strong, export-based EU economy; multinational-business-friendly environment known for resilience, even amid COVID-19 disruptions; real wage growth beyond other OECD members; high livings standards; strong social equity and cohesion; aging labor force
$515.88 billion (2021 est.)
$454.167 billion (2020 est.)
$427.715 billion (2019 est.)
note: data are in 2017 dollars
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13.59% (2021 est.)
6.18% (2020 est.)
5.44% (2019 est.)
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$102,500 (2021 est.)
$91,100 (2020 est.)
$86,700 (2019 est.)
note: data are in 2017 dollars
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$398.476 billion (2019 est.)
2.36% (2021 est.)
-0.33% (2020 est.)
0.94% (2019 est.)
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Fitch rating: A+ (2017)
Moody's rating: A2 (2017)
Standard & Poors rating: AA- (2019)
note: The year refers to the year in which the current credit rating was first obtained.
agriculture: 1.2% (2017 est.)
industry: 38.6% (2017 est.)
services: 60.2% (2017 est.)
household consumption: 34% (2017 est.)
government consumption: 10.1% (2017 est.)
investment in fixed capital: 23.4% (2017 est.)
investment in inventories: 1.2% (2017 est.)
exports of goods and services: 119.9% (2017 est.)
imports of goods and services: -89.7% (2017 est.)
milk, barley, beef, wheat, potatoes, pork, oats, poultry, mushrooms/truffles, mutton
pharmaceuticals, chemicals, computer hardware and software, food products, beverages and brewing; medical devices
20.33% (2021 est.)
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2.518 million (2021 est.)
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agriculture: 5%
industry: 11%
services: 84% (2015 est.)
6.63% (2021 est.)
5.62% (2020 est.)
4.95% (2019 est.)
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total: 17.4%
male: 16.1%
female: 18.8% (2021 est.)
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13.1% (2018 est.)
30.6 (2018 est.)
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on food: 9% of household expenditures (2018 est.)
on alcohol and tobacco: 5.8% of household expenditures (2018 est.)
lowest 10%: 2.9%
highest 10%: 27.2% (2000)
revenues: $99.784 billion (2019 est.)
expenditures: $97.713 billion (2019 est.)
-0.3% (of GDP) (2017 est.)
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71.58% of GDP (2020 est.)
69.7% of GDP (2019 est.)
75.19% of GDP (2018 est.)
note: data cover general government debt and include debt instruments issued (or owned) by government entities other than the treasury; the data include treasury debt held by foreign entities; the data include debt issued by subnational entities, as well as intragovernmental debt; intragovernmental debt consists of treasury borrowings from surpluses in the social funds, such as for retirement, medical care, and unemployment; debt instruments for the social funds are not sold at public auctions
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16.51% (of GDP) (2020 est.)
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calendar year
$72.22 billion (2021 est.)
-$27.412 billion (2020 est.)
-$44.934 billion (2019 est.)
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$677.028 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$569.061 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$502.313 billion (2019 est.)
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United States 28%, Belgium 10%, Germany 10%, UK 9%, China 5%, Netherlands 5% (2019)
vaccines and cultures, packaged medicines, nitrogen compounds, integrated circuits, scented mixtures, medical instruments (2021)
$477.544 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$486.946 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$452.979 billion (2019 est.)
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United Kingdom 31%, United States 16%, Germany 10%, Netherlands 5%, France 5% (2019)
aircraft, computers, packaged medicines, refined petroleum, medical cultures/vaccines (2019)
$13.247 billion (31 December 2021 est.)
$7.463 billion (31 December 2020 est.)
$5.733 billion (31 December 2019 est.)
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$2.829 trillion (2019 est.)
$2.759 trillion (2018 est.)
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euros (EUR) per US dollar -
0.845 (2021 est.)
0.876 (2020 est.)
0.893 (2019 est.)
0.847 (2018 est.)
0.885 (2017 est.)
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