Key figures on Europe 2014

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ISSN 2315-201X
Pocketbooks
Key figures on Europe
2014 edition

Pocketbooks
Key figures on Europe
2014 edition
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Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 2014
ISBN 978-92-79-34429-9
ISSN 2315-201X
doi: 10.2785/49459
N° Cat: KS-EI-14-001-EN-N
Theme: General and regional statistics
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Foreword
Foreword
Our pocketbook Key figures on Europe provides you with a
selection of the most important and interesting statistics on
Europe. Drawing from the huge amount of data available at
Eurostat, we aim to give an insight into the European economy,
society and environment — for example, how the population of the
European Union is changing, how the economy is performing in
comparison with the USA or Japan, or how living conditions vary
between EU Member States. I hope that you will find information
of interest both for your work and your daily life.
You can find the content of this book, in a much richer form,
online in Statistics Explained as well as in the continuously
updated virtual publication Europe in figures – Eurostat yearbook.
As usual, the latest and most complete versions of the data can be
downloaded from the Eurostat website.
Eurostat is the statistical office of the European Union. Working
together with national statistical authorities in the European
Statistical System, we produce official statistics which meet the
highest possible standards of quality.
I wish you an enjoyable reading experience!
Walter Radermacher
Director-General, Eurostat
Chief Statistician of the European Union
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Abstract
Abstract
Key figures on Europe presents a selection of statistical data on
Europe. Most data cover the European Union and its Member
States, while some indicators are provided for other countries,
such as members of EFTA, acceding and candidate countries to
the European Union, Japan or the United States. This pocketbook,
which presents a subset of the most popular information found in
the continuously updated online publication Europe in figures —
Eurostat yearbook (available through http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/
statistics-explained), may be viewed as an introduction to European
statistics and provides a starting point for those who wish to explore
the wide range of data that is freely available on Eurostat’s website at:
http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat.
Editors
Publication team: Catherine Coyette, Isabelle Fiasse, Annika
Johansson, Fabienne Montaigne, Jukka Piirto, Helene Strandell
Eurostat, Unit B4 — Dissemination
Contact details
Eurostat
Bâtiment Joseph Bech
5, rue Alphonse Weicker
L-2721 Luxembourg
LUXEMBOURG
E-mail: [email protected]
Production
This publication was produced by William Helminger, Alain
Mahieu, Bruno Scuvée — CRI (Luxembourg) S.A.
For more information please consult
Eurostat website: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat
Statistics Explained: http://ec.eurostat.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained
Acknowledgements
The editors of this pocketbook would like to thank the more than
100 colleagues who were involved in its preparation.
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Contents
Table of contents
Foreword 3
Abstract 4
Contents 5
Introduction 9
The Eurostat Pocketbook 9
Eurostat and the European Statistical System 12
Statistics for European policies and high-priority initiatives 16
1.Population 19
1.1 Population structure and ageing 20
1.2 Population and population change 22
1.3 Marriage and divorce 24
1.4 Fertility 26
1.5 Mortality and life expectancy 28
1.6 Migration and migrant population 30
1.7 Asylum 32
2.Living conditions and social protection 35
2.1 Social inclusion 36
2.2 Income distribution 38
2.3 Housing 41
2.4 Social protection 43
2.5 Crime 45
3.Health 49
3.1 Healthy life years 50
3.2 Causes of death 52
3.3 Health and safety at work 54
4.Education and training 57
4.1 School enrolment and early leavers from education
and training 58
4.2 Foreign language learning 61
4.3 Educational expenditure 64
4.4 Tertiary education 66
4.5 Lifelong learning 68
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5. Labour market 71
5.1 Employment 72
5.2 Unemployment and beyond 74
5.3 Wages and labour cost 76
5.4 Minimum wages 78
5.5 Job vacancies 80
5.6 Labour market policy interventions 82
6. Economy and finance 85
6.1 National accounts — GDP 86
6.2 Sector accounts 88
6.3 Government finances 90
6.4 Exchange rates and interest rates 92
6.5 Consumer prices — inflation and comparative
price levels 94
6.6 Balance of payments 96
6.7 Foreign direct investment 98
7. International trade 101
7.1 International trade in goods 102
7.2 International trade in services 105
8. Agriculture, forestry and fisheries 109
8.1 Agricultural output, price indices and income 110
8.2 Farm structure 113
8.3 Agricultural products 115
8.4 Forestry 117
8.5 Fisheries 120
9. Industry, trade and services 123
9.1 Structural business statistics 125
9.2 Industrial production 128
9.3 Industry and construction — short-term indicators 131
9.4 Services — short-term indicators 133
9.5 Tourism 135
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10. Research and communication 137
10.1 R & D expenditure 138
10.2 R & D personnel 140
10.3 Innovation 144
10.4 Patents 146
10.5 Information society — households and individuals 149
10.6 Information society — enterprises 152
11. Environment 155
11.1 Land cover, land use and landscape 157
11.2 Greenhouse gas emissions by industries and
households 159
11.3 Carbon dioxide emissions from final use of products 162
11.4 Waste 164
11.5 Water 166
11.6 Chemicals management 168
11.7 Environmental protection expenditure 170
11.8 Environmental taxes 172
11.9 Biodiversity 174
12. Energy 177
12.1 Energy production and imports 178
12.2 Consumption of energy 180
12.3 Electricity production, consumption and market
overview 182
12.4 Renewable energy 184
12.5 Energy prices 187
13. Transport 191
13.1 Passenger transport 192
13.2 Freight transport 194
Annexes 196
Data presentation and abbreviations 196
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