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GDP per capita
in Purchasing power parity US$, 2003
| 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-Occupied '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 |
| 46 |
Albania |
$4,900 |
| 47 |
Serbia and Montenegro |
$2,400 |
| 48 |
Moldova |
$1,900 |
| |
Average |
$19,008 |
|
|
Total GDP
Total Gross Domestic Product in US$, 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), 2004 est.
| Rank |
Country |
Life expectancy |
| 1 |
Andorra |
83.50 |
| 2 |
San Marino |
81.53 |
| 3 |
Switzerland |
80.31 |
| 4 |
Sweden |
80.30 |
| 5 |
Iceland |
80.18 |
| 6 |
Italy |
79.54 |
| 7 |
Gibraltar |
79.52 |
| 8 |
France |
79.44 |
| 9 |
Monaco |
79.42 |
| 10 |
Liechtenstein |
79.40 |
| 11 |
Spain |
79.37 |
| 12 |
Norway |
79.25 |
| 13 |
Faroe Islands |
79.05 |
| 14 |
Greece |
78.94 |
| 15 |
Austria |
78.87 |
| 16 |
Malta |
78.68 |
| 16 |
Netherlands |
78.68 |
| 18 |
Luxembourg |
78.58 |
| 19 |
Germany |
78.54 |
| 20 |
Belgium |
78.44 |
| 21 |
United Kingdom |
78.27 |
| 22 |
Finland |
78.24 |
| 23 |
Cyprus (Greek) |
77.46 |
| 24 |
Denmark |
77.44 |
| 25 |
Ireland |
77.36 |
| 26 |
Portugal |
77.35 |
| 27 |
Albania |
77.06 |
| 28 |
Slovenia |
75.93 |
| 29 |
Czech Republic |
75.78 |
| 30 |
Serbia and Montenegro |
74.40 |
| 31 |
Slovakia |
74.19 |
| 32 |
Poland |
74.16 |
| 33 |
Croatia |
74.14 |
| 34 |
Macedonia |
73.48 |
| 35 |
Lithuania |
73.46 |
| 36 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
72.57 |
| 37 |
Hungary |
72.25 |
| 38 |
Turkey |
72.08 |
| 39 |
Bulgaria |
71.75 |
| 40 |
Estonia |
71.38 |
| 41 |
Romania |
71.12 |
| 42 |
Latvia |
70.86 |
| 43 |
Greenland |
69.32 |
| 44 |
Belarus |
68.57 |
| 45 |
Russia |
66.80 |
| 46 |
Ukraine |
66.68 |
| 47 |
Moldova |
65.03 |
| |
Average |
75.53 |
|
|
Fertility rate
total fertility rate (number of children born per woman), 2003
| Rank |
Country |
Children born per woman |
| 1 |
Greenland |
2.43 |
| 2 |
Faroe Islands |
2.24 |
| 3 |
Albania |
2.22 |
| 4 |
Turkey |
2.03 |
| 5 |
Iceland |
1.98 |
| 6 |
Croatia |
1.93 |
| 7 |
Malta |
1.91 |
| 8 |
Ireland |
1.89 |
| 9 |
Cyprus |
1.88 |
| 10 |
France |
1.85 |
| 11 |
Norway |
1.80 |
| 12 |
Monaco |
1.76 |
| 13 |
Republic of Macedonia |
1.75 |
| 14 |
Moldova |
1.74 |
| 15 |
Denmark |
1.73 |
| 16 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
1.71 |
| 17 |
Luxembourg |
1.70 |
| 18 |
Finland |
1.70 |
| 19 |
United Kingdom |
1.66 |
| 20 |
Netherlands |
1.65 |
| 20 |
Gibraltar |
1.65 |
| 22 |
Belgium |
1.62 |
| 23 |
Sweden |
1.54 |
| 24 |
Liechtenstein |
1.50 |
| 25 |
Portugal |
1.49 |
| 26 |
Switzerland |
1.48 |
| 27 |
Lithuania |
1.43 |
| 28 |
Austria |
1.41 |
| 29 |
Poland |
1.37 |
| 29 |
Germany |
1.37 |
| 31 |
Romania |
1.36 |
| 32 |
Greece |
1.35 |
| 33 |
Belarus |
1.34 |
| 33 |
Ukraine |
1.34 |
| 35 |
Russia |
1.33 |
| 36 |
San Marino |
1.31 |
| 37 |
Andorra |
1.27 |
| 37 |
Slovenia |
1.27 |
| 37 |
Estonia |
1.27 |
| 40 |
Italy |
1.26 |
| 40 |
Spain |
1.26 |
| 42 |
Hungary |
1.25 |
| 42 |
Slovakia |
1.25 |
| 44 |
Latvia |
1.20 |
| 45 |
Czech Republic |
1.18 |
| 46 |
Bulgaria |
1.13 |
| |
Average |
1.58 |
|
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