In 2011, Bulgaria was the country with the lowest level of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita among all EU Member States, at less than 50 % of the EU average. The Netherlands was 31 % above that average; only Luxembourg recorded a higher level of GDP per capita. Levels of Actual Individual ...
This SIF shows the investment goods price levels for the 27 Member States, the candidate countries Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Turkey and the 3 EFTA countries Iceland, Norway and Switzerland, on the base of a survey on equipment goods carried out in 2005....
Overall, the employment gender gap is decreasing in the EU-27; compared with 2000, the 2007 gender gap was markedly narrower in the age class 25-54. It is most likely that the general economic conditions and a variety of measures stimulating female employment (such as better childcare facilities...
More than a third of the EU population between 25-64 years participate in formal or non-formal education and training. There are significant country differences in participation rates according to results from the first Adult Education survey. Young people participate more and there are minor di...
In 2006, there were 1.7 million enterprises in the EU-27 hotels and restaurants sector, employing some 9.3 million people. This corresponded to 8.3 % of the non-financial business economy's (NACE Rev. 1.1 Sections C to I and K) enterprise population and 7.1 % of its workforce. Hotels and restaur...
Short Sea Shipping, as covered by this publication, deals with the transport of goods between ports in the EU-27, Croatia and Norway, on the one hand, and ports situated in geographical Europe, on the Mediterranean and Black Seas on the other hand. Results are broken down by sea regions (Atlanti...
This Statistics in Focus is part of a series of country-specific publications on the results of the Farm Structure Survey (FSS) 2007. It provides a brief but nevertheless comprehensive insight into the farm structure in Germany. 370 500 agricultural holdings were recorded in Germany in the 2007 ...
The document analyses the EU trade services in 2005 in terms of its main partners and items. It covers the period 1999-2005. The main data sources are Eurostat and IMF. The document is aimed to all interested in trade in services. In addition to data it gives some explanations of trends observed...
This Statistics in Focus describes the main trends in road freight transport up to 2005. The analysis focuses on the developments since 1999. The analysis is carried out for national, international, cross-trade and cabotage transport....
This publication belongs to a quarterly series presenting the main results of the EU Labour Force Survey for the EU-27 and for all Member States. Indicators presented in this publication are: activity rates, employment rates, part-time employment as share of total employment, average actual hour...