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Statistics in the European Union are collected by Eurostat. The EU has 25 member states as of 1 May 2004. This number will increase as other states join the Union. Romania and Bulgaria are scheduled to join on January 1, 2007, while Croatia is not expected to join until the end of the decade, possibly in 2009 or 2010.

1 Institutional Statistics
2 Area and population
3 Languages
4 Economy
5 EU Budget
6 Proportion of non-EU nationals
7 Freedom and Governance-related Rankings
8 See also
9 Sources

[edit] Institutional Statistics

Member State	Year of Entry	Seats in Parliament	Seats in Parliament % of Total	Votes in the Council	Votes in the Council % of Total
European Union	N/A	732	100.0%	321	100.0%
Austria	1995	18	2.5%	10	3.1%
Belgium	1957	24	3.3%	12	3.7%
Cyprus	2004	6	0.8%	4	1.2%
Czech Republic	2004	24	3.3%	12	3.7%
Denmark	1973	14	2.0%	7	2.1%
Estonia	2004	6	0.8%	4	1.2%
Finland	1995	14	2.0%	7	2.1%
France	1957	78	10.7%	29	9.0%
Germany	1957	99	13.5%	29	9.0%
Greece	1981	24	3.3%	12	3.7%
Hungary	2004	24	3.3%	12	3.7%
Ireland	1973	13	1.8%	7	2.1%
Italy	1957	78	10.7%	29	9.0%
Latvia	2004	9	1.2%	4	1.2%
Lithuania	2004	13	1.8%	7	2.1%
Luxembourg	1957	6	0.8%	4	1.2%
Malta	2004	5	0.7%	3	0.9%
Netherlands	1957	27	3.7%	13	4.0%
Poland	2004	54	7.4%	27	8.4%
Portugal	1986	24	3.3%	12	3.7%
Spain	1986	54	7.4%	27	8.4%
Slovakia	2004	14	2.0%	7	2.1%
Slovenia	2004	7	1.0%	4	1.2%
Sweden	1995	19	2.6%	10	3.1%
United Kingdom	1973	78	10.7%	29	9.0%

See also:

[edit] Area and 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. The highest and lowest figures in each column have been marked in bold.

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	10.0	2.2%	93 030	2.3%	108
Ireland	3.9	0.9%	70 280	1.8%	57
Italy	58.0	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	16.3	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
Slovakia	5.4	1.9%	48 845	1.2%	111
Slovenia	1.9	0.4%	20 253	0.5%	99
Spain	40.2	8.8%	504 782	12.7%	80
Sweden	8.9	2.0%	449 964	11.3%	20
United Kingdom	60.1	13.2%	244 820	6.2%	243

[edit] Languages

For statistics relating to languages spoken in the European Union, please see Languages of the European Union.

[edit] Economy

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

[edit] EU Budget

The primary resource for 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, i.e. 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 its contribution through a rebate.

Member State	Total Contribution in Euro	Total Contribution as % of total EU budget
European Union	105 259 468 772	100.00%
Germany	22 218 438 941	21.11%
France	17 303 107 859	16.44%
Italy	14 359 479 157	13.64%
United Kingdom	13 739 900 046	13.05%
Spain	8 957 286 488	8.51%
Netherlands	5 552 933 781	5.28%
Belgium	4 035 286 807	3.83%
Sweden	2 832 862 800	2.69%
Austria	2 308 432 030	2.19%
Denmark	2 130 860 212	2.02%
Poland	2 099 087 114	1.99%
Greece	1 882 611 879	1.79%
Finland	1 544 832 284	1.47%
Portugal	1 443 049 602	1.37%
Ireland	1 341 281 313	1.27%
Hungary	1 003 119 411	0.95%
Czech Republic	932 392 859	0.89%
Slovakia	393 148 777	0.37%
Slovenia	299 993 572	0.29%
Luxembourg	241 439 011	0.23%
Lithuania	221 997 405	0.21%
Cyprus	144 556 416	0.14%
Latvia	115 205 431	0.11%
Estonia	100 756 308	0.10%
Malta	57 409 269	0.05%

[edit] 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
=	Suwałki, Poland	0.0
=	Żory, Poland	0.0
2	Kielce, Poland	0.1
=	Poznań, Poland	0.1
=	Toruń, Poland	0.1
=	Lublin, Poland	0.1
=	Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland	0.1
=	Gdańsk, Poland	0.1
=	Katowice, Poland	0.1

[edit] Freedom and Governance-related Rankings

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

[edit] Freedom of the Press

EU Rank	Member State	Global Rank
1	Finland	1
=	Ireland	=
=	Netherlands	=
4	Czech Republic	5
5	Estonia	6
6	Slovakia	8
7	Latvia	10
=	Slovenia	=
=	Portugal	=
=	Hungary	=
11	Belgium	14
=	Sweden	=
13	Austria	16

EU Rank	Member State	Global Rank
14	Denmark	19
15	Germany	23
16	Lithuania	27
=	United Kingdom	=
18	Cyprus	30
19	Greece	32
20	Bulgaria	35
=	France	35
22	Italy	40
23	Spain	41
24	Poland	58
=	Romania	58

Reporters sans frontières conducts an annual survey on the freedom of the press and produces scores (not shown here) for each country. In 2006 three countries, Finland, Ireland, and the Netherlands, all ranked as having the most free press with a score of 0.50, whilst Poland was ranked as having the least free press in the European Union, with a score of 14.00.

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

[edit] Economic Freedom

EU Rank	Member State	Global Rank
1	Ireland	3
2	Luxembourg	4
3	United Kingdom	=5
4	Estonia	7
5	Denmark	8
6	Finland	=12
7	Cyprus	=16
7	Netherlands	=16
9	Austria	18
10	Germany	=19
10	Sweden	=19
12	Czech Republic	21
13	Belgium	22
14	Lithuania	23

EU Rank	Member State	Global Rank
15	Malta	24
16	Portugal	=30
17	Spain	33
18	Slovakia	=34
19	Slovenia	38
20	Latvia	39
21	Hungary	40
22	Poland	41
23	Italy	42
24	France	44
25	Greece	57
26	Bulgaria	64
27	Romania	92

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. Luxembourg ranks as having the most economic freedom in the European Union, and is also placed third out of all nations surveyed.

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

[edit] Perception of Corruption

EU Rank	Member State	Global Rank
1	Finland	=1
2	Denmark	=4
3	Sweden	6
4	Netherlands	=9
5	Austria	=11
5	Luxembourg	=11
5	United Kingdom	=11
8	Germany	16
9	France	=18
9	Ireland	=18
11	Belgium	=20
12	Spain	23
13	Estonia	=24
14	Portugal	=26

EU Rank	Member State	Global Rank
15	Malta	=28
15	Slovenia	=28
17	Cyprus	=37
18	Hungary	41
19	Italy	45
20	Czech Republic	=46
20	Lithuania	=46
22	Latvia	=49
22	Slovakia	=49
24	Greece	54
25	Bulgaria	=57
26	Poland	=61
27	Romania	=84

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 2006.

[edit] Human Development

EU Rank	Member State	Global Rank
1	Ireland	4
2	Sweden	5
3	Netherlands	10
4	Finland	11
5	Luxembourg	12
6	Belgium	13
7	Austria	14
8	Denmark	15
9	France	16
10	Italy	17
11	United Kingdom	18
12	Spain	19
13	Germany	21
14	Greece	24

EU Rank	Member State	Global Rank
15	Slovenia	27
16	Portugal	28
17	Cyprus	29
18	Czech Republic	30
19	Malta	32
20	Hungary	35
21	Poland	37
22	Estonia	40
23	Lithuania	41
24	Slovakia	42
25	Latvia	45
26	Bulgaria	54
27	Romania	60

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

The rankings of the table refer to the UNDP Human Development Report 2006.

[edit] Income equality

EU Rank	Member State	Global Rank
1	Denmark	2
2	Sweden	4
3	Czech Republic	5
4	Slovakia	6
5	Hungary	10
=	Finland	10
7	Germany	14
8	Slovenia	15
9	Austria	18
10	Bulgaria	19
11	Netherlands	25
12	Romania	26

EU Rank	Member State	Global Rank
13	France	32
14	Belgium	33
15	Ireland	40
=	Greece	40
17	Poland	44
18	Spain	47
19	Estonia	50
20	Lithuania	51
=	Italy	51
=	United Kingdom	51
23	Latvia	57
24	Portugal	59

Income inequality, measured by the gini coefficient is how evenly incomes are distributed through the population. Denmark has the least income inequality with a gini coefficient score of 24.4, whilst Portugal has the most income inequality with a score of 38.5. Malta and Cyprus have no statistics available, and so are not included in this table. These statistics have been compiled by the United Nations (see [1])

[edit] Ease of doing business

EU Rank	Member State	Global Rank
1	United Kingdom	6
2	Denmark	7
3	Ireland	10
4	Sweden	13
5	Finland	14
6	Lithuania	16
7	Estonia	17
8	Belgium	20
9	Germany	21
10	Netherlands	22
11	Latvia	24
12	Austria	30

EU Rank	Member State	Global Rank
13	France	35
14	Slovakia	36
15	Spain	39
16	Portugal	40
17	Romania	49
18	Czech Republic	52
19	Bulgaria	54
20	Slovenia	61
21	Hungary	66
22	Poland	75
23	Italy	82
24	Greece	109

The Ease of Doing Business Index is created by the World Bank and based on the study of laws and regulations, with the input and verification by more than 3,500 government officials, lawyers, business consultants, accountants and other professionals who routinely advise on or administer legal and regulatory requirements.