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The EU in the world 2013
A statistical portrait
Statistical books
The EU in the world 2013
A statistical portrait
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Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 2012
ISBN 978-92-79-26456-6 doi:10.2785/35119
Cat. No KS-30-12-861-EN-C
Theme: General and regional statistics
Collection: Statistical books
© European Union, 2012
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Foreword
This publication The EU in the world 2013 provides you with a selection of important and interesting statistics on the EU – considered as a single entity
– in comparison with the 15 non-EU countries from the Group of Twenty (G20). Drawing from the huge amount of data available at Eurostat and from other international and national sources, we aim to give an insight into the European economy, society and environment in comparison with the major economies in the rest of the world. I hope that you will find here
information of interest both for your work and for your daily life.
Eurostat is the statistical office of the European Union. Working together with national statistical authorities in the European Statistical System, we produce high quality statistics on Europe.
I wish you an enjoyable reading experience!
Walter Radermacher
Director-General, Eurostat
Chief Statistician of the European Union
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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Jukka Piirto (Eurostat, Unit B6 — Dissemination)
EDITORS
Simon Allen and Andrew Redpath (INFORMA sàrl)
PRODUCTION
INFORMA sàrl (informa@informa.lu): Giovanni Albertone, Simon Allen, Andrew Redpath
DATA COVERAGE, SYMBOLS AND DIRECT LINKS TO EUROSTAT’S DATABASE
The data presented within this publication were largely extracted during June / July 2012.
An italic font has been used in statistical tables to denote any data that may change in the future (estimates, provisional data or forecasts).
The colon (:) is used to denote information that is not available. A dash (-) is used to denote information that is not applicable.
An online data code available under each table/figure can be used to directly access the most recent data on Eurostat’s website, at:
http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/statistics/search_database
FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONSULT
Eurostat,
Bâtiment Joseph Bech 5, rue Alphonse Weicker 2721 Luxembourg
Internet: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat E-mail: estat-user-support@ec.europa.eu
All statements on policies within this publication are given for information purposes only. They do not constitute an official policy position of the European Commission and are not legally binding. To know more about such policies, please consult the European Commission’s website at: http://ec.europa.eu
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Contents
Foreword |
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Introduction |
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1. Economy and finance |
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2. Population |
29 |
3. Health |
41 |
4. Education and training |
49 |
5. Labour market |
57 |
6. Living conditions and social protection |
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7. Industry, trade and services, |
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tourism and the information society |
73 |
8. Agriculture, forestry and fisheries |
85 |
9. International trade |
93 |
10. Transport |
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11. Environment |
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12. Energy |
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13. Science and technology |
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Glossary |
135 |
Abbreviations |
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National statistical authorities
The following list provides links to national statistics authorities of the individual countries included in this publication. Where available, the links below are to the English language page of the websites.
Authority |
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National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (Argentina) |
http://www.indec.gov.ar/indec/ingles.asp |
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Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics |
http://www.ibge.gov.br/english |
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Statistics Canada |
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/start-debut-eng.html |
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National Bureau of Statistics of China |
http://www.stats.gov.cn/english |
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Census and Statistics Department (Hong Kong special |
http://www.censtatd.gov.hk/home/index.jsp |
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Statistics and Census Service (Macao special |
http://www.dsec.gov.mo/default.aspx?lang=en-US |
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Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation |
http://mospi.nic.in/mospi_new/site/home.aspx |
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Statistics Indonesia |
http://dds2.bps.go.id/eng |
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Statistics Bureau (Japan) |
http://www.stat.go.jp/english/index.htm |
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National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Mexico) |
http://www.inegi.org.mx (in Spanish) |
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Federal State Statistics Service (Russia) |
http://www.gks.ru/wps/wcm/connect/rosstat/rosstatsite.eng |
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Ministry of Economy and Planning (Saudi Arabia) |
http://www.mep.gov.sa/themes/GoldenCarpet/index.jsp |
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Statistics South Africa |
http://www.statssa.gov.za |
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Statistics Korea |
http://kostat.go.kr/portal/english/index.action |
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Turkish Statistical Institute |
http://www.turkstat.gov.tr/Start.do |
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United States Census Bureau |
http://www.census.gov |
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United States Bureau of Labor Statistics |
http://www.bls.gov |
Acknowledgements
The editor-in-chief would like to thank the following persons for their contributions when reviewing the content of the publication:
John Allen, Gemma Asero, Marta Beck-Domżalska David Biddle, Peter Paul Borg, Hubertus Cloodt, Edward Cook, Catherine Coyette, Beate Czech, Luciano De Angelis, Daniel Defays, Luis de la Fuente Layos, Arturo de la Fuente Nuño, Christophe Demunter, Bart De Norre, Emilio Di Meglio, Krista Dimitrakopoulou, Pieter Everaers, Franca Faes Cannito, Bernard Félix, Isabelle Fiasse, Jürgen Förster, Sorin-Florin Gheorghiu, Gilberto Gambini, Christine Gerstberger, Antigone Gikas, John Görten, Dominique Groenez, Christian Heidorn, Thomas Jaegers, Annika Johansson, Sylvain Jouhette, Piotr Juchno, Franz Justen, Paul Konijn, Mariana Kotzeva, Rajmund Laczkó, Denis Leythienne, Vidar Lund, Monica Marcu, Carla Martins, Csaba Mózes, Luiza Cristina Munteanu, Brian Newson, Ann Nilsson, Carsten Olsson, Åsa Önnerfors, Morag Ottens, Jarko Pasanen, Anna Rybkowska, Fabio Sartori, Iliyana Savova, Ivana Šlahařová, Silke Stapel, Aleksandra Stawińska, Hans Strelow, Paolo Turchetti, Irena Tvarijonavičiūtė, Laura Wahrig, Ulrich Wieland, Albrecht Wirthmann and Marilise Wolf-Crowther.
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