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The

a

Eu~opean

I

Union:

key figures

CONTENTS

2

POPULATION

6

Area

7

Population

size

and density

9

Birth rates

and

life expectancy

STANDARD OF LIVING

11

Gross domestic product per head

13

Household consumption

15

Social security

16

Private

equipment

EMPLOYMENT

18

Workforce and unemployment

23

Employment by sector

ECONOMY

25

Services

26

Industry

27

Agriculture

28

Transport

30

Tourism

31

Energy supply

32

Inflation

EUROPE IN THE WORLD

34

International trade

34

Agricultural trade

35

Development aid

THE EUROPEAN UNION AND ITS CITIZENS

37

The Union budget

38

The European Parliament

I

N

T

RODUCTION

3

G

rowing

from

s

ix M

e

mb

er

States

in 1

952

to 1

5

by

1

995

,

the European Uni

o

n t

o

d

ay

embraces

mor

e

th

a

n

370

milli

o

n

pe

o

ple

,

from

th

e

Ar

c

ti

c

Circle

t

o

Portug

a

l,

from

Ir

e

l

and

t

o

Crete.

Th

oug

h

ri

ch

in

diversity, the

Member

States

share cer

t

a

in

common values.

By

enteri

n

g into

partnership

t

oget

her

,

their

a

im

is to promo

t

e de

m

ocracy, peace, prosperity and a

fairer

dis

trib

utio

n

of

we

alth.

After

estab

lish

ing a

true

fr

ontie

r-

free

Eu

rope by e

lim

ina

tin

g

the

re

m

aining

barr

ier

s to

trade

a

mong

themselves, the

Me

mber

St

a

te

s o

f

the

Eur

opean

Union

h

ave

res

o

l

ved

to

r

espo

nd t

o

the

maj

o

r e

co

n

o

mi

c a

nd

soc

i

a

l

c

h

a

llenges

of

the

day -

t

o es

t

ab

li

s

h

a

co

ml11on

c

urr

e

n

cy

,

boost

e

mp

lo

Yl11ent

a

n

d s

tr

eng

th

e

n Eur

ope

's

role

in

world

affa

irs

.

In

so

doing

th

ey

will

conso

lid

ate

th

e

foundations

of a

Eur

opean

U

ni

on tha

t

answers

the

needs of

its

ci

tize

ns and is a

lr

eady

preparing for

furt

her

en

l

argement

t

o

inc

lu

de co

unt

ries to t

h

e south and east.

This

book

l

et co

nt

ains

a series of c

hart

s o

n

the population

o

f

the

Un

ion and

its Member States,

thei

r standard of

living,

employment,

eco

n

omy,

Eur

ope

's

place

in

the world,

and

the

Uni

o

n

a

nd it

s c

iti

zens.

Th

e c

h

a

rt

s

, dr

aw

n up

w

ith

t

he

valuable

h

el

p

o

f Euro

s

t

a

t. th

e

Eur

o

pean St

a

tisti

ca

l Offi

ce

,

a

ls

o S

ll

OW

comparisons with

th

e

r

es

t

of

the

worl

d

an

d, in

particular, with

th

e

Uni

o

n'

s ma

i

n

par

tn

ers and

competitors

.

1

1 The abbreviations l"rd for the Union countries are shown on page 4. USA = United States of America; JPN = Japan.

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4

1952 EUR 6

if-­

, - - '

The European Community was originally founded by six States - Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands - which were joined by Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom in 1973, Greece in 1981 and Spain and Portugal in 1986.

In 1990, the new east German

Liinder

were incorporated. In 1992, the Member States decided to form a European Union, which was enlarged in 1995 to include Austria, Finland and Sweden.

1973 EUR 9 1981 EUR 10 1986 EUR 12

1990 EUR 12

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-5

Popu lation

Area

- -

-

--6

77 73,4

China 9597

Canada

POPULATION

"'ru. IJIIIled N;,IIOIl>, 'tJ"rlrl

Population:

a disturbing trend

Pupuhl1ltW I'r(1 "pt't/~-, I!YI4 ,

Total population as

a percentage of the world total

50 +-- -- -- - - -- -- -- -- --- -- ---­

---+-

Asia

40 +--- -- -- --- -- -- - - -- ---­

----

Africa

Latin America

30 t--- -- -- -- - - -- -- -- --- - - -- -- -- ---­

-

EUR 15

USA

20 t--- -- -- -- - - -- -- -- -- - - -- -- -- -- - - -- -- ---

­

--e

JPN

10

~~~~=

o

f

l---

·

:

_

-

_ t--

e

:

_-

~

_

-

-

-

-

-

;

I---'

~;

f__

=-

-

;

f__

~

- - ' 1- ;

1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020

SOllr("~: EUlu,IJ\.

The European Union: relatively small

in

a

re

a

Area

7 000 km

2

EUR 15 3230,8

World 135641

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- - -

-7

POPULATION

Populati

o

n density: relatively high

Persons per km

2_,

₇₉₉₅

400 ­

350 ­ ₃₃₁

300 . ₂₈₃

250 ­

200 ­

150 ­

127

100­

42 50 ­

28

D

9

=-

,

= 1- c::J.

,

IJ

1 _

o

'

Australia Canada Rus 'a USA Wo rld EUR 15 Chi il Ind,a JPN

400 ­

376

350 . 332

300 ­

242

228

250 ­

190 200 ­

157

150 ­ ₁₂₁

107 108

96 100 ­

50 ­ 20

15

'"

,

I

,

79

,

-

-

,

,

--

,I

f­

o

j

1

I

+

1

"

B

OK

0 GR F (a) IRL NL

AT

P FI SE

UK

- -- - -

-8

POPULATION

Sourre: Eurostot.

_{Population: half}

_as

_{many young p}

_eop

_le

_{as Africa}

Population bV age groups

percentage

,

7995

70

60

50

.

0-14

.

15-64

:J

>65

30

20

10

o

Africa Asia lal World USA JPN EUR 15

rr

-r--

rt

-I

r-t---- t

-

.-40 f-

r---.-

.-~ t - - t - - _t

-

.-~

~

r--.-

.-t - t

t

-e-

_r---

_r---

e-h

tl

n

720 3451

70

60 I - ­ ~ ~ I - ­

50 t--­ ~ ~ I - ­

40 I - ­ f - ­ ~ I - ­

30 I - ­ ~ f - ­ t--­

20 I - ­ ~ ~ f - ­

10

0

8 DK D GR

5702 263 125 372

Total population (millions, 1995)

I - - I - ­ ~

I - - I-­ ~

I - - I - ­ ~

t--- r - t - ­

t-- r- t - ­

~

~

~

t - ­

t - ­

~

~

~

f - ­

f - ­

I - - I - ­ ~ ~ r

-I ­

I - - I - ­ ~ ~

I - - I - ­ ~ ~ t-­

f - - f - ­ t - ­ t - ­ f - ­

f - - f - ­ t--::: t--::: t-­

F(b) IRL NL AT P FI SE UK

0-14

.

15-64

~

>

65

10,1 5,2 81,5 10,4 39,1 58 3,5 57,2 0,4 15,4 8 9,9 5 8,8 58,4 I') Including Turkey. Total population (millions, 1995)

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9

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POPULATION

-SourCf S: ElHO"lat, Unileci NJti4,)rt!!.

_Birth

_rates:

_{older generations}

_not

_being

!1}",Id Popil/oi roll Prospett5, 1994.

replaced

Average number

of

children per woman

..

1,57 2, 2,29 1,44 1,44 1,83 1,85 1,92 1,88 2,4

1,7 4 2,38 1,45 2,02 2,08 2,1 1,5 57 2,25 NL B 1,55 !bl

1,95

AT

OK 1,8

2,03 2,83

P

o

1,26

2,39

FI

GR _1,35

2,9

SE

1,22 1' 1 2,47

UK

J

1,65

3,93

1,86 EUR lS lbl

IRL

2,42

USA 1,1 1,22 lui

1,98

JPN 1,72

l'1 1990-95ano 1970-75. fbi Es i Yl;lte.

01970 01994

Life

expectancy: a

quarter

of a century of progress

Life e

x

pe

ct

ancy

at birth (years)

I

' 1

62,4 lei 73,4 111

DK

B

72,6 DK

D 73,1 D

GR 75,2 GR

73,8 I-I E

73,8

IRL 73 ,2 IRL

I 741bl

73,2

NL 74,6 NL

AT 73,4 AT

P 71,6 P

FI 72,8 FI

SE 76,1 SE

UK 74,2 UK

73.2 lei EUR 15

USA

EUR 15

72,SleI USA

JPN 76,6 JPN

WORLD WOR LD

20 40 60 80 100 20 40 60 80 100

°

_MlN

°

_WOMeN

1'1 1993. I'" 1992. 1'1 1990 95. Idl 1970-7 . 1'1Do" not "'"Ibble. 01970

n

1970-72. 'lJ 1970-74 1"1 E'(lrllate. I 1970-75. 0 1994

'I

66,51cl

80,l lal 77,8

79, 6 80,2

81,1 1,1

81,9

78,7

80,6101

79,7 80,3 79,7 78,6 80,1

81,4

79,4

79,9 lui

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-10

S

t

andard of

I

ivi ng

Gross domestic product per head

Household consumption

Social security

Private equipment

L

.

.

'F}

{.,

,

r.

-

- -

- -

_{STANDARD OF LIVING}

-11

Suu rce: (lilostai.

Gross domestic product: relatively pl

'

osperous .. ,

Gross domestic product (GOP) per head (in terms

of

purchasing power standards,

(0)

7992)

22422

150

00

~

1000J

0

----

1

USA JPN Ca na da EUR 15 Turkey

GDP per

he

ad (i

n

term

s

of purchasing power

5

tandards

,

1994)

30000 ­

25000 ­

-I 1­

-

-

- -

-12

STANDARD OF LIVING

Source. Eu rosl"t

_..

_{. but marked regional disparities}

GOP

per head in regions

of

the Union (in terms

of

purchasing

power

s

tandards,

7993,

EUR 75

=

700)

,

_...

./

p

>125

_

101-125

75-100

I

--~

-13

STANDARD OF LIVING

SourCf:: I: ll IOSt.tll.

_{Consumer spending: uneven growth}

Household consumption

per head (in

constant feU)

• 1982

- -

₁₄

- -

_{STANDARD OF LIVING}

-S OIllCf: ElifOS Jl.

_Average

_annual

_variation

_of

_{household consumption}

_by

volume

percentage

5

F

4

3

--3 -1

2

B DK D GR E F IRL I EUR JPN USA

01988-1992 1'1 Excluding 1992.

0 1984-1988 1'1 ExclIJdrng 1991/1992

15

Consumer

spending:

a

more

detailed picture

Categories

as a

percentage

of

total household consumption, 1992

5 6

5 Medical services and heJ!th 6 Transport and com u ications

7 Leisure, entertainment, education and culture 8 Other goods and services

4 8

1 Food 2 Clothing

ST

ANDARD OF LIVING

15

Social security: wide variations between Member States

Social

securi

ty expenditure

as a percentage

of

gross domestic

product

(J 993)

(O)

B 26,34

I

~

OK

I

32,31

I

0 29,70

~

GR 15,48

J

E

~

J

I

23,20

29,18

~

I

I

IRL 20,44

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•

24,53

J

24,00

I

NL 32,12

I

p 17,33

I

UK

26,75

EUR 15

I

o

5 10 15 20 25 30 35

(,I) Prr)'Ilsioflill f gun''', except tOt Detlmark. Oat.:! nol available for AuslliJ. FHllnnct

STANDARD OF LIVING

16

SOUtce: F~lro<:: ..tl.

_Private

_equipment:

_unevenly

_distributed

Telephones Uj (per 1 000 persons, 1993)

B 1 1 436

OK TF=I

=======-::::'1

590

D

t

I

456

GR

t

I

458

E

r

365

IRL

I~==::::;-::-~1537

f--_---'I

328

I

1

1 423

r!­___

~_----,I

543

NL

t

I

500

A

:

t

33~

449

1

1 416 450

I

309

I

I

530

1

_I

488

1

_j

I

350

C:=J

177

-'­

I

344

I

400

1

+

I

430

I

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...

I

300

p 2 4 2

J

FI

SE

UK

EUR 15

USA

JPN

T!-I_ _ _ _----' 545

11---,1

679

T,LI_ _ _ _

--'1

470

I

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I

461 563

1

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•

I

467

!'I Main line.

1") Data not ava ilable .

Private cars

(per 1 000 persons, 1994)

I

I

518

I

567

J

_I

383

I

I

433

I

I

357

!

I

368

I

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409

1

F373

J

422

1

(b) ±_ (b)

Television sets [per 1 000 persons, 1993)

560

580

I

430

1

I

350

I

t

500 540

!

300

I

630

1

670

E

'JO

489

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r

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619

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Emplo

y

m

e

nt

- -

- -

_EMPLOYMENT

-18

Jobs

and

unemploym

en

t:

a

priority

Wor king popu lation as a percentage

of the total population

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Unemployment as a percentage of the working population, in April each year

co (J) 0

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(J) (J) (J) (J)

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tOI Data nOI available.

t"1 1993.

AT P FI SE UK

tal

N M U)

(J) (J) (J)

"

(J)

(J) (J) (J) (J)

Civilian working population (percentage, 1994)

70 60 50 40 30 20 10

o

B OK 0 GR IRL NL

~~~-J~-L~-4L-~~~~rL-Y~~L-~~~~-rL-Y~-4L-J+---+

Unemployment ("11994 average. Ibl Data not available_

(percentage, 1995)

25 N

,<

~;

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EMPLOYMENT

19

SnUUT: l llfflSl.11.

_{Employment: breakdown between men}

_{and women}

Civilian working population 05 a pfrcfntagf of thf total population

(7994)

80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10

1

~

_r

r-1

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r-

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B DK D GR IRL I NL AT (al P FI SE UK

90

co

M r-.

80 70 60 50 40 30 20 r-. 0 <D M r-. Total

-

Men 10

C

Women

0

EUR 15 USA la) JPN (a)

- -

- -

-20

EMPLOYMENT

Unemployment:

high

e

r

for

women than

for

men

Unemployment

rote by

sex (percentage

,

1995)

D

Me

n

B ­-

~r:

_~

~~~~"~8~,'

=~

_{GJ ' 3,2}

_DW

_o

_l11

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_n

lal 1994 8ver~ge. (bl Data not 8vail8ble.

" 30,3

SE _

G

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@ 8,2

0, 1

'

UK

L

I

!

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7,0

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10,..',-,

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5 10 , 5 20 25 30 35

10

5

o

D

M

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D

W

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lll

en

-

- -

- -

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21

EMPLOYMENT

Unemployment: the worst

af

fected

Women (as a percen tage

of

total unemployed, 1995)

53,5

52,9

0

D

50

57,5 ra)

iJ

50,8

"

.54.7

39 ,4

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50

NL

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5

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49,5

FI

SE

~

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ii

U

42

U

,9 46,2

UK ] " 35,1

EUR 15 . . , 49

USA 45,4 (a)

JPN 41 ,5 (a)

(a)1994. (hi Data not available.

,

"

...:

N

Unemployment: the

worst affected

People under

25 (a

s a percentage, 7995)

M

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N

co. _co

N c5

N

co <IS

rn

rn r:" "'.

N

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c5

05

-

ill

~

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B DK D GR E IRL I L NL AT P FI SE UK EUR USA JPN

15

- -

₂₂

- -

_EMPLOYMENT

-U

n

e

mp

l

oym

e

nt

:

m

ar

k

ed

regi

ona

l d

is

p

a

r

it

i

es

U

n

emp

l

oymen

t

rate

s

in region

s

of the Un

i

on

(perc

e

n

t

age,

7

994)

E

v

·~o ~

Po

P

>

14

D

10-14

0/0

D

6-10

0_/0

D

<

6

0/0

-

-

- - -

--

-- -- -

-

--I

23

EMPLOYMENT

USA

JPN

80

70

"'­

M

<.D

60

50 ­

40

30

20

10

o

EUR 15 (a)

Empl

oyme

nt

sectors: the

gro

wt

h in

services

Total employment by se

ct

or (percentage)

EJ

1

2.7

AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY SERVICES 42

40,1

58

73,2

EUR 15

=

1994. USA. JPN

=

1993. 1"11958 E EUR 12

Employment in

se

rvi

ces

as a p

ro

portion of total

employment

(percen

ta

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citizens

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The European Parliament

Public opinion and Europe

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37

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THE EUROPEAN UNION AND ITS CITIZENS

-Sourcf. Europcall Commissioll, DG XIX.

The European Union budget: limited expenditure

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THE EUROPEAN UNION AND ITS

CITIZENS

The European

Parliament: the voice of the people

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