Key figures on the EU in the world – 2025 edition

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This publication provides a statistical portrait of the European Union in relation to other parts of the world. It presents a broad range of indicators on the EU and on non-EU countries, and is structured into 3 chapters:

• people and society
• economy and trade
• environment and natural resources.

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This publication presents information for the EU (27 countries), a world average (if available), and/or a selection of other countries and territories in the world. In most cases, the selected countries and territories have the highest or lowest values for specific criteria, such as the most populous or countries with the highest/lowest population density. A note under each figure indicates the selection criteria applied.

The EU aggregates presented in Key figures on the EU in the world include information for all 27 EU countries or estimates when there is missing information; notes below the figures indicate any incomplete totals or estimates for the EU. Time series for EU aggregates cover all 27 EU countries for the whole of the period under consideration, regardless of when they joined the EU. The harmonised consumer price index (see the subchapter on consumer prices within Chapter 2) is an exception: time series for this indicator reflect changes in the composition of EU membership.

Throughout this publication, for the sake of simplicity, the word ‘countries’ covers both countries and territories; this doesn’t represent the official position of the European institutions with regard to the legal status or policy of the entities mentioned. Some international sources provide separate data for several entities which are in fact part of an EU country – for example, some of the French overseas departments, such as French Guiana or Mayotte, or the autonomous region of the Åland Islands (which forms part of Finland); this publication doesn’ts consider these as non-EU countries. This publication generally presents data for Hong Kong and Macao separately from mainland China; consequently, the data for China exclude Hong Kong and Macao unless otherwise stated.

If data for a reference period aren’t available for a particular country, then the publication may present data for previous reference years (notes below each figure mention these exceptions), normally going back up to 3 years. This process wasn’t used if the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak resulted in a significant break in series, hindering comparability, such as for tourism or transport-related indicators.