Comparison of the countries
of the
European Union:
Greece and other European countries
Source: Central
Bureau of Statistics of the Netherlands,
EU measuring rod, published
March 2003.
© this
adaptation and representation: World2C™ Multimedia, 2003. All rights
reserved.
| lowest | average | highest |
|
|
Greece
|
Ireland
|
Italy
|
Portugal
|
Austria
|
Spain
|
Finland
|
Average
EU |
Denmark
|
Belgium
|
Germany
|
France
|
Sweden
|
UK
|
Netherlands
|
| Population
density per sq. km |
81
|
55
|
193
|
112
|
97
|
80
|
17
|
120
|
125
|
338
|
231
|
109
|
22
|
247
|
475
|
| Average
age of mother at birth of first child |
29,1
|
27,6
|
28,6
|
26,4
|
26,3
|
29,0
|
27,4
|
27,8
|
27,7
|
27,8
|
28
|
28,7
|
28
|
28,9
|
28,7
|
| Number
of children per woman 1960 |
2,28
|
3,76
|
2,41
|
3,10
|
2,69
|
2,86
|
2,72
|
2.72
|
2,57
|
2,56
|
2,37
|
2,73
|
2,20
|
2,72
|
3,12
|
| Number
of children per woman 2001 |
1,29
|
1,98
|
1,24
|
1,42
|
1,29
|
1,25
|
1,73
|
1,55
|
1,74
|
1,65
|
1,29
|
1,90
|
1,57
|
1,63
|
1,71
|
| Life
expectancy women |
80,7
|
78,5
|
82,9
|
80,3
|
81,2
|
82,9
|
81,5
|
81,6
|
79
|
80,8
|
80,7
|
83
|
82,1
|
80,4
|
80,6
|
| Life
expectancy men |
75,4
|
73
|
76,7
|
73,5
|
75,4
|
75,6
|
74,6
|
75.2
|
74,3
|
74,6
|
74,7
|
75,5
|
77,5
|
75,7
|
75,7
|
| Asylum requests per 1000 inhabitants |
0,24
|
1,57
|
0,13
|
0,03
|
1,8
|
0,17
|
0,33
|
0,81
|
1,19
|
2,19
|
1,24
|
0,48
|
1,57
|
0,94
|
2,17
|
| Gross
Domestic Product (x bill. Euro) |
131
|
115
|
1217
|
123
|
212
|
652
|
136
|
180
|
254
|
2071
|
1464
|
234
|
1588
|
429
|
|
|
Greece
|
Ireland
|
Italy
|
Portugal
|
Austria
|
Spain
|
Finland
|
Denmark
|
Belgium
|
Germany
|
France
|
Sweden
|
UK
|
Netherlands
|
||
| Economic growth 2001 in % |
4,1
|
6
|
1,8
|
1,6
|
1
|
2,7
|
0,7
|
1,5
|
1
|
0,8
|
0,6
|
1,8
|
1,2
|
2
|
1,3
|
| Gross
Domestic Product (per inhabitant) |
67
|
72
|
105
|
72
|
113
|
83
|
103
|
100
|
119
|
106
|
105
|
101
|
100
|
100
|
113
|
| %
relative poverty of population |
21
|
18
|
18
|
21
|
12
|
19
|
11
|
15
|
11
|
13
|
11
|
15
|
9
|
19
|
11
|
| %
market share EU trade |
1,5
|
3
|
10
|
1,5
|
3
|
6
|
2
|
2
|
7
|
23
|
14
|
3
|
13
|
10
|
|
| %
inflation 2001 |
3,7
|
4
|
2,3
|
4,4
|
2,3
|
2,8
|
2,7
|
2,3
|
2,3
|
2,4
|
2,4
|
1,8
|
2,7
|
1,2
|
5,1
|
| Relative price level 2001 |
80
|
110
|
90
|
74
|
99
|
81
|
116
|
100
|
125
|
100
|
105
|
100
|
120
|
115
|
100
|
| Expenditure health care per inhabitant 2000 |
47,9
|
87,2
|
81,9
|
47,5
|
100
|
61
|
86,4
|
100
|
140
|
105,4
|
134,5
|
116,5
|
103
|
93,8
|
103
|
| %
unemployment 2001 |
10,5
|
3,9
|
9,4
|
4,1
|
3,6
|
10,6
|
9,1
|
7,4
|
4,3
|
6,6
|
7,7
|
8,5
|
4,9
|
5
|
2,5
|
|
Greece
|
Ireland
|
Italy
|
Portugal
|
Austria
|
Spain
|
Finland
|
Denmark
|
Belgium
|
Germany
|
France
|
Sweden
|
UK
|
Netherlands
|
||
| %
workers working for an employer 2001 |
56,7
|
82,4
|
74,2
|
72
|
81,8
|
83,6
|
88,9
|
85
|
93
|
82,6
|
89,8
|
89,9
|
94,9
|
88,3
|
86,2
|
| %
of jobs in parttime |
4
|
16,4
|
8,4
|
10,8
|
17,6
|
8,1
|
12,2
|
17,9
|
20,2
|
18,4
|
20,3
|
16,4
|
24,1
|
24,9
|
42,2
|
| %
change in labour productivity 2001 |
+4,9
|
+3,2
|
+0,1
|
+0,1
|
+0,7
|
+0,4
|
-0,5
|
+0,4
|
+0,7
|
-1
|
0
|
+0,2
|
-0,9
|
+1,4
|
-0,4
|
| Expenditure research & development (% GDP) |
0,7
|
1,2
|
1
|
0,8
|
1,8
|
0,9
|
3,4
|
1,9
|
2,7
|
2
|
2,5
|
2,1
|
3,8
|
1,9
|
1,9
|
| %
companies with Internet access 2001 |
51
|
77
|
66
|
72
|
77
|
67
|
91
|
68
|
87
|
79
|
67
|
58
|
90
|
63
|
79
|
| %
private Internet access 2002 |
9,2
|
47,9
|
35,4
|
30,8
|
49,1
|
29,5
|
53,7
|
40,4
|
64,5
|
40,9
|
43,7
|
35,5
|
64,2
|
45
|
65,5
|
| Energy consumption per inhabitant (GJ) 2000 |
111
|
155
|
127
|
99
|
147
|
129
|
264
|
161
|
154
|
234
|
173
|
178
|
224
|
161
|
199
|
| Pay
(-) or get (+) money from EU balance 2001 |
+3,35
|
+1,14
|
-0,24
|
+1,4
|
-0,33
|
+1,1
|
-0,16
|
-0,24
|
+0,2
|
-0,46
|
-0,19
|
-0,54
|
-0,11
|
-0,9
|
|
|
Greece
|
Ireland
|
Italy
|
Portugal
|
Austria
|
Spain
|
Finland
|
Denmark
|
Belgium
|
Germany
|
France
|
Sweden
|
UK
|
Netherlands
|
Source: Central
Bureau of Statistics of the Netherlands,
EU measuring rod, published
March 2003.
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