International Rankings of European Union 2024, country comparisons

European Union Index 2024

This table lists the international rankings of European Union, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of European Union, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	16	37.00	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	3	163.773 million	2020
Internet users - percent of population	20	87.00 %	2021
Internet users - total	4	389.064 million	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	24	36.00	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	3	155.005 million	2022
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	42	121.00	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	4	540.558 million	2020
Economy
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	59	3.00 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	1	404.900 billion US Dollars	2017
Debt - external	2	29.270 trillion US Dollars	2016
Exchange rates	141	0.89	2017
Exports	2	8.705 trillion US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	3	17.110 trillion US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	73	43.90 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	46	20.40 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	134	54.40 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	78	40.50 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	89	19.80 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	52	0.40 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	135	1.60 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	90	25.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	54	70.90 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	103	31 %	2016
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	92	23.80 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2016
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	23	2.80 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	N/A
Imports	2	8.037 trillion US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	66	6.43 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	116	2.55 %	2021
Labor force	4	217.042 million US Dollars	2021
Population below poverty line	139	10 %	2013
Public debt	36	86.80 % of GDP	2014
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	3	19.739 trillion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	81	5.39 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	37	44100 US Dollars	2021
Remittances	126	1	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	4	740.900 billion US Dollars	2014
Taxes and other revenues	90	19.41 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	104	7.05 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	75	20.40 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	69	18.90 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	69	19.50 %	2021
Energy
Electricity access - electrification - rural areas	1	100	2021
Electricity access - electrification - total population	1	100	2021
Electricity access - electrification - urban areas	2	100	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	5	2.196 million bbl/day	2017
Refined petroleum products - imports	2	8.613 million bbl/day	2017
Refined petroleum products - production	3	11.660 million bbl/day	2016
Environment
Total renewable water resources	11	1.700 trillion cubic meters	2019
Geography
Area - total	9	4.236 million sq km	N/A
Coastline	4	53564 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	28	4810 meters	N/A
Elevation - lowest point	38	7 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	6	154540 sq km	2011
Land boundaries - total	6	13770 km	N/A
Population
Education expenditures	36	5 % of GDP	2020
Infant mortality rate - female	151	3.62 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - male	158	3.32 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	156	3.47 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Life expectancy at birth - female	33	83 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - male	71	73 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	54	78 years	2021
Median age - female	23	46 years	N/A
Median age - male	21	43 years	N/A
Median age - total	22	44 years	2020
Net migration rate	85	2.85 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	11	1.05 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	18	1.05 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	38	0.75 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.06 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	24	0.95 male(s)/female	N/A
Transportation
Airports	4	4585	2024
Heliports	5	1755	2024
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	2	31.731 billion	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	2	636.860 million	2018
Waterways	5	42000 km	2017

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding European Union on this page is re-published from the 2024 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of European Union 2024 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about European Union 2024 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.