 3.20 15 3.00 16 3.00 17 2.90 18 2.90 19 2.80 20 2.80 21 2.70 22 2.60 23 2.20241.90 25 1.80 26 1.6027 1.60 28 1.60 29 1.60 30 1.50 31 1.50 32 1.40 33 1.20 34 1.10 35 1.10 36 1.10 37 1.00 38 0.90 39 0.90 40 0.80 41 0.70 42 0.40 43 −0.20 44 −1.10 45 −1.60 46 −3.70 47 −3.90 48 −9.90

GDP (nominal) per capita of sovereign states in Europe

Data provided is by the IMF (2026). Data for Monaco is from 2023.International Monetary fund, 2026

Rank in Europe Country US$ 1 288,688 2 226,809 3 158,733 4 140,186 5 126,177 6 110,048 7 105,877 8 83,445 9 79,918 10 70,676 11 70,187 12 68,755 13 67,761 14 65,112 15 61,056 16 60,130 17 56,069 18 53,560 19 53,474 20 46,505 21 45,409 22 41,563 23 40,630 24 39,795 25 37,718 26 36,545 27 35,433 28 31,336 29 31,242 30 30,030 31 29,696 32 28,913 33 28,430 34 25,693 35 23,848 36 19,018 37 18,526 38 17,252 39 16,377 — World 14,217 40 12,493 41 11,967 42 11,285 43 10,701 44 9,354 45 8,958 46 6,980

GDP purchasing power parity (PPP)

Data provided is by the International Monetary Fund (2018)International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook Database, October 2019

Rank Country GDP (billions of US$) 1 4,342.9 2 4,227.4 3 3,040.4 4 3,038.8 5 2,399.7 6 1,865.9 7 1,215.4 8 551.5 9 550.8 10 548.8 11 516.3 13 463.5 14 396.1 15 395.8 16 390.4 17 389.0 18 333.1 19 312.2 20 312.0 21 302.2 22 256.8 23 191.2 24 189.2 25 179.1 26 162.1 27 122.7 28 107.3 29 97.0 30 75.9 31 64.0 32 57.8 33 52.4 34 45.4 35 42.6 36 38.3 37 32.6 38 34.5 39 30.5 40 25.8 41 21.4 42 19.4 43 11.9 44 5.74 (2011 est.) 45 3.20 (2009 est.) 46 3.16 (2012 est.) 47 2.01

Net national wealth

European countries by total wealth

+ List by Credit Suisse (2018) (from List of all Global wealth reports and Global wealth databooks - Credit Suisse ()) Rank Country Total wealth(billions USD) Europe 85,402 77,821 1 14,499 2 14,209 3 13,883 4 10,569 5 7,152 6 3,611 7 3,357 8 2,776 9 2,240 10 1,920 11 1,637 12 1,276 13 1,181 14 975 15 974 16 916 17 806 18 697 19 524 20 317 21 294 22 188 23 151 24 138 25 138 26 133 27 120 28 91 29 73 30 60 31 57 32 55 33 53 34 49 35 40 36 37 37 20 38 12 39 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. Figures for Andorra, Liechtenstein, Monaco and San Marino are unavailable.

Rank Country Current account balance (US$) 1 257,100,000,000 2 74,800,000,000 (2012 est.) 3 67,400,000,000 4 65,870,000,000 5 65,600,000,000 6 39,000,000,000 7 19,600,000,000 8 13,280,000,000 9 10,600,000,000 10 7,300,000,000 11 3,315,000,000 12 2,954,000,000 13 2,700,000,000 14 2,100,000,000 15 2,021,000,000 16 1,722,000,000 17 1,000,000,000 18 133,100,000 19 −100,000,000 20 −102,300,000 21 −182,300,000 22 −194,100,000 23 −352,300,000 24 −358,200,000 25 −507,700,000 26 −567,000,000 27 −613,900,000 28 −720,600,000 29 −939,500,000 30 −1,280,000,000 31 −1,375,000,000 32 −1,807,000,000 33 −1,938,000,000 (2012 est.) 34 −1,986,000,000 35 −2,000,000,000 36 −2,400,000,000 37 −3,270,000,000 38 −4,245,000,000 39 −9,100,000,000 40 −11,060,000,000 41 −11,920,000,000 42 −58,970,000,000 43 -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. Figures for Liechtenstein and Monaco are unavailable.

Rank Country Public debt (% of GDP) 1 175.00 2 133.00 3 130.50 4 127.80 5 113.10 6 102.40 7 93.70 8 93.40 9 91.10 10 79.90 11 79.80 12 75.70 13 75.30 14 74.30 15 71.70 16 70.50 17 66.20 18 64.80 (2019) 19 61.20 20 56.50 21 55.50 22 52.10 (2012 est.) 23 48.80 24 48.20 25 47.00 26 45.90 27 41.50 28 41.10 (2012) 29 40.60 30 40.20 31 39.20 32 38.60 33 37.70 34 36.60 35 36.30 (2012 est.) 36 34.30 37 33.80 38 31.50 39 30.10 40 25.80 41 22.90 42 18.40 43 16.60 44 7.90 45 7.50 46 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 0.1 (2013) 2 0.5 (2020) 3 2.7 (2020) 4 3.2 (2020) 5 4.1 (2020) 6 4.4 (2020) 7 4.4 (2020) 8 4.5 (2020) 9 4.7 (2020) 10 4.9 (2020) 11 5 (2020) 12 5.2 (2020) 13 5.4 (2020) 14 5.5 (2020) 15 6 (2020) 16 6.8 (2020) 17 6.9 (2020) 18 6.9 (2020) 19 7.3 (2020) 20 7.8 (2020) 21 8 (2020) 22 8.1 (2020) 23 8.6 (2020) 24 9 (2020) 25 9 (2020) 26 9.4 (2020) 27 9.7 (2020) 28 10.8 (2025) 29 18.3 (2020)

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 4,887 2 4,502 3 4,300 4 3,568 5 3,416 6 3,395 7 3,270 8 2,634 9 2,583 10 2,525 11 2,509 12 2,458 13 2,409 14 2,390 15 2,324 16 2,230 17 2,152 18 1,920 19 1,758 20 1,749 21 1,658 22 1,105 23 1,083 24 1,021 25 932 26 925 27 890 28 862 29 793 30 755 31 722 32 701 33 589 34 583 35 565 36 512 37 510 38 473 39 454 40 393 41 348 42 242 43 228

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.

Rank Country Monthly minimum (euro) 1 2,049 2 1,83231,750 (2020) 4 1,732 5 1,578 6 1,563 7 1,563 8 1,498 9 1,458 10 1,413 11 1,050 12 991 13 886 14 761 15 700 16 683 17 555 18 540 19 524 20 480 21 477 22 462 23 445 24 430 25 407 26 300 27 276 28 260 29 239 30 207 31 193 32 139 33 128 34 125 35 124

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.

Rank Country HDI Change 1 0.953 0.002 2 0.944 0.001 3 0.938 0.004 4 0.936 0.002 5 0.935 0.002 6 0.933 0.001 7 0.931 0.003 8 0.929 0.001 9 0.922 0.002 10 0.920 0.002 11 0.916 0.001 12 0.916 0.001 13 0.908 0.002 14 0.904 0.001 15 0.901 0.002 16 0.896 0.002 17 0.891 0.002 18 0.888 0.003 19 0.880 0.002 20 0.878 0.003 21 0.871 0.003 22 0.870 0.002 23 0.869 0.002 24 0.865 0.005 25 0.858 0.002 26 0.858 0.003 27 0.855 0.002 28 0.847 0.003 29 0.847 0.002 30 0.838 0.003 31 0.831 0.003 32 0.816 0.001 33 0.814 0.004 34 0.813 0.003 35 0.811 0.004 36 0.808 0.003 37 0.806 0.004 38 0.787 0.002 39 0.785 0.003 40 0.780 0.002 41 0.780 0.004 42 0.757 43 0.757 0.001 44 0.755 0.006 45 0.752 0.005 46 0.700 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) Population below poverty line, The World Factbook, CIA, accessed on 25 July 2012.Poverty data: Norway. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2007, US Department of State; Population: Norway - CIA The World Factbook. There is no data available for eleven European states.

Rank Country Percentage Year 1 4.0 2008 2 4.3 2007 3 5.5 2009 4 5.9 2004 5 6.0 2008 5 6.0 2012 7 6.2 2004 8 6.9 2010 9 7.3 2011 10 7.6 2008 11 7.8 2011 12 8.6 2012 13 9.1 2013 14 10.5 2005 15 11.3 2012 16 12.3 2008 17 12.7 2011 18 13.2 2011 19 13.4 2011 20 13.9 2010 21 14.0 2006 22 15.2 2007 23 15.5 2010 24 16.6 2012 25 16.9 2010 26 17.5 2010 27 17.7 2011 28 17.9 2011 29 18.0 2009 30 18.0 2006 31 19.8 2005 32 20.0 2009 33 20.7 2009 34 21.1 2010 35 22.2 2011 35 22.2 2023 37 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.

Rank Country Social Progress Index 1 88.19 2 88.07 3 87.37 4 87.12 5 87.08 6 86.91 7 86.55 8 85.11 9 84.61 10 84.56 11 84.05 12 82.63 13 81.65 14 81.65 15 81.10 16 80.77 17 80.49 18 80.41 19 78.93 20 77.44 21 76.93 22 73.91 23 73.87 24 73.76 25 73.43 26 73.31 27 70.61 28 70.24 29 69.13 30 68.33 31 67.72 32 66.80 33 65.20 34 65.03 35 64.99 36 64.91 37 64.62 38 63.94 39 62.44 40 60.79 41 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.

Rank Country Opportunity 1 82.63 2 82.29 3 81.95 4 81.92 5 81.71 6 80.82 7 80.63 8 79.92 9 79.10 10 76.34 11 75.81 12 75.19 13 74.43 14 74.42 15 72.72 16 72.32 17 69.3 18 66.58 19 66.50 20 66.21 21 63.46 22 63.04 23 61.84 24 59.85 25 58.45 26 56.98 27 55.33 28 55.23 29 54.91 30 54.88 31 54.14 32 52.87 33 52.48 34 49.07 35 48.04 36 47.41 37 47.39 38 46.93 39 46.58 40 44.13 41 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.

Rank Country Happiness Change in happiness (2005-2006) 1 7.693 −0.233 2 7.655 0.263 3 7.650 0.303 4 7.512 0.054 5 7.480 0.171 7 7.369 0.247 8 7.355 N/A 9 7.076 −0.068 10 7.054 N/A 11 6.967 −0.274 12 6.883 −0.003 13 6.764 −0.049 14 6.672 0.163 15 6.466 0.228 16 6.322 −0.750 17 6.290 −0.180 18 6.060 0.249 19 6.021 −0.691 20 5.969 0.705 21 5.964 N/A 22 5.822 0.085 23 5.791 0.852 24 5.661 −0.160 25 5.550 0.915 26 5.504 −0.133 27 5.464 0.346 28 5.435 −0.891 29 5.426 −0.456 30 5.426 0.074 31 5.344 0.171 32 5.299 0.103 33 5.101 −0.305 34 5.057 0.032 35 5.046 0.358 36 5.033 −0.186 37 4.981 0.137 38 4.813 0.063 39 4.813 −0.087 40 4.775 −0.300 41 4.604 −0.045 42 4.574 0.081 43 4.316 −0.269 44 4.187 0.496

Summary

Economic is the second fastest growing economy in Europe, and the fastest growing transcontinental economy. has the highest net national wealth of any European state. is the current largest economy in Europe, the European Union and the eurozone. is the fastest growing economy in both the eurozone and the European Union. is home to the highest GDP (nominal) per capita in both the European Union and eurozone. 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. 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. has the highest GDP (nominal) per capita of any European state. is the largest transcontinental European economy and will remain so until at least 2030. is Europe's smallest economy, and is also the third weakest growing economy in Europe.