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Economic Data - EU Member States, New Member States, Applicant Countries and Turkey

Member States

CountryUnemployment (% of total labour force)Inflation (% annual growth rate of GDP deflator)*GDP (per capita $)Balance of Payments - current account balance (% of GDP)Human Development Index** (World ranking)
Austria4.7 (2000)1.826,730-2.60.929 (16th)
Belgium7.02.325,5205.00.937 (6th)
Denmark5.42.829,0001.60.930 (11th)
Finland9.82.224,4307.40.930 (14th)
France10.01.423,9901.60.925 (17th)
Germany8.11.325,350-1.10.921 (18th)
Greece10.8 (1999)3.517,440-8.80.892 (24th)
Ireland4.75.432,410-0.60.930 (12th)
Italy10.82.624,6702.90.916 (21st)
Luxembourg2.40.253,78013.60.930 (15th)
Netherlands3.6 (2000)4.727,1901.20.938 (5th)
Portugal3.84.918,150-10.50.896 (23rd)
Spain14.13.920,150-3.40.918 (19th)
Sweden5.12.024,1802.90.941 (3rd)
United Kingdom5.32.424,160-2.00.930 (13th)

New Member States

CountryUnemployment (% of total labour force)Inflation (% annual growth rate of GDP deflator)*GDP (per capita $)Balance of Payments - current account balance (% of GDP)Human Development Index** (World ranking)
Cyprus3.3 (1999)2.821,190-5.20.891 (25th)
Czech Republic8.86.314,720-5.20.861 (32nd)
Estonia14.85.410,170-5.70.833 (41st)
Hungary6.58.612,340-2.80.837 (38th)
Latvia8.42.57,730-6.90.811 (50th)
Lithuania15.5-0.28,470-6.00.824 (45th)
Malta5.3 (2000)4.913,160-13.20.856 (33rd)
Poland16.74.29,450-6.10.841 (35th)
Slovakia18.95.411,960-3.50.836 (39th)
Slovenia7.59.917,130-3.00.881 (29th)

Applicant Countries

CountryUnemployment (% of total labour force)Inflation (% annual growth rate of GDP deflator)*GDP (per capita $)Balance of Payments - current account balance (% of GDP)Human Development Index** (World ranking)
Bulgaria14.1 (2000)6.56,890-5.60.795 (57th)
Romania10.837.05,830-3.70.773 (72nd)

Other

CountryUnemployment (% of total labour force)Inflation (% annual growth rate of GDP deflator)*GDP (per capita $)Balance of Payments - current account balance (% of GDP)Human Development Index** (World ranking)
Turkey8.354.85,890-4.90.734 (96th)

(Turkey made an application for membership in 1987, but is not currently negotiating its membership.)

*GDP deflator is an index of the average prices of all the components of GDP - consumption, investment, government spending and the difference between import spending and export earnings.

**The Human Development Index combines life expectancy, education and GDP.

All data, unless otherwise stated, is for 2001.
Source for GDP data: UNDP (hhttp://hdr.undp.org/reports/global/2003/pdf/hdr03_HDI.pdf)
Source for Human Development Index: UNDP (http://hdr.undp.org/reports/global/2003/pdf/hdr03_HDI.pdf)
Source for Unemployment data: World Bank (http://devdata.worldbank.org/external/dgsector.asp?W=0&RMDK=110&SMDK=500007)
Source for Inflation data: World Bank (http://devdata.worldbank.org/data-query)
Source for Balance of Payments data: World Bank (http://devdata.worldbank.org/external/dgsector.asp?W=0&RMDK=110&SMDK=500008)

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