Individuals regularly using the Internet

Percentage of individuals aged 16 to 74

Regular use: at least once a week (i.e. every day or almost every day or at least once a week but not every day) on average within the last 3 months before the survey. Use includes all locations and methods of access and any purpose (private or work/business related).

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All Individuals
	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
EU (27 countries)	..	36	43	45	51	56	61	65	68
Euro area (changing composition)	34	37	43	46	52	57	61	65	68
Belgium	..	..	53	58	63	66	70	75	78
Bulgaria	..	13	..	22	28	33	40	42	46
Czech Republic	20	25	26	36	42	51	54	58	63
Denmark	64	70	73	78	76	80	82	86	87
Germany	44	50	54	59	64	68	71	75	77
Estonia	..	45	54	56	59	62	67	71	73
Ireland	25	27	31	44	51	57	60	63	71
Greece	14	17	18	23	28	33	38	41	47
Spain	29	31	35	39	44	49	54	58	62
France	..	..	..	39	55	63	67	72	74
Italy	25	26	28	31	34	37	42	48	51
Cyprus	..	28	26	29	35	35	45	50	54
Latvia	..	27	36	46	52	57	61	62	66
Lithuania	20	26	30	38	45	50	55	58	61
Luxembourg	48	59	63	65	72	77	83	86	86
Hungary	..	21	34	42	49	56	57	61	66
Malta	..	..	34	36	43	46	55	60	66
Netherlands	..	..	74	76	81	83	86	88	90
Austria	36	46	49	55	61	66	67	70	76
Poland	..	22	29	34	39	44	52	55	58
Portugal	22	25	28	31	35	38	42	47	51
Romania	..	10	..	18	22	26	31	34	37
Slovenia	..	33	40	47	49	52	58	65	64
Slovakia	..	40	43	43	51	62	66	73	72
Finland	58	63	62	71	75	78	79	83	86
Sweden	69	75	76	80	75	83	86	88	91
United Kingdom	46	49	54	57	65	70	76	80	81
Iceland	75	77	81	84	86	88	90	92	94
Norway	66	68	74	77	81	86	88	90	91
Switzerland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Montenegro	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Croatia	..	..	..	..	32	39	44	51	..
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the	..	15	..	21	..	39	47	50	..
Turkey	..	11	12	..	23	28	30	33	..
Individuals, 55 to 64 years old
	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
EU (27 countries)	..	19	26	27	33	38	42	45	49
Euro area (changing composition)	15	18	26	27	34	39	42	46	50
Belgium	..	..	33	37	44	48	52	60	65
Bulgaria	..	3	..	6	9	11	14	18	26
Czech Republic	8	11	12	17	22	27	30	35	37
Denmark	47	59	58	64	66	68	72	77	79
Germany	.. ^(u)	27	37	40	48	52	54	58	61
Estonia	..	21	28	26	29	32	42	43	49
Ireland	11	12	19	22	26	31	34	36	45
Greece	4	2	6	7	8	11	12	13	16
Spain	9	11	14	15	18	21	26	31	34
France	..	..	..	24	35	45	50	52	60
Italy	8	10	12	13	17	20	23	28	30
Cyprus	..	9	7	10	13	11	16	18	23
Latvia	..	8	12	18	23	26	31	31	41
Lithuania	..	7	8	11	14	22	23	28	34
Luxembourg	21	44	52	49	58	64	74	76	76
Hungary	..	.. ^(u)	17	21	28	34	35	41	47
Malta	..	..	14	.. ^(u)	18	19	21	31	46
Netherlands	..	..	55	54	65	73	78	81	84
Austria	17	24	23	33	42	45	45	49	55
Poland	..	7	11	12	14	19	23	24	30
Portugal	.. ^(u)	7	8	9	14	17	19	25	25
Romania	..	2	..	4	5	7	10	11	13
Slovenia	..	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	17	17	25	30	37	34
Slovakia	..	12	14	15	17	28	31	43	39
Finland	36	47	45	51	57	61	64	69	75
Sweden	61	64	68	67	67	76	80	83	87
United Kingdom	30	32	37	43	52	55	64	67	66
Iceland	52	59	61	75	78	76	81	85	89
Norway	44	47	55	62	65	76	76	80	86
Switzerland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Montenegro	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Croatia	..	..	..	..	13	12	15	18	..
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the	..	.. ^(u)	..	.. ^(u)	..	13	15	19	..
Turkey	..	1	2	..	4	6	6	7	..
Individuals, 65 to 74 years old
	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
EU (27 countries)	..	7	10	10	13	17	20	24	28
Euro area (changing composition)	6	7	9	9	13	17	20	24	27
Belgium	..	..	10	13	18	21	26	32	37
Bulgaria	..	1	..	1	1	.. ^(u)	3	3	6
Czech Republic	1	1	.. ^(u)	4	5	8	11	15	20
Denmark	24	26	27	41	35	41	49	52	61
Germany	.. ^(u)	13	16	18	20	25	30	35	36
Estonia	..	7	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	11	15	12	20	21
Ireland	3	4	7	9	13	15	15	17	31
Greece	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	4	5 ^(u)
Spain	3	2	3	4	5	7	9	12	15
France	..	..	..	.. ^(u)	11	19	25	30	37
Italy	3	2	.. ^(u)	4	4	6	7	10	12
Cyprus	..	4	3	3	4	4	8	7	7 ^(u)
Latvia	..	1	3	4	5	6	8	9	13
Lithuania	..	2	2	3	3	5	7	9	10
Luxembourg	5	14	23	22	26	39	46	58	55
Hungary	..	.. ^(u)	5	6	7	15	7	12	17
Malta	..	..	6	.. ^(u)	10	11	24	11	23 ^(u)
Netherlands	..	..	29	34	39	41	49	53	57
Austria	4	7	7	13	19	23	19	25	28
Poland	..	1	2	2	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	6	8	10
Portugal	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	4	4	5	10	11
Romania	..	.. ^(u)	..	.. ^(u)	0	1	2	2	3
Slovenia	..	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	5	6	4	6	11	12 ^(u)
Slovakia	..	4	1	1	3	6	8	13	12 ^(u)
Finland	8	9	13	17	25	29	30	40	46
Sweden	20	41	26	39	36	44	45	54	61
United Kingdom	13	16	20	19	25	29	37	40	47
Iceland	25	29	36	34	44	48	50	58	58
Norway	19	18	22	25	44	39	57	59	59
Switzerland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Montenegro	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Croatia	..	..	..	..	2	3	7	5	..
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the	..	.. ^(u)	..	.. ^(u)	..	.. ^(u)	8	8	..
Turkey	..	0	1	..	1	2	2	3	..
Individuals aged 16-24 with low education
	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
EU (27 countries)	..	55	64	67	73	78	83	87	88
Euro area (changing composition)	..	54	64	65	74	80	84	88	88
Belgium	..	..	73	77	86	85	89	95	93
Bulgaria	..	25	..	41	50	55	62	60	66
Czech Republic	..	52	53	70	78	85	85	89	93
Denmark	..	82	90	94	94	97	96	97	96
Germany	..	74	79	80	86	90	93	96	96
Estonia	..	75	83	89	86	93	92	95	97
Ireland	..	28	23	44	59	66	72	78	86
Greece	..	18	27	38	51	65	66	72	81
Spain	..	41	48	58	65	75	76	80	85
France	..	..	..	61	75	87	86	95	79
Italy	..	36	42	45	50	56	65	74	74
Cyprus	..	55	48	48	56	62	88	85	91
Latvia	..	45	64	80	90	93	94	94	98
Lithuania	..	61	68	81	87	85	91	90	94
Luxembourg	..	70	81	86	87	96	96	95	98
Hungary	..	39	24	66	72	79	82	82	89
Malta	..	..	46	.. ^(u)	62	74	76	90	86
Netherlands	..	..	89	95	96	96	97	97	100
Austria	..	70	74	80	80	89	90	92	98
Poland	..	55	66	73	79	85	92	94	96
Portugal	..	39	50	57	68	76	76	78	85
Romania	..	..	..	19	43	49	54	50	63
Slovenia	..	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	78	89	95	97	98	95
Slovakia	..	54	63	75	82	88	97	94	98
Finland	..	88	78	93	98	97	97	98	99
Sweden	..	93	94	94	92	97	98	98	99
United Kingdom	..	53	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	62	82	83	.. ^(u)
Iceland	..	90	93	98	98	99	100	.. ^(u)	99
Norway	..	86	96	100	91	94	97	99	98
Switzerland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Montenegro	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Croatia	..	..	..	..	66	73	77	93	..
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the	..	..	..	49	..	71	77	75	..
Turkey	..	11	10	..	22	34	39	44	..
Individuals aged 16-24 with medium formal education
	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
EU (27 countries)	..	62	70	72	79	86	91	92	93
Euro area (changing composition)	..	67	71	79	81	86	92	93	94
Belgium	..	..	78	83	90	88	96	96	95
Bulgaria	..	37	..	49	65	73	83	86	89
Czech Republic	..	47	48	61	70	82	85	86	92
Denmark	..	84	90	97	.. ^(u)	98	97	100	99
Germany	..	85	86	88	91	92	96	97	98
Estonia	..	70	.. ^(u)	91	95	92	99	98	98
Ireland	..	33	38	62	69	78	80	85	94
Greece	..	42	39	48	57	71	79	84	86
Spain	..	66	73	79	87	87	94	96	97
France	..	..	..	79	76	89	97	95	94
Italy	..	56	59	64	67	71	78	83	87
Cyprus	..	52	45	54	54	61	77	89	92
Latvia	..	55	79	89	91	94	98	95	98
Lithuania	..	66	60	70	83	85	93	94	95
Luxembourg	..	84	82	92	97	98	98	96	97
Hungary	..	73	66	84	87	95	94	96	94
Malta	..	..	77	.. ^(u)	92	95	100	99	98
Netherlands	..	..	95	96	96	97	99	99	99
Austria	..	67	74	80	79	85	96	93	96
Poland	..	42	58	67	74	82	89	92	94
Portugal	..	83	86	88	90	93	94	98	94
Romania	..	..	..	43	55	60	66	67	72
Slovenia	..	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	82	79	88	94	96	100
Slovakia	..	67	71	68	76	92	91	99	96
Finland	..	89	78	95	98	98	97	97	99
Sweden	..	87	89	93	89	96	98	99	99
United Kingdom	..	65	75	72	84	92	96	96	95
Iceland	..	91	98	95	100	99	100	.. ^(u)	100
Norway	..	82	89	96	93	100	100	100	100 ^(u)
Switzerland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Montenegro	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Croatia	..	..	..	..	63	81	82	88	..
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the	..	..	..	49	..	78	84	80	..
Turkey	..	37	36	..	66	71	77	76	..
Individuals aged 16-24 with high formal education
	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
EU (27 countries)	..	75	77	89	93	96	96	97	98
Euro area (changing composition)	..	73	77	90	92	95	96	96	99
Belgium	..	..	84	98	90	97	97	88	100
Bulgaria	..	52	..	86	82	.. ^(u)	97	98	98
Czech Republic	..	67	90	.. ^(u)	77	95	98	94	100 ^(u)
Denmark	..	..	100	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	100	100	..
Germany	..	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	95	99	99
Estonia	..	100	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	99	93	99	100	100
Ireland	..	56	60	83	78	88	94	95	98 ^(u)
Greece	..	61	63	62	68	86	85	90	99 ^(u)
Spain	..	73	76	85	90	93	96	98	99
France	..	..	..	95	96	100	98 ^(u)	96	100
Italy	..	74	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	85	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	92
Cyprus	..	64	77	71	72	94	83	96	96
Latvia	..	92	94	97	98	97	97	100	100
Lithuania	..	73	71	88	94	96	95	99	97
Luxembourg	..	91	96	96	100	100	97	100	.. ^(u)
Hungary	..	.. ^(u)	85	95	96	91	91	97	100 ^(u)
Malta	..	..	100	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	100	100	100 ^(u)
Netherlands	..	..	98	.. ^(u)	100	100	100	100	100 ^(u)
Austria	..	88	85	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	100	.. ^(u)
Poland	..	78	76	85	92	97	96	99	99
Portugal	..	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	100	100	100	95	100
Romania	..	..	..	75	86	87	88	96	88
Slovenia	..	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)
Slovakia	..	85	82	87	94	96	.. ^(u)	100	99 ^(u)
Finland	..	.. ^(u)	..	100	..	100	100	100	..
Sweden	..	100	99	99	91	100	100	100	100 ^(u)
United Kingdom	..	75	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	98	97	98	98	98
Iceland	..	100	100	85	100	100	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)
Norway	..	89	100	100	100	100	100	100	.. ^(u)
Switzerland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Montenegro	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Croatia	..	..	..	..	71	94	85	94	..
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the	..	..	..	.. ^(u)	..	.. ^(u)	95	.. ^(u)	..
Turkey	..	60	62	..	86	86	81	84	..
Individuals aged 25 to 54 with low formal education
	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
EU (27 countries)	..	15	20	25	28	32	37	43	47
Euro area (changing composition)	..	15	20	26	30	34	37	44	49
Belgium	..	..	38	44	46	48	54	58	68
Bulgaria	..	0	..	.. ^(u)	1	4	5	8	11
Czech Republic	..	3	.. ^(u)	6	7	18	18	26	36
Denmark	..	60	64	68	68	77	79	84	88
Germany	..	39	42	54	57	64	61	66	68
Estonia	..	25	.. ^(u)	30	38	44	51	65	65
Ireland	..	10	14	18	26	36	34	41	53
Greece	..	2	4	3	4	8	14	15	17
Spain	..	10	12	17	21	27	33	40	45
France	..	..	..	28	38	42	46	53	61
Italy	..	9	11	13	14	19	24	31	34
Cyprus	..	1	4	4	4	6	9	12	13 ^(u)
Latvia	..	2	10	17	16	32	32	41	52
Lithuania	..	2	7	.. ^(u)	14	16	25	23	35
Luxembourg	..	33	49	43	61	64	74	73	74
Hungary	..	5	12	14	23	34	38	45	39
Malta	..	..	21	.. ^(u)	29	32	45	51	58
Netherlands	..	..	60	68	76	73	80	85	87
Austria	..	23	22	29	33	40	39	47	59
Poland	..	2	4	4	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	13	19	26
Portugal	..	10	11	15	19	22	28	33	38
Romania	..	..	..	.. ^(u)	3	3	5	6	7
Slovenia	..	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	11	15	18	32	36	30 ^(u)
Slovakia	..	10	13	24	19	25	.. ^(u)	44	.. ^(u)
Finland	..	54	53	56	70	77	75	80	85
Sweden	..	63	70	74	69	75	84	82	89
United Kingdom	..	18	.. ^(u)	24	32	37	48	54	57
Iceland	..	69	75	80	78	84	88	90	94
Norway	..	53	51	69	84	81	85	92	88
Switzerland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Montenegro	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Croatia	..	..	..	..	6	6	11	16	..
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the	..	..	..	.. ^(u)	..	14	19	17	..
Turkey	..	2	2	..	7	10	12	14	..
Individuals aged 25 to 54 with medium formal education
	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
EU (27 countries)	..	44	50	51	58	63	69	74	76
Euro area (changing composition)	..	51	57	61	65	69	74	79	81
Belgium	..	..	58	66	71	74	78	83	85
Bulgaria	..	8	..	16	26	34	43	47	55
Czech Republic	..	24	25	35	43	55	59	64	69
Denmark	..	76	83	88	87	91	90	95	95
Germany	..	58	63	68	72	77	81	85	87
Estonia	..	40	53	56	60	64	72	77	81
Ireland	..	31	36	46	55	61	66	70	78
Greece	..	19	19	25	31	37	44	47	55
Spain	..	41	45	51	56	63	68	71	77
France	..	..	..	57	62	67	74	83	84
Italy	..	43	46	50	53	57	62	67	70
Cyprus	..	20	18	22	25	29	39	45	52
Latvia	..	22	29	39	50	57	64	66	71
Lithuania	..	10	17	24	33	40	47	48	54
Luxembourg	..	74	72	78	87	90	95	92	90
Hungary	..	31	49	62	67	76	80	84	80
Malta	..	..	52	.. ^(u)	70	81	79	87	88
Netherlands	..	..	84	87	91	93	95	96	96
Austria	..	54	57	62	70	75	77	81	86
Poland	..	15	20	26	33	40	51	56	59
Portugal	..	62	67	71	71	79	82	86	90
Romania	..	..	..	11	17	22	29	32	37
Slovenia	..	35	43	51	55	58	65	75	78
Slovakia	..	44	48	41	56	71	72	83	76
Finland	..	68	67	79	82	86	89	92	95
Sweden	..	76	79	86	80	89	94	96	97
United Kingdom	..	55	57	65	71	74	83	86	86
Iceland	..	82	88	89	91	93	96	95	100
Norway	..	72	80	79	85	94	93	95	97
Switzerland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Montenegro	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Croatia	..	..	..	..	40	49	58	70	..
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the	..	..	..	17	..	38	48	58	..
Turkey	..	20	21	..	44	53	61	60	..
Individuals aged 25 to 54 with high formal education
	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
EU (27 countries)	..	73	80	82	86	90	93	94	96
Euro area (changing composition)	..	73	78	81	86	88	92	93	95
Belgium	..	..	84	88	92	92	95	96	98
Bulgaria	..	39	..	63	77	78	87	90	93
Czech Republic	..	74	79	86	89	92	93	94	96
Denmark	..	92	94	95	96	98	97	98	98
Germany	..	78	83	85	89	91	94	95	96
Estonia	..	73	81	86	87	89	92	94	96
Ireland	..	55	61	77	81	85	89	92	95
Greece	..	48	54	59	66	70	76	79	87
Spain	..	69	72	76	80	84	87	91	93
France	..	..	..	80	91	93	96	96	96
Italy	..	69	72	72	76	78	84	84	89
Cyprus	..	57	59	61	72	70	79	84	88
Latvia	..	66	75	87	91	91	93	94	97
Lithuania	..	39	69	78	86	89	92	94	97
Luxembourg	..	89	93	94	95	97	99	99	99
Hungary	..	65	81	87	92	91	94	95	97
Malta	..	..	82	.. ^(u)	92	96	97	98	98
Netherlands	..	..	97	97	97	99	99	100	100
Austria	..	81	84	88	90	95	98	94	98
Poland	..	66	74	82	86	89	94	95	96
Portugal	..	84	86	89	91	93	93	96	97
Romania	..	..	..	67	76	85	89	92	93
Slovenia	..	85	.. ^(u)	93	96	94	97	98	98
Slovakia	..	79	82	86	92	94	95	98	99
Finland	..	90	90	96	97	98	98	99	99
Sweden	..	94	95	97	89	98	99	99	99
United Kingdom	..	78	82	87	89	94	96	97	98
Iceland	..	94	97	99	99	100	99	100	100
Norway	..	94	94	97	94	98	99	99	100
Switzerland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Montenegro	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Croatia	..	..	..	..	73	86	87	93	..
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the	..	..	..	43	..	74	86	92	..
Turkey	..	57	60	..	80	87	77	79	..
Individuals aged 55 to 74 with low formal education
	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
EU (27 countries)	..	4	8	7	10	12	14	16	18
Euro area (changing composition)	..	4	7	7	10	12	14	17	19
Belgium	..	..	11	14	17	19	25	30	34
Bulgaria	..	0	..	..	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	1	1 ^(u)
Czech Republic	..	0	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	3	3	6	8 ^(u)
Denmark	..	26	27	38	36	40	44	48	54
Germany	..	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	19	24	26	21	26	23
Estonia	..	0	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	12	11 ^(u)
Ireland	..	4	6	6	7	9	12	14	21
Greece	..	.. ^(u)	0	0	0	1	1	1	2 ^(u)
Spain	..	1	2	3	3	5	6	9	11
France	..	..	..	6	13	16	24	27	33
Italy	..	2	.. ^(u)	2	3	4	5	7	8
Cyprus	..	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	.. ^(u)
Latvia	..	0	1	0	1	1	2	3	6 ^(u)
Lithuania	..	0	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	1 ^(u)
Luxembourg	..	14	19	13	25	31	38	41	40 ^(u)
Hungary	..	..	2	1	2	13	5	7	7
Malta	..	..	7	.. ^(u)	9	10	14	17	28
Netherlands	..	..	26	26	36	40	47	50	53
Austria	..	4	4	7	.. ^(u)	11	8	9	12
Poland	..	0	0	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	2	1	2 ^(u)
Portugal	..	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	4	5	6	9	9
Romania	..	..	..	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	0	0	1	1 ^(u)
Slovenia	..	.. ^(u)	0	1	2	3	2	1	.. ^(u)
Slovakia	..	1	1	0	1	4	3	8	.. ^(u)
Finland	..	15	17	22	29	31	31	34	43
Sweden	..	37	32	37	37	39	42	48	54
United Kingdom	..	8	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	19	24	28	28	28
Iceland	..	30	39	37	49	43	51	56	64
Norway	..	6	15	14	38	37	38	36	46 ^(u)
Switzerland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Montenegro	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Croatia	..	..	..	..	0	0	3	2	..
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the	..	..	..	0	..	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	4	..
Turkey	..	0	0	..	1	1	1	2	..
Individuals aged 55 to 74 with medium formal education
	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
EU (27 countries)	..	19	23	24	29	34	39	42	46
Euro area (changing composition)	..	19	26	28	33	39	43	48	52
Belgium	..	..	29	35	41	45	50	60	66
Bulgaria	..	1	..	3	5	4	7	11	16
Czech Republic	..	5	5	11	14	18	21	27	29
Denmark	..	50	49	55	57	63	70	72	77
Germany	..	19	26	28	31	36	43	46	51
Estonia	..	12	.. ^(u)	16	16	19	25	27	29
Ireland	..	17	22	27	34	36	40	40	51
Greece	..	.. ^(u)	8	7	5	9	12	12	16
Spain	..	16	21	24	32	38	39	47	46
France	..	..	..	.. ^(u)	34	46	51	58	61
Italy	..	20	20	25	28	31	34	39	43
Cyprus	..	4	8	7	14	11	20	19	24
Latvia	..	3	6	8	14	14	16	16	27
Lithuania	..	0	3	5	6	11	13	15	19
Luxembourg	..	36	51	46	62	67	71	72	68
Hungary	..	.. ^(u)	15	21	27	31	34	38	37
Malta	..	..	20	.. ^(u)	43	.. ^(u)	62	72	63 ^(u)
Netherlands	..	..	53	55	64	71	78	80	85
Austria	..	19	20	28	.. ^(u)	40	37	40	50
Poland	..	4	6	7	9	12	17	18	23
Portugal	..	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	47	54	52	72	78
Romania	..	..	..	1	3	5	8	10	11
Slovenia	..	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	11	10	16	21	27	25
Slovakia	..	14	14	12	15	26	21	42	27
Finland	..	31	27	36	42	50	49	59	63
Sweden	..	53	50	57	57	67	69	77	79
United Kingdom	..	34	36	43	46	55	57	57	63
Iceland	..	57	52	69	68	77	75	80	86
Norway	..	38	38	45	60	60	70	73	75
Switzerland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Montenegro	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Croatia	..	..	..	..	10	11	16	17	..
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the	..	..	..	.. ^(u)	..	.. ^(u)	12	14	..
Turkey	..	5	6	..	12	20	25	16	..
Individuals aged 55 to 74 with high formal education
	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
EU (27 countries)	..	42	49	52	60	65	69	74	77
Euro area (changing composition)	..	39	47	51	59	64	69	73	77
Belgium	..	..	58	59	68	71	77	76	85
Bulgaria	..	9	..	18	28	36	40	48	54
Czech Republic	..	35	34	49	56	64	71	66	78
Denmark	..	72	74	81	80	85	86	90	92
Germany	..	39	44	47	57	62	65	70	72
Estonia	..	34	.. ^(u)	40	45	52	53	55	63
Ireland	..	27	43	47	63	62	67	70	77
Greece	..	15	23	27	29	34	35	41	41
Spain	..	38	44	47	56	58	64	67	74
France	..	..	..	52	60	68	80	86	87
Italy	..	34	.. ^(u)	41	45	51	57	63	69
Cyprus	..	39	29	37	45	39	44	51	52
Latvia	..	23	30	45	43	51	53	58	59
Lithuania	..	14	25	35	39	45	49	60	65
Luxembourg	..	58	74	78	82	86	95	92	89
Hungary	..	.. ^(u)	50	48	58	58	56	71	77
Malta	..	..	50	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	84	66	90 ^(u)
Netherlands	..	..	74	82	85	93	90	93	95
Austria	..	43	41	55	.. ^(u)	81	76	72	70
Poland	..	27	31	34	40	53	53	58	64
Portugal	..	45	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	58	65	66	82	74
Romania	..	..	..	25	26	35	45	45	55
Slovenia	..	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	60	55	54	64	74	75
Slovakia	..	30	32	40	49	52	60	63	73
Finland	..	65	70	70	77	74	82	84	87
Sweden	..	78	83	76	76	86	85	87	91
United Kingdom	..	57	59	65	73	77	80	84	86
Iceland	..	92	85	91	95	92	88	.. ^(u)	97
Norway	..	64	78	84	76	90	91	96	92
Switzerland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Montenegro	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Croatia	..	..	..	..	35	38	47	54	..
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the	..	..	..	.. ^(u)	..	39	36	50	..
Turkey	..	12	27	..	32	38	37	43	..
Individuals aged 25 to 64 who are unemployed
	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
EU (27 countries)	..	..	..	..	..	..	48	55	58
Euro area (changing composition)	..	..	..	..	..	..	49	57	58
Belgium	..	..	..	..	..	..	55	64	66
Bulgaria	..	..	..	..	..	..	19	22	27
Czech Republic	..	..	..	..	..	..	37	42	48
Denmark	..	..	..	..	..	..	76	87	.. ^(u)
Germany	..	..	..	..	..	..	59	66	65
Estonia	..	..	..	..	..	..	59	65	76
Ireland	..	..	..	..	..	..	52	56	65
Greece	..	..	..	..	..	..	30	47	50
Spain	..	..	..	..	..	..	46	52	54
France	..	..	..	..	..	..	57	73	74
Italy	..	..	..	..	..	..	38	44	50
Cyprus	..	..	..	..	..	..	29	31	45
Latvia	..	..	..	..	..	..	49	54	55
Lithuania	..	..	..	..	..	..	34	37	46
Luxembourg	..	..	..	..	..	..	70	71	74
Hungary	..	..	..	..	..	..	47	44	53
Malta	..	..	..	..	..	..	45	30	.. ^(u)
Netherlands	..	..	..	..	..	..	96	96	93
Austria	..	..	..	..	..	..	63	62	79
Poland	..	..	..	..	..	..	34	41	47
Portugal	..	..	..	..	..	..	33	35	45
Romania	..	..	..	..	..	..	20	30	28
Slovenia	..	..	..	..	..	..	42	54	51
Slovakia	..	..	..	..	..	..	43	47	44
Finland	..	..	..	..	..	..	68	78	86
Sweden	..	..	..	..	..	..	93	89	95
United Kingdom	..	..	..	..	..	..	65	73	77
Iceland	..	..	..	..	..	..	96	94	91
Norway	..	..	..	..	..	..	97	94	.. ^(u)
Switzerland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Montenegro	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Croatia	..	..	..	..	..	..	33	39	..
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the	..	..	..	..	..	..	29	43	..
Turkey	..	..	..	..	..	..	27	37	..
Individuals aged 25 to 64 who are retired or other inactive
	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
EU (27 countries)	..	..	..	..	..	..	36	40	43
Euro area (changing composition)	..	..	..	..	..	..	36	41	45
Belgium	..	..	..	..	..	..	47	54	63
Bulgaria	..	..	..	..	..	..	10	12	17
Czech Republic	..	..	..	..	..	..	29	33	38
Denmark	..	..	..	..	..	..	65	69	70
Germany	..	..	..	..	..	..	52	59	60
Estonia	..	..	..	..	..	..	40	44	44
Ireland	..	..	..	..	..	..	37	43	54
Greece	..	..	..	..	..	..	13	14	23
Spain	..	..	..	..	..	..	24	25	30
France	..	..	..	..	..	..	47	55	57
Italy	..	..	..	..	..	..	17	21	24
Cyprus	..	..	..	..	..	..	15	17	18
Latvia	..	..	..	..	..	..	32	33	36
Lithuania	..	..	..	..	..	..	21	22	28
Luxembourg	..	..	..	..	..	..	70	74	73
Hungary	..	..	..	..	..	..	32	39	47
Malta	..	..	..	..	..	..	28	32	45
Netherlands	..	..	..	..	..	..	72	77	82
Austria	..	..	..	..	..	..	43	49	56
Poland	..	..	..	..	..	..	23	25	29
Portugal	..	..	..	..	..	..	14	19	23
Romania	..	..	..	..	..	..	8	9	11
Slovenia	..	..	..	..	..	..	23	28	28
Slovakia	..	..	..	..	..	..	32	43	40
Finland	..	..	..	..	..	..	65	66	70
Sweden	..	..	..	..	..	..	74	74	88
United Kingdom	..	..	..	..	..	..	60	63	59
Iceland	..	..	..	..	..	..	64	.. ^(u)	94 ^(u)
Norway	..	..	..	..	..	..	68	71	84
Switzerland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Montenegro	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Croatia	..	..	..	..	..	..	18	20	..
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the	..	..	..	..	..	..	14	15	..
Turkey	..	..	..	..	..	..	11	13	..
Males, 16 to 74 years old
	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
EU (27 countries)	..	40	49	49	55	59	64	68	70
Euro area (changing composition)	39	42	49	50	57	60	65	69	71
Belgium	..	..	58	62	67	70	75	79	81
Bulgaria	..	15	..	23	29	34	41	42	47
Czech Republic	23	28	29	38	45	54	57	62	66
Denmark	68	73	75	80	79	83	84	87	89
Germany	.. ^(u)	55	62	65	70	73	76	79	80
Estonia	..	45	57	57	58	61	66	70	72
Ireland	26	28	30	45	55	56	60	63	70
Greece	18	21	22	27	33	38	43	46	51
Spain	33	36	40	44	49	54	58	62	65
France	..	..	..	42	59	61	69	74	76
Italy	30	31	34	36	39	43	47	54	56
Cyprus	..	33	28	32	37	39	48	52	58
Latvia	..	28	37	47	54	59	61	63	67
Lithuania	..	26	30	38	46	51	56	58	61
Luxembourg	54	70	76	76	81	88	89	91	91
Hungary	..	24	34	43	50	57	59	63	68
Malta	..	..	39	39	48	50	57	64	68
Netherlands	..	..	79	82	85	86	90	91	91
Austria	42	53	54	61	67	73	72	75	81
Poland	..	24	31	36	41	46	54	57	60
Portugal	.. ^(u)	27	31	35	39	43	47	52	54
Romania	..	11	..	20	24	28	32	35	39
Slovenia	..	36	42	51	50	53	59	67	68
Slovakia	..	44	47	47	53	65	67	76	73
Finland	60	63	64	72	77	80	79	84	86
Sweden	74	78	80	84	79	86	88	89	92
United Kingdom	50	55	61	63	70	74	80	81	82
Iceland	77	79	82	86	88	89	92	94	95
Norway	73	73	80	80	83	88	92	92	93
Switzerland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Montenegro	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Croatia	..	..	..	..	36	47	48	60	..
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the	..	20	..	26	..	44	49	52	..
Turkey	..	16	16	..	31	20	39	42	..
Females, 16 to 74 years old
	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
EU (27 countries)	..	31	38	41	47	53	57	62	65
Euro area (changing composition)	29	32	37	41	47	53	57	61	65
Belgium	..	..	48	54	59	61	66	70	75
Bulgaria	..	12	..	21	28	32	38	41	45
Czech Republic	17	22	23	33	39	48	52	55	60
Denmark	60	66	71	76	74	78	81	85	86
Germany	.. ^(u)	44	47	54	58	62	66	70	73
Estonia	..	44	51	56	59	62	68	71	74
Ireland	23	26	32	42	47	59	60	64	73
Greece	11	14	15	18	23	28	33	36	44
Spain	26	27	30	35	40	45	49	55	59
France	..	..	..	37	52	64	65	71	72
Italy	20	20	23	26	28	32	37	42	46
Cyprus	..	23	24	27	32	32	42	48	51
Latvia	..	27	36	45	51	55	60	62	66
Lithuania	..	25	29	37	44	49	54	57	61
Luxembourg	43	49	51	55	63	66	78	81	82
Hungary	..	19	33	40	47	55	56	58	65
Malta	..	..	30	33	38	43	54	55	64
Netherlands	..	..	68	71	77	80	83	86	88
Austria	31	39	43	49	55	59	61	65	71
Poland	..	21	28	32	37	43	50	53	56
Portugal	.. ^(u)	23	25	28	31	34	38	42	48
Romania	..	9	..	17	20	25	30	33	36
Slovenia	..	31	39	42	48	51	57	62	61
Slovakia	..	36	39	39	49	59	65	70	71
Finland	56	63	60	70	73	77	79	81	85
Sweden	64	73	72	76	72	81	85	88	89
United Kingdom	43	43	47	51	61	66	73	78	79
Iceland	72	75	79	82	84	87	89	89	92
Norway	59	63	67	73	78	83	84	88	89
Switzerland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Montenegro	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Croatia	..	..	..	..	29	31	41	42	..
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the	..	10	..	16	..	33	45	47	..
Turkey	..	6	7	..	15	37	21	25	..
Individuals with no or low formal education
	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
EU (27 countries)	..	18	23	25	29	33	37	40	43
Euro area (changing composition)	..	17	23	25	30	33	37	41	44
Belgium	..	..	34	37	41	44	48	54	58
Bulgaria	..	5	..	10	12	15	16	16	17
Czech Republic	..	18	20	29	35	41	42	47	52
Denmark	..	56	60	66	63	68	71	76	80
Germany	34	39	46	50	54	59	60	64	64
Estonia	..	38	44	45	48	51	53	61	62
Ireland	.. ^(u)	11	14	19	24	31	30	36	44
Greece	3	3	4	5	7	9	12	14	15
Spain	11	10	13	17	20	25	28	33	37
France	..	..	..	23	34	38	43	46	53
Italy	..	9	11	12	14	17	21	26	28
Cyprus	..	11	10	10	12	13	19	23	26
Latvia	..	14	23	32	38	45	51	51	52
Lithuania	..	24	25	30	34	34	41	39	42
Luxembourg	..	34	47	43	55	61	70	72	74
Hungary	..	9	10	19	24	34	34	38	37
Malta	..	..	19	37	26	29	36	40	49
Netherlands	..	..	53	56	64	65	71	73	76
Austria	20	29	28	33	37	43	42	47	52
Poland	..	21	26	28	30	31	36	39	41
Portugal	..	11	13	16	19	22	26	30	33
Romania	..	0	..	1	11	14	15	14	16
Slovenia	..	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	19	23	28	36	41	30
Slovakia	..	17	20	35	34	41	.. ^(u)	47	57
Finland	50	48	46	55	58	63	62	67	72
Sweden	..	65	63	67	62	67	71	73	78
United Kingdom	..	17	22	20	27	33	42	44	42
Iceland	..	67	71	75	77	78	83	84	87
Norway	46	37	43	48	72	74	79	81	84
Switzerland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Montenegro	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Croatia	..	..	..	..	12	12	20	20	..
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the	..	.. ^(u)	..	13	..	22	26	27	..
Turkey	..	3	3	..	8	13	15	18	..
Individuals with medium formal education
	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
EU (27 countries)	..	38	47	49	55	60	66	69	71
Euro area (changing composition)	42	46	52	57	60	65	69	74	76
Belgium	..	..	56	63	69	71	75	81	83
Bulgaria	..	11	..	18	26	32	40	43	48
Czech Republic	17	21	22	31	38	48	51	55	59
Denmark	66	70	73	79	79	84	85	88	89
Germany	44	49	54	59	63	66	71	74	76
Estonia	..	38	49	52	54	57	64	67	70
Ireland	28	30	35	47	56	61	66	69	78
Greece	18	24	23	28	33	41	48	50	56
Spain	46	46	50	55	60	66	71	73	76
France	..	..	..	59	59	66	74	80	80
Italy	38	42	44	48	51	55	60	64	68
Cyprus	..	25	23	27	30	32	43	50	55
Latvia	..	23	32	39	47	52	56	56	62
Lithuania	14	18	20	27	35	41	47	48	52
Luxembourg	55	68	69	72	84	85	89	88	85
Hungary	..	35	46	57	61	68	71	74	70
Malta	..	..	56	36	74	82	85	90	88
Netherlands	..	..	81	83	87	89	92	93	94
Austria	39	47	51	57	63	67	69	72	78
Poland	..	17	23	29	33	39	47	50	53
Portugal	59	65	70	74	75	82	83	88	90
Romania	..	8	..	16	21	25	31	34	38
Slovenia	..	33	40	47	49	52	56	65	67
Slovakia	..	44	47	40	52	65	62	77	68
Finland	78	63	60	71	75	79	80	84	87
Sweden	66	70	71	78	75	84	88	91	92
United Kingdom	49	53	58	62	69	74	80	82	83
Iceland	76	79	82	86	87	90	92	92	97
Norway	61	66	72	74	78	83	85	87	89
Switzerland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Montenegro	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Croatia	..	..	..	..	40	48	54	63	..
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the	..	15	..	23	..	43	50	55	..
Turkey	..	25	24	..	52	58	65	63	..
Individuals with high formal education
	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
EU (27 countries)	..	66	73	76	81	85	88	90	92
Euro area (changing composition)	60	65	71	75	81	84	87	89	91
Belgium	..	..	79	83	87	88	91	91	95
Bulgaria	..	32	..	53	65	68	75	80	82
Czech Republic	53	64	66	76	80	85	88	88	92
Denmark	81	87	89	91	92	94	95	96	97
Germany	62	66	69	73	79	82	85	87	89
Estonia	..	64	69	75	76	79	82	83	86
Ireland	50	52	59	74	79	83	87	90	93
Greece	41	45	50	55	60	65	70	73	80
Spain	61	66	69	73	78	81	85	88	91
France	..	..	..	77	86	88	93	95	95
Italy	58	63	66	67	71	73	79	80	85
Cyprus	..	55	57	59	69	68	74	81	84
Latvia	..	58	67	79	82	83	84	87	88
Lithuania	27	34	61	72	79	82	85	88	91
Luxembourg	83	83	88	91	93	95	98	98	97
Hungary	..	57	75	77	83	82	83	88	92
Malta	..	..	81	30	88	93	95	95	97
Netherlands	..	..	92	93	94	98	97	98	98
Austria	73	73	75	81	85	92	93	88	91
Poland	..	57	64	72	77	82	86	88	90
Portugal	71	79	79	83	85	89	89	94	93
Romania	..	44	..	61	68	77	81	85	87
Slovenia	..	78	.. ^(u)	87	88	86	92	93	93
Slovakia	..	72	74	79	84	87	89	91	94
Finland	93	83	85	89	92	91	94	95	95
Sweden	85	91	93	92	86	95	95	96	97
United Kingdom	75	74	76	82	86	91	92	94	95
Iceland	94	94	96	97	98	99	97	99	99
Norway	85	87	90	94	90	96	97	98	98
Switzerland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Montenegro	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Croatia	..	..	..	..	64	75	78	84	..
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the	..	38	..	41	..	67	76	82	..
Turkey	..	53	54	..	77	82	74	77	..
Individuals who are born in another EU Member State
	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
EU (27 countries)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	63
Euro area (changing composition)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	62
Belgium	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	76
Bulgaria	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	100	.. ^(u)
Czech Republic	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	51	59
Denmark	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	88	81
Germany	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	55
Estonia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	57	67 ^(u)
Ireland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	76	84
Greece	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	60	70
Spain	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	66	68
France	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	63
Italy	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	.. ^(u)	43
Cyprus	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	61	66
Latvia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	49 ^(u)
Lithuania	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)
Luxembourg	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	82	82
Hungary	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	59	76
Malta	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	68	95 ^(u)
Netherlands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	84	90
Austria	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	70	71
Poland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	.. ^(u)
Portugal	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	81	77
Romania	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Slovenia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	36	.. ^(u)
Slovakia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	53	67 ^(u)
Finland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	88 ^(u)
Sweden	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	82	89
United Kingdom	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Iceland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	.. ^(u)	99
Norway	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	88	89 ^(u)
Switzerland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Montenegro	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Croatia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Turkey	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Individuals who are born in non-EU country
	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
EU (27 countries)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	62
Euro area (changing composition)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	61
Belgium	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	72
Bulgaria	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	65	77 ^(u)
Czech Republic	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	49	72 ^(u)
Denmark	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	84	79
Germany	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	72
Estonia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	40	47
Ireland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	90	86
Greece	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	31	34
Spain	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	58	58
France	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	64
Italy	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	.. ^(u)	42
Cyprus	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	42	47
Latvia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	43
Lithuania	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	42	51
Luxembourg	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	82	87
Hungary	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	48	74 ^(u)
Malta	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	83	87 ^(u)
Netherlands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	88	88
Austria	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	62	85
Poland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	.. ^(u)
Portugal	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	63	76
Romania	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	88	.. ^(u)
Slovenia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	47	44
Slovakia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)
Finland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	93 ^(u)
Sweden	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	89	91
United Kingdom	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Iceland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	.. ^(u)	98
Norway	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	93	93 ^(u)
Switzerland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Montenegro	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Croatia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Turkey	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Individuals who are foreign-born
	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
EU (27 countries)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	62
Euro area (changing composition)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	61
Belgium	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	73
Bulgaria	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	74	69 ^(u)
Czech Republic	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	50	63
Denmark	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	85	80
Germany	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	62
Estonia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	41	48
Ireland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	79	85
Greece	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	38	42
Spain	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	60	61
France	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	64
Italy	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	.. ^(u)	42
Cyprus	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	51	56
Latvia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	44
Lithuania	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	43	50
Luxembourg	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	82	83
Hungary	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	56	75
Malta	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	76	91
Netherlands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	87	88
Austria	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	65	79
Poland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	42 ^(u)
Portugal	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	66	76
Romania	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	88	.. ^(u)
Slovenia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	46	46
Slovakia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	52	66 ^(u)
Finland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	91
Sweden	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	86	90
United Kingdom	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Iceland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	.. ^(u)	99
Norway	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	91	91
Switzerland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Montenegro	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Croatia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Turkey	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Individuals who are native-born
	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
EU (27 countries)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	66
Euro area (changing composition)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	69
Belgium	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	79
Bulgaria	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	42	46
Czech Republic	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	59	63
Denmark	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	86	88
Germany	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	78
Estonia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	76	78
Ireland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	60	69
Greece	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	41	48
Spain	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	58	62
France	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	76
Italy	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	.. ^(u)	52
Cyprus	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	50	54
Latvia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	69
Lithuania	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	58	61
Luxembourg	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	89	89
Hungary	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	61	66
Malta	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	59	64
Netherlands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	88	90
Austria	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	71	75
Poland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	58
Portugal	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	45	49
Romania	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	34	37
Slovenia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	67	67
Slovakia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	73	72
Finland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	85
Sweden	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	88	91
United Kingdom	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Iceland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	92	93
Norway	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	90	91
Switzerland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Montenegro	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Croatia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Turkey	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Nationals of another EU-Member State
	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
EU (27 countries)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	71
Euro area (changing composition)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	69
Belgium	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	79
Bulgaria	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)
Czech Republic	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	65	77 ^(u)
Denmark	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	92	..
Germany	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	76
Estonia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)
Ireland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	80	87
Greece	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	63	82 ^(u)
Spain	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	67	68
France	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	77
Italy	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	.. ^(u)	41
Cyprus	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	52	57
Latvia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	.. ^(u)
Lithuania	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)
Luxembourg	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	83	85
Hungary	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	66	.. ^(u)
Malta	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	51	.. ^(u)
Netherlands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	93	94 ^(u)
Austria	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	81	77
Poland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	.. ^(u)
Portugal	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	.. ^(u)	77 ^(u)
Romania	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Slovenia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	.. ^(u)
Slovakia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	64	.. ^(u)
Finland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	.. ^(u)
Sweden	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	84	91
United Kingdom	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Iceland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	.. ^(u)	100
Norway	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	87	93 ^(u)
Switzerland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Montenegro	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Croatia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Turkey	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Nationals of non-EU country
	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
EU (27 countries)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	54
Euro area (changing composition)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	53
Belgium	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	75
Bulgaria	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	81	80 ^(u)
Czech Republic	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	55	70 ^(u)
Denmark	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	79	..
Germany	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	70
Estonia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	52	59
Ireland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	88	83
Greece	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	31	29 ^(u)
Spain	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	54	53
France	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	53
Italy	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	.. ^(u)	37
Cyprus	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	38	46
Latvia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	45
Lithuania	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	.. ^(u)	81 ^(u)
Luxembourg	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	87	84 ^(u)
Hungary	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	43	.. ^(u)
Malta	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)
Netherlands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	86	91 ^(u)
Austria	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	62	86 ^(u)
Poland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	.. ^(u)
Portugal	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	63	73
Romania	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	84	.. ^(u)
Slovenia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	36	.. ^(u)
Slovakia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)
Finland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	.. ^(u)
Sweden	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	85	96 ^(u)
United Kingdom	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Iceland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)
Norway	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	95	92 ^(u)
Switzerland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Montenegro	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Croatia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Turkey	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Non-nationals
	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
EU (27 countries)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	60
Euro area (changing composition)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	59
Belgium	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	77
Bulgaria	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	70	70 ^(u)
Czech Republic	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	60	72 ^(u)
Denmark	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	84	..
Germany	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	73
Estonia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	53	59
Ireland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	82	86
Greece	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	36	36
Spain	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	58	58
France	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	63
Italy	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	.. ^(u)	38
Cyprus	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	47	53
Latvia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	47
Lithuania	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	.. ^(u)	81 ^(u)
Luxembourg	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	83	85
Hungary	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	58	79 ^(u)
Malta	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	61	85 ^(u)
Netherlands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	89	92
Austria	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	70	82
Poland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	.. ^(u)
Portugal	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	67	74
Romania	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	84	.. ^(u)
Slovenia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	36	.. ^(u)
Slovakia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	62	.. ^(u)
Finland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	.. ^(u)
Sweden	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	84	93
United Kingdom	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Iceland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	.. ^(u)	100
Norway	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	89	92
Switzerland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Montenegro	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Croatia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Turkey	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Nationals
	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
EU (27 countries)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	66
Euro area (changing composition)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	68
Belgium	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	78
Bulgaria	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	42	46
Czech Republic	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	58	63
Denmark	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	86	..
Germany	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	77
Estonia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	75	76
Ireland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	61	69
Greece	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	41	48
Spain	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	58	62
France	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	75
Italy	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	.. ^(u)	52
Cyprus	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	50	54
Latvia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	67
Lithuania	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	58	61
Luxembourg	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	88	87
Hungary	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	61	66
Malta	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	60	65
Netherlands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	88	89
Austria	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	70	75
Poland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	58
Portugal	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	46	51
Romania	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	34	37
Slovenia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	65	65
Slovakia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	73	72
Finland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	86
Sweden	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	88	90
United Kingdom	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Iceland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	92	93
Norway	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	90	91
Switzerland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Montenegro	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Croatia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Turkey	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Active labour force (employed and unemployed)
	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
EU (27 countries)	..	..	..	54	60	66	70	74	77
Euro area (changing composition)	..	..	..	56	62	67	71	75	78
Belgium	..	..	..	68	73	75	80	84	87
Bulgaria	..	..	..	24	31	37	46	48	56
Czech Republic	..	..	..	41	47	58	62	66	71
Denmark	..	..	..	84	..	.. ^(u)	89	92	94
Germany	..	..	..	70	75	78	81	84	86
Estonia	..	..	..	64	67	70	77	80	83
Ireland	..	..	..	50	57	65	68	70	78
Greece	..	..	..	29	36	42	49	53	59
Spain	..	..	..	48	54	59	63	68	71
France	..	..	..	49	65	71	76	80	82
Italy	..	..	..	40	43	47	53	59	63
Cyprus	..	..	..	33	40	40	50	54	60
Latvia	..	..	..	52	58	64	69	71	76
Lithuania	..	..	..	41	51	56	63	65	70
Luxembourg	..	..	..	68	76	78	86	89	88
Hungary	..	..	..	50	59	67	71	73	78
Malta	..	..	..	36	58	62	69	76	78
Netherlands	..	..	..	87	91	92	94	96	96
Austria	..	..	..	66	.. ^(u)	76	79	81	87
Poland	..	..	..	39	44	51	61	65	68
Portugal	..	..	..	35	39	43	49	54	58
Romania	..	..	..	19	24	29	34	39	42
Slovenia	..	..	..	55	57	63	68	76	78
Slovakia	..	..	..	49	58	71	75	81	79
Finland	..	..	..	79	84	88	88	90	93
Sweden	..	..	..	85	81	90	93	94	95
United Kingdom	..	..	..	.. ^(u)	75	80	84	87	89
Iceland	..	..	..	87	89	.. ^(u)	94	95	96
Norway	..	..	..	84	88	94	94	96	96
Switzerland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Montenegro	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Croatia	..	..	..	..	38	46	53	63	..
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the	..	..	..	.. ^(u)	..	40	49	51	..
Turkey	..	..	..	..	32	39	40	44	..
Individual living in a household with income in first quartile
	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
EU (27 countries)	..	..	..	..	..	35	34	..	43
Euro area (changing composition)	..	..	..	..	..	36	36	..	47
Belgium	..	..	..	..	45	48	42	54	55
Bulgaria	..	..	..	..	..	9	5	9	15
Czech Republic	..	..	..	..	..	16	20	28	32
Denmark	..	..	..	..	54	58	81	88	85
Germany	..	..	..	..	47	52	53	..	61
Estonia	..	..	..	..	..	29	40	50	51
Ireland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Greece	..	..	..	..	..	5	14	17	26
Spain	..	..	..	..	..	18	22	29	35
France	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Italy	..	..	..	..	..	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	29
Cyprus	..	..	..	..	..	11	17	22	31
Latvia	..	..	..	..	..	20	34	34	38
Lithuania	..	..	..	..	12	14	20	26	29
Luxembourg	..	..	..	..	44	44	61	65	66
Hungary	..	..	..	..	17	21	24	25	31
Malta	..	..	..	..	13	23	33	33	41
Netherlands	..	..	..	..	..	70	75	77	79
Austria	..	..	..	..	..	61	49	..	59
Poland	..	..	..	..	17	20	25	30	31
Portugal	..	..	..	..	..	8	13	19	23
Romania	..	..	..	..	..	5	6	11	16
Slovenia	..	..	..	..	21	18	29	27	30
Slovakia	..	..	..	..	25	30	27	35	46
Finland	..	..	..	..	..	55	61	69	70
Sweden	..	..	..	..	57	67	69	73	78
United Kingdom	..	..	..	..	..	55	..	..	..
Iceland	..	..	..	..	56	67	70	71	88
Norway	..	..	..	..	74	74	75	78	83
Switzerland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Montenegro	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Croatia	..	..	..	..	4	8	14	..	..
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the	..	..	..	..	..	..	18	20	..
Turkey	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Individual living in a household with income in second quartile
	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
EU (27 countries)	..	..	..	..	..	41	47	..	55
Euro area (changing composition)	..	..	..	..	..	42	49	..	58
Belgium	..	..	..	..	53	53	60	64	66
Bulgaria	..	..	..	..	..	11	17	19	34
Czech Republic	..	..	..	..	..	28	37	40	43
Denmark	..	..	..	..	68	64	75	75	82
Germany	..	..	..	..	52	54	60	..	67
Estonia	..	..	..	..	..	61	58	64	70
Ireland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Greece	..	..	..	..	..	17	22	30	38
Spain	..	..	..	..	..	42	48	51	57
France	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Italy	..	..	..	..	..	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	40
Cyprus	..	..	..	..	..	27	39	44	50
Latvia	..	..	..	..	..	41	47	54	60
Lithuania	..	..	..	..	25	28	36	47	44
Luxembourg	..	..	..	..	60	68	68	75	75
Hungary	..	..	..	..	36	42	44	48	52
Malta	..	..	..	..	32	40	46	61	63
Netherlands	..	..	..	..	..	73	82	85	86
Austria	..	..	..	..	..	57	59	..	69
Poland	..	..	..	..	26	32	41	48	49
Portugal	..	..	..	..	..	23	20	26	35
Romania	..	..	..	..	..	11	14	21	25
Slovenia	..	..	..	..	41	29	39	46	48
Slovakia	..	..	..	..	43	56	58	67	74
Finland	..	..	..	..	..	69	76	80	81
Sweden	..	..	..	..	73	79	82	86	84
United Kingdom	..	..	..	..	..	50	..	..	..
Iceland	..	..	..	..	83	83	86	86	96
Norway	..	..	..	..	69	86	91	92	87
Switzerland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Montenegro	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Croatia	..	..	..	..	13	29	40	..	..
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the	..	..	..	..	..	..	40	37	..
Turkey	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Individual living in a household with income in third quartile
	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
EU (27 countries)	..	..	..	..	..	56	59	..	67
Euro area (changing composition)	..	..	..	..	..	58	62	..	70
Belgium	..	..	..	..	69	71	77	81	84
Bulgaria	..	..	..	..	..	34	36	42	48
Czech Republic	..	..	..	..	..	48	63	61	66
Denmark	..	..	..	..	84	81	84	86	90
Germany	..	..	..	..	60	65	69	..	78
Estonia	..	..	..	..	..	72	75	77	81
Ireland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Greece	..	..	..	..	..	31	34	44	52
Spain	..	..	..	..	..	65	71	76	80
France	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Italy	..	..	..	..	..	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	52
Cyprus	..	..	..	..	..	44	53	61	67
Latvia	..	..	..	..	..	62	60	62	65
Lithuania	..	..	..	..	49	56	58	67	68
Luxembourg	..	..	..	..	80	87	89	86	87
Hungary	..	..	..	..	63	64	70	71	73
Malta	..	..	..	..	50	56	58	70	75
Netherlands	..	..	..	..	..	89	90	91	92
Austria	..	..	..	..	..	66	67	..	77
Poland	..	..	..	..	41	47	55	57	62
Portugal	..	..	..	..	..	40	38	40	56
Romania	..	..	..	..	..	21	28	36	36
Slovenia	..	..	..	..	51	53	63	74	69
Slovakia	..	..	..	..	58	73	75	82	83
Finland	..	..	..	..	..	86	91	89	92
Sweden	..	..	..	..	78	88	89	92	90
United Kingdom	..	..	..	..	..	71	..	..	..
Iceland	..	..	..	..	93	92	95	96	100
Norway	..	..	..	..	82	95	93	94	95
Switzerland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Montenegro	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Croatia	..	..	..	..	38	48	53	..	..
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the	..	..	..	..	..	..	62	59	..
Turkey	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Individual living in a household with income in fourth quartile
	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
EU (27 countries)	..	..	..	..	..	73	75	..	81
Euro area (changing composition)	..	..	..	..	..	73	77	..	83
Belgium	..	..	..	..	79	85	89	89	93
Bulgaria	..	..	..	..	..	51	61	63	72
Czech Republic	..	..	..	..	..	74	78	78	79
Denmark	..	..	..	..	96	92	91	93	93
Germany	..	..	..	..	79	82	84	..	89
Estonia	..	..	..	..	..	80	89	89	87
Ireland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Greece	..	..	..	..	..	52	57	61	73
Spain	..	..	..	..	..	80	85	89	89
France	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Italy	..	..	..	..	..	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	67
Cyprus	..	..	..	..	..	59	65	71	76
Latvia	..	..	..	..	..	80	81	80	84
Lithuania	..	..	..	..	72	77	83	88	89
Luxembourg	..	..	..	..	91	94	96	95	96
Hungary	..	..	..	..	87	88	87	88	92
Malta	..	..	..	..	68	67	74	81	87
Netherlands	..	..	..	..	..	92	93	95	95
Austria	..	..	..	..	..	73	80	..	86
Poland	..	..	..	..	59	65	71	72	76
Portugal	..	..	..	..	..	68	71	76	84
Romania	..	..	..	..	..	43	51	50	54
Slovenia	..	..	..	..	73	83	84	85	92
Slovakia	..	..	..	..	72	84	88	90	90
Finland	..	..	..	..	..	95	93	95	95
Sweden	..	..	..	..	88	94	96	97	97
United Kingdom	..	..	..	..	..	90	..	..	..
Iceland	..	..	..	..	97	97	98	98	100
Norway	..	..	..	..	89	98	98	99	99
Switzerland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Montenegro	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Croatia	..	..	..	..	59	73	71	..	..
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the	..	..	..	..	..	..	76	77	..
Turkey	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Individuals living in densely-populated area (at least 500 inhabitants/Km²)
	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
EU (27 countries)	..	41	49	51	57	62	66	70	73
Euro area (changing composition)	..	41	47	51	57	61	65	70	72
Belgium	..	..	54	59	64	66	70	75	79
Bulgaria	..	23	..	35	42	46	55	56	61
Czech Republic	..	31	32	43	51	60	62	63	69
Denmark	..	75	81	85	82	86	87	90	90
Germany	..	52	56	62	67	70	74	77	79
Estonia	..	45	58	61	62	65	72	74	78
Ireland	..	..	35	55	63	69	72	73	79
Greece	..	24	29	31	36	42	47	50	56
Spain	..	38	41	46	51	56	60	64	67
France	..	..	..	45	60	66	70	78	79
Italy	..	29	32	35	38	41	47	51	55
Cyprus	..	34	33	35	42	43	49	55	59
Latvia	..	34	43	55	60	62	66	66	70
Lithuania	..	36	44	52	61	60	66	69	72
Luxembourg	..	58	59	63	71	74	82	85	83
Hungary	..	35	48	55	62	66	67	71	77
Malta	..	..	35	78	44	45	57	59	68
Netherlands	..	..	78	78	82	85	88	89	91
Austria	..	53	56	62	70	73	71	74	81
Poland	..	29	43	48	50	54	61	64	67
Portugal	..	32	36	39	42	46	50	54	60
Romania	..	..	..	28	34	43	49	52	56
Slovenia	..	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	64	57	59	70	68	70
Slovakia	..	49	55	54	58	67	72	79	79
Finland	..	69	73	80	85	85	88	89	90
Sweden	..	86	80	87	79	90	92	94	94
United Kingdom	..	48	54	55	65	71	76	79	81
Iceland	..	..	..	..	..	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	95
Norway	..	81	84	79	86	89	93	94	90
Switzerland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Montenegro	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Croatia	..	..	..	..	49	55	30	63	..
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Turkey	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Individuals living in intermediate urbanized area (between 100 and 499 inhabitants/Km²)
	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
EU (27 countries)	..	38	42	46	52	56	61	66	67
Euro area (changing composition)	..	35	42	46	51	55	60	64	66
Belgium	..	..	53	58	63	66	71	74	78
Bulgaria	..	13	..	18	26	32	34	41	44
Czech Republic	..	24	24	35	39	47	52	58	61
Denmark	..	72	74	78	76	80	82	86	86
Germany	..	48	53	59	63	68	71	75	76
Estonia	..	..	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	72	79	73	75	77
Ireland	..	..	33	41	50	55	57	66	74
Greece	..	22	16	17	24	45	45	48	57
Spain	..	28	32	38	41	47	52	58	61
France	..	..	..	41	55	61	66	71	71
Italy	..	23	27	29	31	35	40	46	48
Cyprus	..	29	30	26	30	30	44	50	56
Latvia	..	18	43	51	.. ^(u)	74	69	72	77
Lithuania	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Luxembourg	..	58	68	67	72	79	83	87	88
Hungary	..	21	35	42	47	56	56	60	66
Malta	..	..	28	36	43	50	57	64	59
Netherlands	..	..	73	77	84	84	88	89	88
Austria	..	48	50	54	62	66	69	71	74
Poland	..	..	30	36	33	40	47	51	55
Portugal	..	20	23	26	31	34	39	46	48
Romania	..	..	..	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	20	45	44	49
Slovenia	..	36	.. ^(u)	45	54	54	57	70	66
Slovakia	..	38	..	..	..	..	.. ^(u)	..	..
Finland	..	57	66	78	79	82	82	84	88
Sweden	..	70	82	84	76	85	89	90	91
United Kingdom	..	55	58	60	67	72	77	81	80
Iceland	..	81	83	87	88	89	92	94	..
Norway	..	72	73	85	86	84	92	92	91
Switzerland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Montenegro	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Croatia	..	..	..	..	28	41	48	46	..
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Turkey	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Individuals living in sparsely populated area (less than 100 inhabitants/Km²)
	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
EU (27 countries)	..	28	35	35	41	46	51	55	58
Euro area (changing composition)	..	29	36	37	43	49	54	58	62
Belgium	..	..	41	48	50	61	62	68	73
Bulgaria	..	5	..	10	16	21	26	29	32
Czech Republic	..	20	22	30	37	46	49	54	60
Denmark	..	62	66	71	71	75	79	81	86
Germany	..	46	51	52	56	59	63	67	70
Estonia	..	44	49	52	55	58	63	68	69
Ireland	..	..	25	33	41	47	50	54	63
Greece	..	13	13	17	22	23	29	30	36
Spain	..	21	26	27	33	38	42	48	53
France	..	..	..	30	44	57	63	60	67
Italy	..	19	24	26	27	31	36	41	44
Cyprus	..	16	14	19	22	24	37	39	42
Latvia	..	22	30	38	45	52	56	59	63
Lithuania	..	18	19	27	34	42	47	49	53
Luxembourg	..	64	61	65	74	78	86	86	91
Hungary	..	12	22	32	39	48	51	53	58
Malta	..	..	28	33	29	46	40	63	57
Netherlands	..	..	68	73	78	79	84	86	88
Austria	..	41	42	49	53	59	62	66	71
Poland	..	11	18	22	31	36	44	47	50
Portugal	..	18	20	25	27	29	32	34	38
Romania	..	..	..	5	6	15	20	21	25
Slovenia	..	26	36	41	42	49	55	60	60
Slovakia	..	38	39	39	48	60	64	70	69
Finland	..	51	56	65	68	74	74	80	83
Sweden	..	73	73	76	74	81	83	86	89
United Kingdom	..	45	51	59	65	63	79	80	81
Iceland	..	70	76	79	82	85	88	88	91
Norway	..	61	70	73	76	85	84	87	91
Switzerland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Montenegro	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Croatia	..	..	..	..	24	26	62	43	..
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Turkey	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Individuals who are born in non-EU country
	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
EU (27 countries)	..	26	32	34	36	41	47	51	54
Euro area (changing composition)	24	27	30	33	35	40	47	52	55
Belgium	..	..	43	47	52	57	62	70	74
Bulgaria	..	..	..	..	28	33	40	42	46
Czech Republic	17	22	24	34	39	48	52	56	62
Denmark	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Germany	35	45	48	49	52	56	61	66	70
Estonia	..	45	54	56	59	62	67	71	73
Ireland	25	27	31	31	..	..	..	..	..
Greece	14	17	18	23	28	34	38	42	48
Spain	25	27	30	35	37	42	47	52	56
France	..	..	..	..	..	..	51	47	56
Italy	19	20	21	23	26	28	34	39	41
Cyprus	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Latvia	..	27	36	46	52	57	61	62	66
Lithuania	..	26	30	38	45	50	55	58	61
Luxembourg	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Hungary	..	21	34	42	44	52	54	57	62
Malta	..	..	34	36	43	46	55	60	66
Netherlands	..	..	71	87	..	..	..	..	..
Austria	33	40	40	50	.. ^(u)	61	62	64	68
Poland	..	22	29	34	39	44	52	55	58
Portugal	22	25	28	28	31	33	39	43	47
Romania	..	..	..	18	22	26	31	34	37
Slovenia	..	33	40	47	49	52	58	65	64
Slovakia	..	..	43	42	50	62	65	72	71
Finland	48	54	52	62	..	..	..	..	..
Sweden	68	78	73	74	..	..	..	..	..
United Kingdom	40	40	51	51	59	60	70	78	73
Iceland	..	..	..	..	86	..	..	..	..
Norway	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Switzerland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Montenegro	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Croatia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Turkey	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Individuals who are foreign-born
	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
EU (27 countries)	..	46	52	56	59	64	68	72	75
Euro area (changing composition)	..	43	50	54	57	61	65	69	72
Belgium	..	..	54	60	65	67	71	75	79
Bulgaria	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Czech Republic	39	43	40	52	64	70	69	73	72
Denmark	64	70	73	78	76	80	82	86	87
Germany	46	51	56	61	66	71	73	77	78
Estonia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Ireland	..	..	..	47	51	57	60	63	71
Greece	..	.. ^(u)	..	..	22	25	31	29	42
Spain	36	38	42	46	49	53	57	62	65
France	..	..	..	..	55	63	67	73	75
Italy	28	28	32	35	37	41	46	51	55
Cyprus	..	28	26	29	35	35	45	50	54
Latvia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Lithuania	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Luxembourg	48	59	..	65	72	77	83	86	86
Hungary	..	..	..	..	60	64	64	70	76
Malta	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Netherlands	..	..	74	76	81	83	86	88	90
Austria	36	46	49	55	.. ^(u)	66	67	70	76
Poland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Portugal	..	..	..	41	44	50	50	56	63
Romania	..	..	..	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	..
Slovenia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Slovakia	..	..	..	48	62	65	72	75	77
Finland	60	65	65	73	75	78	79	83	86
Sweden	69	75	76	81	75	83	86	88	91
United Kingdom	47	50	54	58	65	70	77	80	81
Iceland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..