General Information

Region		Europe
Population (000, 2024)		285 003a
Pop. density (per km2, 2024)		15.8a
Surface area (km2)		18 052 768b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		89a

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2024
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	2 626 599	3 153 538	4 150 508b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	0.2	-3	-0.2b
GDP per capita (current US$)	8 928.2	10 769.1	14 330.6b
Employment in agriculturec (% of employed)	10.3	9.2	8.5b
Employment in industryc (% of employed)	28	27.8	28b
Employment in servicesc (% employed)	61.8	62.9	63.5b
Unemploymentc (% of labour force)	6.6	5.5	4
Labour force participation ratec (female/male pop. %)	52.8 / 68.0	52.1 / 67.6	51.5 / 66.4
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	98	105	108b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	1 024 008	1 174 097	1 514 585d
International trade: imports (million current US$)	847 978	1 075 128	1 319 897d
International trade: balance (million current US$)	176 030	98 970	194 687d

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Population growth rate (average annual %)	~0.0	-0.4	-0.2a
Urban population (% of total population)	69.3	69.8e	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	~0.0f	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	1.6	1.5	1.4a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	77.8 / 68.3	77.4 / 68.4	79.8 / 70.0a
Population age distributiong (0-14/60+ years old, %)	16.0 / 21.3	16.7 / 23.6	16.1 / 25.0a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	19 834.0 / 6.7	20 835.4 / 7.1	... / ...
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	7.6	5.6	5.1a
Intentional homicide ratec (per 100 000 pop.)	7.2	4.6	4.3h
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	16.9	22.4i	23.4i

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Forested area (% of land area)	47.7	47.7	47.7c,h
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	... / 73.8	... / 73.9	... / 73.6b
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %)	58.0 / ...	61.0 / ...	61.5 / ...b