Economic portrait of the European Union 2001

European Commission Eurostat

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Data up to 2000
Economy and finance
Economic policy - Economic and Monetary Union
Target audience: All

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• Publié par: EUROPEAN-COMMISSION-EUROSTAT
• Nombre de lectures: 9
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 32 Mo

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Economic portrait
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THEME 2
EUROPEAN Economy
COMMISSION and finance Our mission is to provide the European Union
with a high-quality statistical information service
Eurostat's collections are adapted to the needs of all users.
You will find them in each of the nine themes proposed by Eurostat.
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THEME 2
EUROPEAN Economy
and finance COMMISSION eurostat Immediate access to harmonized statistical data
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A personalised data retrieval service
In order to provide the greatest possible number of people with access to high-quality statistical
information, Eurostat has developed an extensive network of Data Shops (')·
Data Shops provide a wide range of tailor-made services:
* immediate information searches undertaken by a team of experts
in European statistics;
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requirements and intended use;
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Information can be requested by phone, mail, fax or e-mail.
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It can be accessed through the Europa server (http://europa.eu.int).
Cataloguing data can be found at the end of this publication.
Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 2001
ISSN 1680-1687
ISBN 92-894-1207-0
© European Communities, 2001
Printed in France
PRINTED ON WHITE CHLORINE-FREE PAPER PREFACE
The purpose of this annual review — which has now become a traditional part of Eurostat's publications program­
me — is to bring together for analysis in a single work a wide range of mainly macroeconomic data on the European
Union and its Member States.
Although this review refers to specific national circumstances, the idea is to use the main economic variables to pre­
sent a profile of the Fifteen and of the euro-zone. Where possible, the comparison is extended to the various eco­
nomic areas of the world as well as to the Union's main economic partners. Again this year, special importance is
attached to the macroeconomic data of the candidate countries.
While the bulk of the information is taken as always from the national accounts, this edition makes greater use than
before of data from other sectors of Eurostat activity, such as business statistics. We are convinced that the extra
information that this gives readers will more than make up for any risk of inconsistency that might result from this
juxtaposition of information sources that are fairly far apart.
Compared with the economic analyses and forecasts prepared by other services of the European Commission, this
report provides only a descriptive analysis of the facts. While the emphasis is primarily on the latest available data,
retrospective series also figure prominently.
In an age when up-to-the-minute information is crucial to understanding socioeconomic events, it may seem inap­
propriate to publish and comment on relatively old data. However, these data have certain advantages:
— most of them have been compiled according to the harmonised and comparable concepts and methods of the
European system of accounts (ESA 95);
— most of them come from the national statistical institutes of the Member States;
— a knowledge of recent trends helps in getting information about the present.
By presenting and analysing in a single report the main macroeconomic data of the Union and the Member States, this
publication will make the information more accessible to users and will contribute significantly to an understanding of
the economic phenomena of our time.
Yves F RAN C H ET
Director General
Eurostat Under the responsibility of Marco De March, Eurostat Unit B.2 "Economic accounts and international markets: pro­
duction and analysis" benefited for the production of the present summary report from the expertise of Units B.3,
B.4, B.5, C.4, D.2, D.3, E.1, E.2 and E.4. Unit C.1 and the Translation Service of the Commission also provided their
essential logistic support.
Overall coordination
Claude Hublart (Unit B.2)
Economic coordination
Ingo Kuhnert (Unit B.2)
Writing team
Roberto Barcellan, Wayne Codd, Marco De March, Claude Hublart, Ingo Kuhnert, Gabriella Manganelli and Silke
Stapel (Economic accounts), August Goetzfried, Joachim Hubertus, Aurora Ortega Sanchez, Jenny Runesson,
Gunter Schaefer and Alessandra Vestri (Entreprises), Tim Allen (External trade), Paolo Passerini and Nikolaos
Chryssanthou (Balance of payments), Axel Behrens and Volker Stabernak (Regions), Aarno Laihonen (Population),
Alois Van Bastelaer (Labour market), Giuliano Amerini and Flavio Bianconi (Social protection), Sheldon Warton-
Woods, Olivier Delobbe and Gesina Dierickx (Interest rates, euro and exchange rates), Martin Mayer (Prices).
Layout and desktop publishing
Cindy Brockly and Madeleine Larue
Manuscript completed in August 2001
For further information or any suggestions, please contact:
Eurostat — Unit B.2
5, rue Alphonse Weicker
L-2721 Luxembourg
Tel. [phone]
Fax [phone]
marco. demarch@cec. eu. int
All data requests should be addressed to
one of the Eurostat Data Shops listed on the last but one page. CONTENTS
Introduction
1. Economy of the Union
1.1. Gross domestic product 11
1.2. GDP per head6
1.3. Expenditure of GDP9
1.4. Structure of GDP 23
1.5. Production of GDP: the economy by branch7
1.6. Distribution of GDP, disposable income, saving and net lending/borrowing 3
1.7. The economic situation in the regions 48
2. The Union in the international framework
2.1. The EU in the world 51
2.2. GDP of the candidate countries4
2.3. External trade 63
2.4. International trade in services 7
2.5. Foreign direct investment
3. Enterprises in the Union
3.1. Structural development 87
3.2. Short-term developm