Unemployment rate:

7.2% (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 90 8.5% (2006 est.)

Population below poverty line:

note - see individual country entries of member states

Household income or consumption by percentage share:

lowest 10%: 2.8%

highest 10%: 25.2% (2001 est.)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:

31 (2005 est.) country comparison to the world: 106 31.2 (2003 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):