The aim of this page is to act as a comparison between European countries in many different aspects, such as population, GDP, life expectancy, etc.

Table of contents
1 GDP per capita
2 GDP growth
3 Inflation rate
4 Unemployment
5 External debt
6 Life expectancy
7 Fertility rate

GDP per capita

in Purchasing power parity US$, 2002
Rank Country GDP per capita
1 Luxembourg $48,900
2 San Marino $34,600
3 Norway $33,000
4 Switzerland $32,000
5 Iceland $30,200
6 Ireland $29,300
7 Belgium $29,200
8 Denmark $28,900
9 Austria $27,900
10 Netherlands $27,200
11 Monaco $27,000
12 Germany $26,200
13 France $26,000
13 Sweden $26,000
15 Finland $25,800
16 United Kingdom $25,500
17 Italy $25,100
18 Liechtenstein $25,000
19 Faroe Islands $22,000
20 Spain $21,200
21 Greenland $20,000
22 Portugal $19,400
23 Slovenia $19,200
24 Greece $19,100
25 Andorra $19,000
26 Gibraltar $17,500
27 Malta $17,200
28 Czech Republic $15,300
29 Cyprus (Greek) $15,000
30 Hungary $13,300
31 Slovakia $12,400
32 Estonia $11,000
33 Croatia $9,800
34 Poland $9,700
34 Russia $9,700
36 Latvia $8,900
37 Belarus $8,700
38 Lithuania $8,400
39 Romania $7,600
40 Turkey $7,300
41 Bulgaria $6,500
42 Northern Cyprus $6,000
43 Macedonia(FYROM) $5,100
44 Ukraine $4,500
45 Albania $4,400
46 Moldova $2,600
47 Serbia and Montenegro $2,200
48 Bosnia and Herzegovina $1,900
  Average $18,181

GDP growth

real growth rate percentage, 2002
Rank Country GDP growth (%)
1 Liechtenstein 11.00
2 Faroe Islands 10.00
3 Turkey 7.80
4 San Marino 7.50
5 Albania 7.30
6 Ireland 6.90
7 Lithuania 6.70
8 Moldova 6.50
9 Latvia 6.10
10 Estonia 6.00
11 Croatia 5.20
12 Romania 4.90
13 Bulgaria 4.80
13 Ukraine 4.80
15 Belarus 4.70
16 Slovakia 4.40
17 Russia 4.30
18 Greece 4.00
18 Serbia and Montenegro 4.00
20 Andorra 3.80
21 Hungary 3.30
22 Slovenia 3.20
23 Northern Cyprus 2.60
24 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.30
25 Czech Republic 2.00
25 Spain 2.00
27 Sweden 1.90
28 Greeland 1.80
28 United Kingdom 1.80
30 Cyprus (Greek) 1.70
31 Denmark 1.60
31 Finland 1.60
33 Poland 1.40
34 Malta 1.20
34 France 1.20
36 Austria 1.10
37 Norway 1.00
38 Belgium 0.70
38 Macedonia(FYROM) 0.70
40 Luxembourg 0.40
40 Italy 0.40
40 Portugal 0.40
43 Germany 0.20
43 Netherlands 0.20
45 Switzerland 0.10
46 Iceland -0.60
  Average 3.37

Inflation rate

inflation rate (percentage), 2002
Rank Country Inflation rate (%)
1 Ukraine -1.20
2 Switzerland 0.50
3 Czech Republic 0.60
4 Lithuania 0.80
5 Liechtenstein 1.00
6 Macedonia(FYROM) 1.10
7 Germany 1.30
7 Norway 1.30
9 Greenland 1.60
9 Luxembourg 1.60
11 Belgium 1.70
12 Austria 1.80
12 France 1.80
14 Finland 1.90
14 Poland 1.90
16 Latvia 2.00
17 United Kingdom 2.10
18 Sweden 2.20
18 Croatia 2.20
20 Denmark 2.30
21 Italy 2.40
21 Malta 2.40
23 Cyprus (Greek) 2.80
24 Spain 3.00
25 San Marino 3.30
25 Slovakia 3.30
27 Netherlands 3.40
28 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.50
29 Greece 3.60
30 Estonia 3.70
30 Portugal 3.70
32 Andorra 4.30
33 Ireland 4.60
34 Faroe Islands 5.10
35 Iceland 5.20
36 Hungary 5.30
37 Moldova 5.50
38 Bulgaria 5.90
39 Albania 6.00
40 Slovenia 7.40
41 Russia 15.00
42 Serbia and Montenegro 19.00
43 Romania 22.50
44 Northern Cyprus 24.50
45 Belarus 42.80
46 Turkey 45.20
  Average 6.12
  Median 2.90

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 Northern Cyprus 5.60
22 Hungary 5.80
23 Malta 7.00
24 Belgium 7.20
25 Latvia 7.60
26 Russia 7.90
27 Moldova 8.00
28 Romania 8.30
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 Macedonia(FYROM) 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
12 Croatia 16.5
13 Ukraine 14.2
14 Romania 13.7
15 Portugal 13.1
16 Austria 12.1
17 Ireland 11.0
18 Bulgaria 10.3
19 Slovakia 9.6
20 Serbia and Montenegro 9.2
21 Cyprus (Greek) 8.0
22 Slovenia 7.9
23 Lithuania 5.8
24 Latvia 3.4
25 Estonia 3.3
26 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.8
27 Iceland 2.6
28 Moldova 1.3
28 Macedonia(FYROM) 1.3
30 Belarus 0.85
31 Albania 0.78
32 Malta 0.13
33 Greenland 0.025
34 Norway 0
34 Liechtenstein 0
  Average 24.67

Life expectancy

average life expectancy at birth (both sexes), 2003
Rank Country Life expectancy
1 Andorra 83.49
2 San Marino 81.43
3 Switzerland 79.99
4 Sweden 79.97
5 Iceland 79.80
6 Italy 79.40
7 Gibraltar 79.38
8 France 79.28
9 Monaco 79.27
10 Liechtenstein 79.25
11 Spain 79.23
12 Norway 79.09
13 Faroe Islands 78.90
14 Greece 78.89
15 Netherlands 78.84
16 Malta 78.43
17 Germany 78.42
18 Belgium 78.29
19 Austria 78.17
20 United Kingdom 78.16
21 Finland 77.92
22 Luxembourg 77.66
23 Ireland 77.35
24 Cyprus (Greek) 77.27
25 Denmark 77.10
26 Portugal 76.35
27 Slovenia 75.51
28 Czech Republic 75.18
29 Macedonia(FYROM) 74.49
30 Slovakia 74.43
31 Croatia 74.37
32 Serbia and Montenegro 73.97
33 Poland 73.91
34 Albania 72.37
35 Bosnia and Herzegovina 72.29
36 Hungary 72.17
37 Bulgaria 71.80
37 Turkey 71.80
39 Romania 70.62
40 Estonia 70.31
41 Lithuania 69.60
42 Latvia 69.31
43 Greenland 69.00
44 Belarus 68.43
45 Russia 67.66
46 Ukraine 66.50
47 Moldova 64.88
  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 Macedonia(FYROM) 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