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European Union statistics

The European Union has 25 member states as of 1 May 2004. This number is likely to increase further in 2007 when Romania and Bulgaria are scheduled to join. See also: Enlargement of the European Union

Contents

1 Institutional Statistics

2 Area & Population

3 Economy

4 EU Budget

5 Proportion of non-EU nationals

6 Freedom and Governance-related Rankings

6.1 Freedom of the Press
6.2 Economic Freedom
6.3 Perception of Corruption
6.4 Human Development

7 See also

8 Sources

Institutional Statistics

Year of Entry	Seats in Parliament	Seats in Parliament % of Total	Votes in the Council	Votes in the Council % of Total
N/A	732	100.0%	321	100.0%
1995	18	2.5%	10	3.1%
1957	24	3.3%	12	3.7%
2004	6	0.8%	4	1.2%
2004	24	3.3%	12	3.7%
1973	14	2.0%	7	2.1%
2004	6	0.8%	4	1.2%
1995	14	2.0%	7	2.1%
1957	78	10.7%	29	9.0%
1957	99	13.5%	29	9.0%
1981	24	3.3%	12	3.7%
2004	24	3.3%	12	3.7%
1973	13	1.8%	7	2.1%
1957	78	10.7%	29	9.0%
2004	9	1.2%	4	1.2%
2004	13	1.8%	7	2.1%
1957	6	0.8%	4	1.2%
2004	5	0.7%	3	0.9%
1957	27	3.7%	13	4.0%
2004	54	7.4%	27	8.4%
1986	24	3.3%	12	3.7%
1986	54	7.4%	27	8.4%
2004	14	2.0%	7	2.1%
2004	7	1.0%	4	1.2%
1995	19	2.6%	10	3.1%
1973	78	10.7%	29	9.0%

See also:

Area & Population

The European Union had a population of 456.8 million in 2004. This will exceed 500 million as more states are expected to join the union in the next few years. The most densely populated country is the island of Malta, which is also the smallest, whilst the largest in area is France. The least densely populated country is Finland.

Member State	Population in millions	Population % of EU	Area km²	Area % of EU	Pop. density People/km²
European Union	454.9	100%	3 976 952	100%	115
Austria	8.2	1.8%	83 858	2.1%	98
Belgium	10.3	2.3%	30 510	0.8%	340
Cyprus	0.8	0.2%	9 250	0.2%	84
Czech Republic	10.2	2.2%	78 866	2.0%	130
Denmark	5.4	1.2%	43 094	1.1%	126
Estonia	1.4	0.3%	45 226	1.1%	29
Finland	5.2	1.1%	337 030	8.5%	15
France	60.2	13.2%	547 030	13.8%	111
Germany	82.4	18.1%	357 021	9.0%	231
Greece	10.7	2.4%	131 940	3.3%	81
Hungary	10	2.2%	93 030	2.3%	108
Ireland	3.9	0.9%	70 280	1.8%	57
Italy	58	12.8%	301 320	7.6%	193
Latvia	2.3	0.5%	64 589	1.6%	35
Lithuania	3.5	0.8%	65 200	1.6%	55
Luxembourg	0.5	0.1%	2 586	0.1%	181
Malta	0.4	0.1%	316	0.0%	1 261
Netherlands	16.2	3.6%	41 526	1.0%	395
Poland	38.6	8.5%	312 685	7.9%	124
Portugal	10.1	2.2%	92 931	2.3%	114
Spain	40.2	8.8%	504 782	12.7%	80
Slovakia	5.4	1.9%	48 845	1.2%	111
Slovenia	1.9	0.4%	20 253	0.5%	99
Sweden	8.9	2.0%	449 964	11.3%	20
United Kingdom	60.1	13.2%	244 820	6.2%	243

Economy

For statistics relating to economy, please see Economy of the European Union.

EU Budget

The primary resource for the funding the European Union is the contributions sought from member states. Each member state contributes to the EU budget, and receives funding back from the EU, depending on the relative wealth of the states, ie, their ability to pay.

The table below shows the contributions as a percentage of the total budget. This takes into account the special considerations given to the United Kingdom to reduce it's contribution through a rebate.

Member State	Total Contribution in Euros	Total Contribution as % of total EU budget
European Union	105 259 468 772	100.00%
Austria	2 308 432 030	2.19%
Belgium	4 035 286 807	3.83%
Cyprus	144 556 416	0.14%
Czech Republic	932 392 859	0.89%
Denmark	2 130 860 212	2.02%
Estonia	100 756 308	0.10%
Finland	1 544 832 284	1.47%
France	17 303 107 859	16.44%
Germany	22 218 438 941	21.11%
Greece	1 882 611 879	1.79%
Hungary	1 003 119 411	0.95%
Ireland	1 341 281 313	1.27%
Italy	14 359 479 157	13.64%
Latvia	115 205 431	0.11%
Luxembourg	241 439 011	0.23%
Malta	57 409 269	0.05%
Netherlands	5 552 933 781	5.28%
Poland	2 099 087 114	1.99%
Portugal	1 443 049 602	1.37%
Spain	8 957 286 488	8.51%
Slovakia	393 148 777	0.37%
Slovenia	299 993 572	0.29%
Sweden	2 832 862 800	2.69%
United Kingdom	13 739 900 046	13.05%

Proportion of non-EU nationals

In most EU cities, there is a proportion of its inhabitants which are not nationals of the European Union. Eurostat has compiled figures for this, which are listed below.

Top 10 Cities
Rank	City	Proportion %
1	Tallinn, Estonia	27.8
2	Cayenne, French Guiana (France)	22.7
3	Athens, Greece	16.7
4	Frankfurt, Germany	16.3
5	Munich, Germany	16.2
6	Vienna, Austria	14.4
7	Augsburg, Germany	14.3
8	Cologne, Germany	14.0
9	Wiesbaden, Germany	13.9
10	Bonn, Germany	13.5

Bottom 10 Cities
Rank	City	Proportion %
1	Konin, Poland	0.0
=	Suwalki, Poland	0.0
=	Zory, Poland	0.0
2	Kielce, Poland	0.1
=	Poznan, Poland	0.1
=	Torun, Poland	0.1
=	Lublin, Poland	0.1
=	Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland	0.1
=	Gdansk, Poland	0.1
=	Katowice, Poland	0.1

Freedom and Governance-related Rankings

There are many indices available on issues such as corruption, development, and freedom.

Freedom of the Press

EU Rank	Member State	Global Rank
1		1
=	Finland	=
=	Ireland	=
=	Netherlands	=
=	Slovakia	=
6		10
7	Estonia	11
=		=
=	Sweden	=
10	Slovenia	15
11		16

EU Rank	Member State	Global Rank
12	Austria	17
13	Czech Republic	19
=	France	=
15	Belgium	=22
16		25
17	Hungary	28
=	United Kingdom	=
19	Poland	32
20	Greece	33
21	Italy	39
=	Spain	=

Reporters sans frontières conducts an annual survey on the freedom of the press and produces scores (not shown here) for each country.

There is no data available for Cyprus, Luxembourg, or Malta, and hence are not included in these statistics.

Economic Freedom

EU Rank	Member State	Global Rank
1	Luxembourg	3
2	Estonia	4
3	Ireland	=5
4	United Kingdom	7
5	Denmark	=8
6	Sweden	14
7	Finland	15
8	Netherlands	17
9	Germany	18
10	Austria	19
11	Belgium	21
=	Cyprus	=
13	Lithuania	23

EU Rank	Member State	Global Rank
14	Italy	26
15	Latvia	28
16	Malta	=29
17	Spain	31
18	Czech Republic	=33
19	Hungary	35
20	Slovakia	36
21	Portugal	=37
22	Poland	41
23	France	44
24	Slovenia	=45
25	Greece	59

An index of Economic Freedom is produced by the Wall Street Journal and the Heritage Foundation. It uses 50 different variables to compile the survey, in areas such as trade policy and government intervention.

A similar index produced by the World Economic Forum is its Global Competitiveness Index .

Perception of Corruption

EU Rank	Member State	Global Rank
1	Finland	1
2	Denmark	=3
3	Sweden	6
4	Netherlands	10
5	United Kingdom	11
6	Austria	13
=	Luxembourg	=
8	Germany	15
9	Belgium	17
=	Ireland	=
11	France	22
=	Spain	=
13	Malta	25

EU Rank	Member State	Global Rank
14	Portugal	27
15	Estonia	31
=	Slovenia	=
17	Cyprus	36
18	Hungary	42
=	Italy	=
20	Lithuania	=44
21	Greece	=49
22	Czech Republic	51
23	Latvia	57
=	Slovakia	=
25	Poland	=67

Transparency International is an international NGO publishing an annual Global Corruption Report indicating the perception of corruption around the world. The rankings of the table refer to the Corruption Perceptions Index 2004.

Human Development

EU Rank	Member State	Global Rank
1	Sweden	2
2	Netherlands	5
3	Belgium	6
4		10
5	United Kingdom	12
6	Finland	13
7	Austria	14
8	Luxembourg	15
9	France	16
10	Denmark	17
11	Germany	19
12	Spain	20
13	Italy	21

EU Rank	Member State	Global Rank
14	Greece	24
15	Portugal	26
16	Slovenia	27
17	Cyprus	30
18	Malta	31
19	Czech Republic	32
20	Estonia	36
21	Poland	37
22	Hungary	38
23	Lithuania	41
24	Slovakia	42
25	Latvia	50

The Human Development Index is a measure produced by the United Nations which covers three aspects of human development:

Sources

EU Budget Data

Categories: European Union

Last updated: 07-26-2005 00:39:02

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