Eurozone Vital Statistics I

Just compiling some basic eurozone info, for my own ease of reference when blogging. I hope they are useful to someone else too.

The numbers come from the EU Economic Forecast Spring 2005 (the 2005 and 2006 Data are projections)


GDP % Change y-o-y

..................2003..............2004..................2005.................2006

France............ 0.5 ............ 2.3 ................ 2.0 ........... 2.2
Germany......... -0.1 ...... ..... 1.6 ................. 0.8 ..... ..... 1.6
Belgium...... .... 1.6 ............ 2.3 ................ 2.4 ............ 2.6
Netherlands....... -0.9 ............ 1.3 ................ 1.0 ............ 2.0


CPI % Change y-o-y

..................2003............ 2004..............2005...........2006
France.......... 2.2.............. 2.3 ............. 1.9 ........... 1.8
Germany....... 1.0 ............. 1.8 ............. 1.3 ............ 1.1
Belgium........ 1.5 ............. 1.9 .......... .. 2.0 ........... 1.8Netherlands.... 2.2 ............. 1.4 .......... .. 1.3 .......... -3.0

Balance of Payments CA % GDP

..................2003.............2004................2005............2006
France.......... 0.2 ............. -0.7 .............. -1.3 ........... -1.5
Germany........2.4 ............. 3.8 ................ 4.1 ............ 4.4
Belgium.........3.1 ............. 2.5 ................ 2.3 ............ 2.6
Netherlands.....2.7 ............. 3.2 ................ 3.3 ............ 3.9

Govt Deficit % GDP

..................2003.............2004................2005.............2006
France...........-4.2.............-3.7................-3.0............. -3.4
Germany........ -3.8 ........... -3.7 .............. -3.3 ............ -2.8
Belgium......... 0.4 ............. 0.1 ............. -0.2 .............. -0.6
Netherlands..... -3.2 ...........-2.5 .......... -2.0.2 ............ -1.6

Unemployment % of Labour Force

..................2003.............2004................2005.............2006
France........... 9.5............. 9.6 ................ 9.4 ............. 9.1
Germany........ 9.0 ............ 9.5 ................ 9.7 ............. 9.3
Belgium.......... 8.0.............7.8................. 7.7 ............. 7.5
Netherlands...... 3.8.............4.7................ 5.2 ............. 5.0

Govt Debt % of GDP

..................2003.............2004................2005.............2006
France........... 63.9...........65.6 ................66.2..............67.1
Germany........ 64.2............ 66.0..............68.0 .............68.9
Belgium..........100.0...........95.6.................94.9 ...........91.7
Netherlands.......... 54.3........ 55.7.............. 57.6 ........ 57.9