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Encyclopedia > Financial and social rankings of European countries
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The aim of this page is to act as a comparison between European countries in many different aspects, such as population, GDP, life expectancy, etc. Image File history File links Current_event_marker. ... Image File history File links Nuvola_apps_important. ... World map showing Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is one of the seven traditional continents of the Earth. ...


This page is 3 till 4 years out of date (in 2006). The comparison figures and rank order has changed significantly in the interval.


The most up to date ranking is included within the Wikipedia article at "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)_per_capita" or at http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/eco_gdp_percap-economy-gdp-nominal-per-capita".

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GDP per capita

in Purchasing power parity US$, 2003 Yo mamma owns this damn country BITCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Rank Country GDP per capita
1 Luxembourg $58,900
2 Norway $40,000
3 Austria $39,300
4 San Marino $34,600
5 Switzerland $33,800
6 Denmark $32,200
7 Iceland $31,900
8 Ireland $31,900
9 Belgium $30,600
10 United Kingdom $29,600
11 Netherlands $29,500
12 Finland $29,000
13 France $28,700
14 Germany $28,700
15 Sweden $28,400
16 Gibraltar $27,900
17 Italy $27,700
18 Monaco $27,000
19 Andorra $26,800
20 Liechtenstein $25,000
21 Spain $23,300
22 Faroe Islands $22,000
23 Greece $21,300
24 Cyprus (Republic of-) $20,300
25 Greenland $20,000
26 Slovenia $19,600
27 Malta $18,200
28 Portugal $17,900
29 Czech Republic $16,800
30 Hungary $14,900
31 Slovakia $14,500
32 Estonia $14,300
33 Lithuania $12,500
34 Poland $12,000
35 Latvia $11,500
36 Croatia $11,200
37 Russia $9,800
38 Bulgaria $8,200
39 Romania $7,700
40 Turkey $7,400
41 Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus $7,135
42 Republic of Macedonia $7,100
43 Belarus $6,800
44 Bosnia and Herzegovina $6,500
45 Ukraine $6,300
47 Serbia $5,203
46 Albania $4,900
47 Montenegro $3,100
48 Moldova $1,900
  Average $19,008

Motto: none Anthem: Capital (and largest city) Nicosia Official languages Greek, Turkish Government Republic  - President Tassos Papadopoulos Independence From United Kingdom   - Date 16 August 1960  Accession to EU May 1, 2004 Area  - Total 9,251 km² (167th) 3,572 sq mi   - Water (%) negligible Population  - 2006 estimate 704,301 (157th)  - 2005... Anthem: Ä°stiklâl Marşı  (Turkish) Independence March Capital LefkoÅŸa (Nicosia) Official languages Turkish Government Representative democratic republic[1]  - President Mehmet Ali Talat  - Prime Minister Ferdi Sabit Soyer Sovereignty from Republic of Cyprus (de facto)   - Proclaimed November 15, 1983   - Recognition Only by Turkey and OIC  Area  - Total 3,355 km... For an explanation of terms related to Macedonia, see Macedonia (terminology). ... Anthem: Bože pravde (English: God of Justice) Capital (and largest city) Belgrade Serbian written with the Cyrillic alphabet1 Government Republic  - Prime Minister Vojislav KoÅ¡tunica  - President Boris Tadić Establishment    - Formation 814   - First Serbian Uprising 1804   - Internationally recognized July 13, 1878   - Kingdom of SCS created December 1, 1918   - SCG dissolved... Anthem: Oj, svijetla majska zoro Oh, the bright dawn of May Capital (and largest city) Podgorica Serbian (Ijekavian dialect)1 (local also Albanian) Government Republic  - President Filip Vujanović  - Prime Minister Željko Å turanović Independence from Serbia and Montenegro   - Declared June 3, 2006   - Recognised June 8, 2006  Area  - Total 13. ...

Total GDP

Total Gross Domestic Product in US$, 2003

Rank Country Total GNP$
1 Germany 2400.655bn
2 United Kingdom 1794.858bn
3 France 1747.973bn
4 Italy 1465.895bn
5 Spain 836.100bn
6 Netherlands 511.556bn
7 Switzerland 309.465bn
8 Belgium 302.217bn
9 Sweden 300.795bn
10 Austria 251.456bn
11 Turkey 237.972bn
12 Norway 221.579bn
13 Denmark 212.404bn
14 Poland 209.563bn
16 Greece 173.045bn
16 Finland 161.549bn
17 Portugal 149.454bn
18 Ireland 148.553bn
19 Czech Republic 85.438bn
20 Hungary 82.805bn
21 Romania 60.358bn
22 Ukraine 49.537bn
23 Slovakia 31.868bn
24 Croatia 28.322bn
25 Slovenia 26.284bn
26 Luxembourg 26.228bn
27 Bulgaria 19.859bn
28 Serbia & Montenegro 19.176bn
29 Lithuania 18.213bn
30 Belarus 17.493bn
31 Cyprus 11.385bn
32 Iceland 10.499bn
33 Latvia 9.671bn
34 Estonia 8.383bn
35 Bosnia & Herzegovina 6.963bn
36 Albania 6.124bn
37 Macedonia 4.705bn
38 Georgia 3.937bn
39 Malta 3.870bn
40 Moldova 1.964bn
41 Liechtenstein 1.600bn
42 Andorra 1.280bn
43 Monaco 0.800bn
44 San Marino 0.190bn

GDP growth

real growth rate percentage, 2002

Rank Country GDP growth (%)
1 Ukraine 12.00
2 Liechtenstein 11.00
3 Faroe Islands 10.00
4 Turkey 8.20
5 Romania 8.10
6 Latvia 7.60
7 San Marino 7.50
8 Moldova 6.80
9 Lithuania 6.60
10 Russia 6.70
11 Serbia and Montenegro 6.50
12 Belarus 6.40
13 Estonia 6.00
14 Albania 5.60
15 Poland 5.60
16 Bulgaria 5.30
17 Slovakia 5.30
18 Ireland 5.10
19 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5.00
20 Hungary 3.90
21 Slovenia 3.90
22 Croatia 3.70
23 Czech Republic 3.70
24 Greece 3.70
25 Sweden 3.60
26 Norway 3.30
27 Cyprus (Greek) 3.20
28 United Kingdom 3.20
29 Finland 3.00
30 Belgium 2.60
31 Northern Cyprus 2.60
32 Spain 2.60
33 Luxembourg 2.30
34 Denmark 2.10
35 France 2.10
36 Andorra 2.00
37 Austria 1.90
38 Greenland 1.80
39 Iceland 1.80
40 Switzerland 1.80
41 Germany 1.70
42 Italy 1.30
43 Republic of Macedonia 1.30
44 Netherlands 1.20
45 Portugal 1.10
46 Malta 1.00
  Average 3.37

Inflation rate

inflation rate (percentage), 2002

Rank Country Inflation rate (%)
1 Lithuania -1.00
2 Czech Republic 0.00
3 Switzerland 0.50
4 Poland 0.70
5 Malta 0.80
6 Germany 0.90
7 Liechtenstein 1.00
8 Finland 1.10
9 Austria 1.20
9 Republic of Macedonia 1.20
11 Belgium 1.40
12 Croatia 1.50
12 Estonia 1.50
14 Greenland 1.60
15 France 2.00
15 Iceland 2.00
15 Luxembourg 2.00
15 Netherlands 2.00
19 Denmark 2.10
20 Italy 2.30
20 Sweden 2.30
22 Norway 2.60
22 Spain 2.60
24 Latvia 2.80
25 United Kingdom 3.00
26 Portugal 3.10
27 Albania 3.30
27 Greece 3.30
29 San Marino 3.30
30 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.50
31 Ireland 3.70
32 Cyprus (Greek) 4.00
33 Andorra 4.30
34 Hungary 4.70
35 Faroe Islands 5.10
36 Bulgaria 5.60
36 Slovenia 5.60
38 Ukraine 8.20
39 Slovakia 8.60
40 Serbia and Montenegro 11.60
41 Moldova 11.70
42 Russia 12.00
43 Northern Cyprus 12.60
44 Romania 14.30
45 Turkey 18.40
46 Belarus 30.00
  Average x.xx
  Median 2.70

Unemployment

unemployment rate, 2002

Rank Country Unemployment (%)
1 Andorra 0.00
2 Faroe Islands 1.00
3 Liechtenstein 1.30
4 Switzerland 1.90
5 Gibraltar 2.00
6 Belarus 2.10
7 San Marino 2.60
8 Iceland 2.80
9 Netherlands 3.00
10 Monaco 3.10
11 Cyprus (Greek) 3.30
12 Ukraine 3.80
13 Norway 3.90
14 Sweden 4.00
15 Luxembourg 4.10
16 Ireland 4.30
17 Portugal 4.70
18 Austria 4.80
19 Denmark 5.10
20 United Kingdom 5.20
21 Romania 5.50
22 Northern Cyprus 5.60
23 Hungary 5.80
24 Malta 7.00
25 Belgium 7.20
26 Latvia 7.60
27 Russia 7.90
28 Moldova 8.00
29 Finland 8.50
30 Italy 9.10
30 France 9.10
32 Czech Republic 9.80
32 Germany 9.80
34 Greenland 10.00
35 Greece 10.30
36 Turkey 10.80
37 Slovenia 11.00
38 Spain 11.30
39 Estonia 12.40
40 Lithuania 12.50
41 Albania 17.00
42 Slovakia 17.20
43 Bulgaria 18.00
44 Poland 18.10
45 Croatia 21.70
46 Serbia and Montenegro 32.00
47 Republic of Macedonia 37.00
48 Bosnia and Herzegovina 40.00
  Average 9.29

External debt

debt in billion US$, 2002, not all countries included

Rank Country External debt (billion US$)
1 Russia 153.5
2 Turkey 118.3
3 Spain 90.0
4 Sweden 66.5
5 Poland 64.0
6 Greece 63.4
7 Hungary 31.5
8 Finland 30.0
9 Belgium 28.3
10 Czech Republic 23.8
11 Denmark 21.7
13 Croatia 16.5
12 United Kingdom 16.1
14 Ukraine 14.2
15 Romania 13.7
16 Portugal 13.1
17 Austria 12.1
18 Ireland 11.0
19 Bulgaria 10.3
20 Slovakia 9.6
21 Serbia and Montenegro 9.2
22 Cyprus (Greek) 8.0
23 Slovenia 7.9
24 Lithuania 5.8
25 Latvia 3.4
26 Estonia 3.3
27 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.8
28 Iceland 2.6
29 Moldova 1.3
30 Republic of Macedonia 1.3
31 Belarus 0.85
32 Albania 0.78
33 Malta 0.13
34 Greenland 0.025
35 Norway 0
36 Liechtenstein 0
  Average 24.67

Life expectancy

average life expectancy at birth (both sexes), 2006 est.

Rank Country Life expectancy
1 Flag of Andorra Andorra 83.51
2  San Marino 81.71
3 Flag of Sweden Sweden 80.51
3 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 80.51
5  Guernsey 80.42
6 Flag of Iceland Iceland 80.31
7 Flag of Italy Italy 79.81
8  Gibraltar 79.80
9 Flag of France France 79.73
10  Monaco 79.69
11 Flag of Liechtenstein Liechtenstein 79.68
12 Flag of Spain Spain 79.65
13 Flag of Norway Norway 79.54
14  Jersey 79.38
15  Faroe Islands 79.35
16 Flag of Greece Greece 79.24
17 Flag of Austria Austria 79.07
18  Malta 79.01
19 Flag of Netherlands Netherlands 78.96
20 Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg 78.89
21 Flag of Germany Germany 78.80
22  Belgium 78.77
23 Flag of United Kingdom United Kingdom 78.54
24  Finland 78.50
25 Flag of Isle of Man Isle of Man 78.49
26 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 78.00
27  Cyprus 77.82
28 Flag of Denmark Denmark 77.79
29 Flag of Republic of Ireland Ireland 77.73
30 Flag of Portugal Portugal 77.70
31 Flag of Albania Albania 77.43
32  Slovenia 76.42
33  Czech Republic 76.22
34 Flag of Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro 74.95
35  Poland 74.97
36  Slovakia 74.73
37 Flag of Croatia Croatia 74.68
38 Flag of Lithuania Lithuania 74.20
39 Flag of Republic of Macedonia Republic of Macedonia 73.97
40 Flag of Hungary Hungary 72.66
41 Flag of Turkey Turkey 72.62
42  Bulgaria 72.30
43  Estonia 72.04
44 Flag of Romania Romania 71.63
45 Flag of Latvia Latvia 71.33
46  Greenland 69.94
47 Flag of Ukraine Ukraine 69.98
48 Flag of Belarus Belarus 69.08
49  Russia 67.08
50 Flag of Moldova Moldova 65.65
  Average 76.66

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Fertility rate

total fertility rate (number of children born per woman), 2006

Rank Country Children born per woman
1  Greenland 2.40
2  Faroe Islands 2.17
3 Flag of Albania Albania 2.03
4 Flag of Iceland Iceland 1.92
4 Flag of Turkey Turkey 1.92
6 Flag of Republic of Ireland Ireland 1.86
7 Flag of Moldova Moldova 1.85
8 Flag of France France 1.84
9  Cyprus 1.82
10 Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg 1.78
10 Flag of Norway Norway 1.78
12  Monaco 1.76
13 Flag of Denmark Denmark 1.74
14  Finland 1.73
15 Flag of Netherlands Netherlands 1.66
16 Flag of Sweden Sweden 1.66
17 Flag of United Kingdom United Kingdom 1.66
18  Gibraltar 1.65
19  Belgium 1.64
20 Flag of Republic of Macedonia Republic of Macedonia 1.57
21 Flag of Liechtenstein Liechtenstein 1.51
22  Malta 1.50
23 Flag of Portugal Portugal 1.47
24  Belgium 1.43
25 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 1.43
26  Estonia 1.40
27 Flag of Croatia Croatia 1.40
28 Flag of Germany Germany 1.39
29  Bulgaria 1.38
30 Flag of Romania Romania 1.37
31 Flag of Austria Austria 1.36
32 Flag of Greece Greece 1.34
33  San Marino 1.34
34  Slovakia 1.33
35 Flag of Hungary Hungary 1.32
36 Flag of Andorra Andorra 1.30
37 Flag of Italy Italy 1.28
38  Russia 1.28
39 Flag of Spain Spain 1.28
40  Poland 1.25
41  Slovenia 1.25
42 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.22
43 Flag of Latvia Latvia 1.27
44  Czech Republic 1.21
45 Flag of Lithuania Lithuania 1.20
46 Flag of Ukraine Ukraine 1.17
  Average 1.58

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