Unemployment rate:
9.4% (2005 est.)
Population below poverty line:
see individual country listings
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 2.8% highest 10%: 25.5% (1995 est.)
Distribution of family income - Gini index:
32 (2003 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
2.2% (2005 est.)
Investment (gross fixed):
19.6% of GDP (2005 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
European Union 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:
1.3% (2005 est.)
Electricity - production:
2.925 trillion kWh (2002 est.)