to the world: 1 $14.64 trillion (2009 est.)
$15.27 trillion (2008 est.)
note: data are in 2010 US dollars
GDP (official exchange rate):
$15.9 trillion (2010 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
1.7% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 160 −4% (2009 est.)
0.6% (2008 est.)
GDP - per capita (PPP):
$32,900 (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 42 $32,400 (2009 est.)
$33,900 (2008 est.)
note: data are in 2010 US dollars
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 1.8%
industry: 25.2%
services: 72.9% (2010 est.)
Labor force:
225.2 million (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 3
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture: 5.6%
industry: 27.7%
services: 66.7% (2007 est.)
Unemployment rate:
9.5% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 104 9% (2009 est.)
Population below poverty line:
note - see individual country entries of member states
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: 2.9%
highest 10%: 25.6% (2002 est.)
Distribution of family income - Gini index:
31 (2005 est.) country comparison to the world: 106 31.2 (1996 est.)
Investment (gross fixed):
18.6% of GDP (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 103
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
1.7% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 47 1.8% (2009 est.)
Central bank discount rate:
1.75% (31 December 2009) country comparison to the world: 121 3% (31 December 2008)
note: this is the European Central Bank's rate on the marginal lending facility, which offers overnight credit to banks in the euro area
Commercial bank prime lending rate:
7.52% (31 December 2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 110 8.58% (31 December 2008 est.)
Stock of narrow money:
$5.542 trillion (31 December 2008) country comparison to the world: 2 $5.649 trillion (31 December 2007)
note: this is the quantity of money, M1, for the euro area, converted into US dollars at the exchange rate for the date indicated; it excludes the stock of money carried by non-euro-area members of the European Union
Stock of broad money:
$11.17 trillion (31 December 2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 4 $10.83 trillion (31 December 2007 est.)
note: this is the quantity of quasi money, M2-M1, for the euro area, converted into US dollars at the exchange rate for the date indicated; it excludes the stock of quasi money carried by non-euro-area members of the European Union
Stock of domestic credit:
$22.65 trillion (31 December 2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 2 $21.24 trillion (31 December 2008 est.)
note: this figure refers to the euro area only; it excludes credit data for non-euro-area members of the EU
Market value of publicly traded shares:
$NA (31 December 2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 2 $7.564 trillion (31 December 2008)
$15.57 trillion (31 December 2007 est.)
Agriculture - products:
wheat, barley, oilseeds, sugar beets, wine, grapes; dairy products, cattle, sheep, pigs, poultry; fish
Industries:
among the world's largest and most technologically advanced, the EU industrial base includes: ferrous and non-ferrous metal production and processing, metal products, petroleum, coal, cement, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, aerospace, rail transportation equipment, passenger and commercial vehicles, construction equipment, industrial equipment, shipbuilding, electrical power equipment, machine tools and automated manufacturing systems, electronics and telecommunications equipment, fishing, food and beverage processing, furniture, paper, textiles, tourism
Industrial production growth rate:
3.8% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 90
Electricity - production:
3.08 trillion kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 3
Electricity - consumption:
2.906 trillion kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 3
Electricity - exports:
NA kWh
Electricity - imports:
NA kWh
Oil - production:
2.383 million bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 13
Oil - consumption:
13.68 million bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 2
Oil - exports:
2.196 million bbl/day (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 7
Oil - imports:
8.613 million bbl/day (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 2
Oil - proved reserves:
5.414 billion bbl (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 25
Natural gas - production:
181.6 billion cu m (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 4
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