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, although in 2020 the EU lost over 10% of its population as a result of the UK leaving the bloc."Total Population as of 01.01.06 ", EUROSTAT. Retrieved 12 November 2006. Many countries are expected to experience a decline in population over the coming decades,"The EU's baby blues", BBC News, 27 March 2006. Retrieved 10 July 2006. 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."France claims EU fertility crown ", BBC News, 16 January 2007. Retrieved 10 February 2007. 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.

The table below uses data from Eurostat.

Member State Population %pop. Areakm2 %area Density/km2 448,387,872 100% 4,225,134 100% 106 9,104,772 2.0% 83,878 2.0% 109 11,754,004 2.6% 30,667 0.7% 383 6,447,710 1.4% 110,996 2.6% 58 3,850,894 0.9% 56,594 1.3% 68 920,701 0.2% 9,253 0.2% 100 10,827,529 2.4% 78,871 1.9% 137 5,932,654 1.3% 42,925 1.0% 138 1,365,884 0.3% 45,336 1.1% 30 5,563,970 1.2% 338,411 8.0% 16 68,070,697 15.2% 638,475 15.1% 107 84,358,845 18.8% 357,569 8.5% 236 10,394,055 2.3% 131,694 3.1% 79 9,597,085 2.1% 93,012 2.2% 103 5,194,336 1.2% 69,947 1.7% 74 58,850,717 13.1% 302,079 7.1% 195 1,883,008 0.4% 64,586 1.5% 29 2,857,279 0.6% 65,284 1.5% 44 672,050 0.1% 2,586 0.1% 260 542,051 0.1% 316 0.01% 1715 17,811,291 4.0% 37,378 0.9% 477 36,753,736 8.2% 311,928 7.4% 118 10,467,366 2.3% 92,227 2.2% 113 19,051,562 4.2% 238,398 5.6% 80 5,428,792 1.2% 49,035 1.2% 111 2,116,792 0.5% 20,273 0.5% 104 48,059,777 10.7% 505,983 12.0% 95 10,521,556 2.3% 447,424 10.6% 24

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.

Figures below are in Euros, where applicable. Data are for the year 2006.

Member State Total contribution %total Total expenditure %total Net contrib. Net contrib.per capita Total contrib.per capita 105,259,468,772 100.00% 106,575,500,000 100.00% -1,316,031,228 -3 213 22,218,438,941 21.11% 12,242,400,000 11.49% 9,976,038,941 124 276 17,303,107,859 16.44% 13,496,200,000 12.66% 3,806,907,859 59 266 14,359,479,157 13.64% 10,922,300,000 10.25% 3,437,179,157 58 244 13,739,900,046 13.05% 8,294,200,000 7.78% 5,445,700,046 90 226 8,957,286,488 8.51% 12,883,000,000 12.09% -3,925,713,512 -88 200 5,552,933,781 5.28% 2,190,400,000 2.06% 3,362,533,781 198 327 4,035,286,807 3.83% 5,625,100,000 5.28% -1,589,813,193 -151 384 2,832,862,800 2.69% 1,573,400,000 1.48% 1,259,462,800 126 283 2,308,432,030 2.19% 1,830,100,000 1.72% 478,332,030 58 278 2,130,860,212 2.02% 1,501,900,000 1.41% 628,960,212 116 395 2,099,087,114 1.99% 5,305,600,000 4.98% -3,206,512,886 -84 55 1,882,611,879 1.79% 6,833,700,000 6.41% -4,951,088,121 -446 170 1,544,832,284 1.47% 1,280,400,000 1.20% 264,432,284 50 291 1,443,049,602 1.37% 3,634,800,000 3.41% -2,191,750,398 -207 136 1,341,281,313 1.27% 2,461,800,000 2.31% -1,120,518,687 -244 292 1,003,119,411 0.95% 1,842,200,000 1.73% -839,080,589 -83 99 932,392,859 0.89% 1,330,000,000 1.25% -397,607,141 -39 91 393,148,777 0.37% 696,200,000 0.65% -303,051,223 -56 73 299,993,572 0.29% 406,000,000 0.38% -106,006,428 -53 150 241,439,011 0.23% 1,194,800,000 1.12% -953,360,989 -1,907 483 221,997,405 0.21% 799,800,000 0.75% -577,802,595 -170 65 144,556,416 0.14% 239,600,000 0.22% -95,043,584 -119 181 115,205,431 0.11% 402,600,000 0.24% -287,394,569 -125 50 100,756,308 0.10% 300,000,000 0.28% -199,243,692 -142 72 57,409,269 0.05% 157,000,000 0.14% -99,590,731 -249 144 360,600,000 0.34% -360,600,000 -47 693,100,000 0.65% -693,100,000 -32

Economic and governance-related rankings There are many indices available on issues such as corruption, development, and freedom. The rankings below include all EU member states, EU candidates (with the exception of Turkey, as accession negotiations have stalled since 2016) and EFTA countries.

Freedom of the press EURank Member State GlobalRank1 12 23 34 55 66 87 108 119 1210 1311 1412 1513 1714 1815 2216 2717 28 EURank Member State GlobalRank18 2919 3220 3321 3422 4023 4124 4825 5926 6227 6528 8129 8530 8931 9232 9333 10534 111 Reporters sans frontières (Reporters Without Borders) conducts an annual survey on the freedom of the press and produces scores (not shown here) for each country, resulting in the Press Freedom Index. In 2019 and 2020, Finland was proclaimed as having the freest press in the European Union, and the second in the world behind Norway. Bulgaria was ranked as having the least free press in the European Union in 2019 and 2020.World Press Freedom Index 2019 and World Press Freedom Index 2020, Reporters Without Borders

Colour Codes Good Situation Satisfactory Situation Noticeable problems Difficult situation

Economic freedom EURank Member State GlobalRank1 52 63 84 105 136 147 168 199 2010 2211 2312 2713 2814 2915 3216 3617 37 EURank Member State GlobalRank18 3819 4120 4221 4622 4823 5224 5625 5726 5827 6028 6229 6430 6531 7432 8433 9134 100 The Index of Economic Freedom, published by The Wall Street Journal and The Heritage Foundation, uses 50 different variables to compile the survey, in areas such as trade policy and government intervention., The Heritage Foundation

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

Colour Codes Free Mostly Free Moderately Free Moderately Unfree

Perception of corruption GlobalRank Country Score1 902 874 845 837 828 809 7910 7710 7714 7414 7418 7318 7321 7222 7133 6233 6235 6039 5941 5641 5641 56 GlobalRank Country Score41 5645 5549 5351 5251 5254 5157 5063 4663 4665 4572 4377 4284 4185 4091 3991 39101 36101 36101 36110 34116 33137 28 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 2022 . A high ranking means low corruption.

Human development Rank Country GlobalRank1 12 23 24 45 66 77 88 109 1110 1311 1412 1813 2214 2315 2516 2617 2718 2819 2920 2921 3222 33 Rank Country GlobalRank23 3424 3525 3726 3827 3928 4029 4330 4831 4932 5233 5334 5435 5636 6137 6438 6939 7340 7441 8142 8243 8844 90 Colour Codes Very High Human Development High Human Development

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 2019 (2018 data). The UN lists all EU member states as countries with very high human development.

Democracy Index GlobalRank Country Score1 9.813 9.454 9.395 9.306 9.287 9.198 9.149 9.0011 8.8112 8.8018 8.2819 8.2820 8.1423 8.0723 8.0726 7.9727 7.9628 7.9331 7.7531 7.7534 7.6936 7.64 GlobalRank Country Score37 7.3838 7.3839 7.3141 7.1844 7.0750 6.7252 6.6758 6.5060 6.4562 6.4164 6.3366 6.2868 6.2373 6.0384 5.4289 5.2091 5.0694 5.00102 4.33130 2.80144 2.22151 1.99

The Democracy Index is an index compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), the research division of the Economist Group, a UK-based private company which publishes the weekly newspaper The Economist.

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