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Total general government expenditure

% of GDP

Total general government expenditure - % of GDP Short Description: Total general government expenditure is defined in ESA-95 ยง8.99 by reference to a list of categories: intermediate consumption, gross capital formation, compensation of employees, other taxes on production, subsidies, payable property income, current taxes on income, wealth, etc., social benefits, some social transfers, other current transfers, some adjustments, capital transfers and transactions on non-produced assets.

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General government
  2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
EU (27 countries) 44.8 46.2 46.7 47.2 46.8 46.8 46.3 45.6 47.1 51.1 50.6 49.1
Euro area (changing composition) 46.2 47.3 47.6 48.0 47.5 47.4 46.8 46.1 47.2 51.2 51.0 49.5
Euro area (17 countries) 46.2 47.2 47.5 48.0 47.4 47.3 46.7 46.0 47.1 51.2 51.0 49.5
Euro area (16 countries) 46.2 47.2 47.5 48.0 47.5 47.4 46.7 46.0 47.2 51.2 51.0 49.5
Belgium 49.1 49.1 49.8 51.0 49.2 51.9 48.5 48.2 49.8 53.7 52.5 53.3
Bulgaria 41.3 40.6 39.6 39.1 38.6 37.3 34.4 39.2 38.4 41.4 37.4 35.6
Czech Republic 41.6 43.9 45.6 50.0 43.3 43.0 42.0 41.0 41.1 44.7 43.7 43.0
Denmark 53.7 54.2 54.6 55.1 54.6 52.8 51.6 50.8 51.5 58.0 57.9 57.9
Germany 45.1 47.6 47.9 48.5 47.1 46.9 45.3 43.5 44.1 48.2 47.7 45.3
Estonia 36.1 34.8 35.8 34.8 34.0 33.6 33.6 34.0 39.7 45.5 40.7 38.3
Ireland 31.2 33.2 33.5 33.2 33.6 33.8 34.4 36.8 43.0 48.7 66.1 48.1
Greece 46.7 45.4 45.1 44.7 45.5 44.6 45.3 47.5 50.6 54.0 51.5 51.8
Spain 39.2 38.7 38.9 38.4 38.9 38.4 38.4 39.2 41.5 46.3 46.3 45.2
France 51.7 51.7 52.9 53.4 53.3 53.6 53.0 52.6 53.3 56.8 56.6 56.0
Italy 45.9 47.7 47.1 48.1 47.5 47.9 48.5 47.6 48.6 51.9 50.4 49.9
Cyprus 37.1 38.0 40.0 44.6 42.4 43.1 42.6 41.3 42.1 46.2 46.2 46.1
Latvia 37.6 35.0 36.0 34.9 35.9 35.8 38.3 36.0 39.1 44.4 43.7 38.4
Lithuania 38.9 36.6 34.6 33.0 33.2 33.2 33.5 34.6 37.2 43.7 40.8 37.4
Luxembourg 37.6 38.1 41.5 41.8 42.6 41.5 38.6 36.3 39.1 44.6 42.8 42.0
Hungary 47.8 47.8 51.5 49.7 49.1 50.1 52.2 50.7 49.2 51.4 49.8 49.6
Malta 40.3 42.4 42.6 46.7 44.8 44.6 44.2 42.6 43.8 43.3 42.5 42.3
Netherlands 44.2 45.4 46.2 47.1 46.1 44.8 45.5 45.3 46.2 51.4 51.2 49.8
Austria 51.9 51.3 50.7 51.3 53.8 50.0 49.1 48.6 49.3 52.6 52.6 50.5
Poland 41.1 43.8 44.3 44.7 42.6 43.4 43.9 42.2 43.2 44.6 45.4 43.6
Portugal 41.6 43.2 43.1 44.7 45.4 46.6 45.2 44.4 44.8 49.8 51.3 49.4
Romania 38.6 36.2 35.0 33.5 33.6 33.6 35.5 38.2 39.3 41.1 40.1 37.9
Slovenia 46.5 47.3 46.2 46.2 45.7 45.3 44.6 42.4 44.3 49.1 50.3 50.7
Slovakia 52.1 44.5 45.1 40.1 37.7 38.0 36.5 34.2 34.9 41.5 40.0 38.2
Finland 48.3 48.0 49.0 50.3 50.2 50.3 49.2 47.4 49.2 56.1 55.8 54.8
Sweden 55.1 54.5 55.6 55.7 54.2 53.9 52.7 51.0 51.7 54.9 52.3 51.1
United Kingdom 36.8 40.2 41.4 42.2 43.1 43.8 44.0 43.7 47.7 51.3 50.4 48.5
Iceland 41.9 42.6 44.3 45.6 44.0 42.2 41.6 42.3 57.7 51.0 51.5 47.3
Norway 42.3 44.1 47.1 48.2 45.1 41.8 40.0 40.3 39.8 46.7 45.5 44.5
Switzerland 35.6 34.8 36.9 36.3 35.9 35.2 33.2 32.1 32.1 34.1 33.8 33.8
Montenegro .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Croatia .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Turkey .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Central government
  2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
EU (27 countries) 23.9 25.3 25.4 25.5 25.4 25.5 25.2 25.1 25.6 27.8 28.3 26.5
Euro area (changing composition) 20.5 22.0 21.7 21.8 21.7 21.6 21.2 21.0 21.5 23.9 24.5 22.6
Euro area (17 countries) 21.0 22.1 21.8 21.8 21.8 21.7 21.2 21.1 21.5 23.9 24.5 22.6
Euro area (16 countries) 20.9 22.0 21.8 21.8 21.8 21.7 21.2 21.1 21.5 23.9 24.5 22.6
Belgium 29.3 29.7 27.8 28.5 27.4 30.3 27.3 27.7 28.7 29.9 29.6 30.3
Bulgaria 26.7 26.0 25.2 27.1 26.7 23.9 24.5 29.8 28.6 30.7 27.8 26.6
Czech Republic 30.1 32.6 33.2 37.1 31.0 30.3 29.3 29.0 28.6 30.7 30.0 29.4
Denmark 34.3 34.1 33.9 34.4 34.0 32.2 31.6 35.4 36.1 41.4 41.9 42.5
Germany 11.5 13.7 14.0 14.4 13.9 14.3 13.8 13.5 13.6 15.0 16.2 14.4
Estonia 27.6 26.0 27.1 26.4 25.3 25.1 25.3 25.2 29.2 32.9 30.4 28.7
Ireland 25.2 26.8 26.7 26.6 26.7 27.7 28.0 29.5 34.8 39.8 58.7 40.9
Greece 36.0 33.9 34.0 33.8 34.9 32.5 32.9 34.6 37.5 41.3 39.9 39.4
Spain 20.4 19.9 16.2 15.2 15.7 14.7 14.8 15.1 15.8 20.1 19.2 17.1
France 23.2 23.3 23.9 23.5 23.6 23.3 22.0 21.8 22.0 23.1 24.4 22.4
Italy 26.0 27.8 27.0 26.8 26.3 26.7 27.2 26.7 26.9 30.1 28.9 28.1
Cyprus 32.7 33.6 35.0 39.0 36.7 36.8 36.2 35.6 36.8 39.2 38.6 38.4
Latvia 19.9 18.2 19.3 20.1 20.9 21.6 23.4 22.2 23.6 25.1 25.8 21.9
Lithuania 21.3 18.2 21.5 20.8 21.0 20.6 20.8 20.9 21.9 25.4 25.2 23.4
Luxembourg 26.8 26.5 29.2 29.2 30.2 29.4 27.9 25.9 28.3 31.8 30.8 29.9
Hungary 30.0 31.1 33.4 31.3 31.7 32.6 36.1 33.1 32.7 34.1 33.4 33.8
Malta 40.1 42.3 42.4 46.6 44.6 44.5 44.1 42.4 43.7 43.1 42.4 42.1
Netherlands 25.0 26.5 27.0 27.8 26.9 26.4 26.4 26.7 27.2 30.7 31.3 28.9
Austria 27.1 28.1 27.9 28.1 31.0 27.6 26.7 26.3 26.4 27.0 27.2 26.1
Poland 22.9 25.0 25.5 26.7 24.6 24.5 24.9 24.4 25.0 25.0 26.7 25.0
Portugal 31.3 32.2 32.2 33.4 34.3 35.2 33.9 32.8 32.8 36.7 38.6 36.3
Romania 27.9 26.1 25.3 24.9 24.8 24.8 26.7 29.0 29.0 29.6 29.6 26.4
Slovenia 29.5 30.2 29.3 29.6 29.3 29.7 28.3 26.2 27.3 30.9 31.5 32.7
Slovakia 38.3 30.9 30.9 25.5 24.6 21.1 21.1 18.7 18.6 23.7 23.2 22.4
Finland 25.3 24.4 25.2 25.9 25.8 25.7 25.0 23.6 24.5 28.1 28.4 27.4
Sweden 32.3 31.5 32.5 32.7 31.6 32.2 31.5 29.6 29.1 30.9 30.1 29.1
United Kingdom 33.4 36.8 37.9 38.9 39.5 40.1 40.4 40.0 43.6 47.0 46.5 44.7
Iceland 31.2 31.7 32.2 33.7 32.0 31.0 30.0 30.8 45.2 38.1 40.0 36.2
Norway 32.6 33.2 38.5 37.8 35.8 33.4 32.1 31.9 31.2 37.2 36.1 35.7
Switzerland 12.4 11.4 13.0 11.4 11.2 10.8 10.3 11.2 10.4 10.6 10.4 10.9
Montenegro .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Croatia .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Turkey .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
State government
  2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
EU (27 countries) 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.2 4.5 4.9 4.8 4.8
Euro area (changing composition) 6.1 6.0 6.1 6.1 6.0 6.0 5.9 5.9 6.1 6.5 6.4 6.4
Euro area (17 countries) 5.9 5.9 6.0 6.1 6.0 5.9 5.9 5.8 6.0 6.5 6.4 6.4
Euro area (16 countries) 5.9 5.9 6.0 6.1 6.0 6.0 5.9 5.8 6.0 6.5 6.4 6.5
Belgium 12.9 13.2 13.8 14.1 14.1 14.1 14.0 13.8 14.5 15.2 14.9 15.2
Bulgaria ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z)
Czech Republic ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z)
Denmark ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z)
Germany 13.4 13.6 13.4 13.6 13.2 12.9 12.5 12.2 12.4 13.4 13.0 12.9
Estonia ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z)
Ireland ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z)
Greece ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z)
Spain 11.8 11.8 13.3 13.8 14.0 14.5 14.6 14.9 16.0 17.5 17.4 17.7
France ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z)
Italy ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z)
Cyprus ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z)
Latvia ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z)
Lithuania ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z)
Luxembourg ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z)
Hungary ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z)
Malta ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z)
Netherlands ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z)
Austria 9.5 8.9 9.0 9.1 8.9 8.9 9.0 8.7 9.0 9.9 9.7 9.3
Poland ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z)
Portugal ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z)
Romania ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z)
Slovenia ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z)
Slovakia ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z)
Finland ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z)
Sweden ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z)
United Kingdom ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z)
Iceland ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z)
Norway ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z)
Switzerland 13.2 13.3 13.5 13.8 13.8 13.5 12.9 12.7 12.7 13.2 13.3 13.4
Montenegro .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Croatia .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Turkey .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Local government
  2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
EU (27 countries) 10.8 10.9 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.4 11.4 11.3 11.6 12.4 12.2 11.9
Euro area (changing composition) 9.8 9.7 9.9 10.0 10.1 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.2 11.0 10.7 10.4
Euro area (17 countries) 9.6 9.7 9.9 10.0 10.1 10.0 10.0 9.9 10.2 11.0 10.7 10.4
Euro area (16 countries) 9.6 9.7 9.9 10.0 10.1 10.0 10.0 9.9 10.2 11.0 10.7 10.4
Belgium 6.5 6.5 6.8 7.0 6.6 6.7 6.8 6.6 6.7 7.1 7.0 7.0
Bulgaria 7.6 6.4 7.4 6.4 6.4 7.1 6.4 6.6 7.3 8.6 7.0 6.7
Czech Republic 9.9 10.1 10.9 12.7 12.0 11.3 11.5 10.8 10.9 12.0 11.8 11.4
Denmark 31.2 32.1 32.9 33.8 33.6 33.6 34.0 32.4 33.3 37.2 37.3 37.3
Germany 7.5 7.4 7.4 7.4 7.3 7.4 7.4 7.3 7.4 8.0 7.9 7.8
Estonia 8.5 10.0 10.3 9.6 9.6 9.5 9.3 9.5 10.9 11.5 10.0 9.7
Ireland 12.3 13.8 14.3 14.0 14.3 6.4 6.7 7.4 7.9 7.1 6.4 5.8
Greece 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.4 2.7 2.6 2.7 2.7 2.9 3.3 2.9 3.1
Spain 6.0 5.9 6.0 6.1 5.9 6.0 6.2 6.6 6.6 7.3 7.3 6.9
France 9.8 9.7 10.0 10.3 10.7 10.9 11.0 11.3 11.5 12.2 11.8 11.7
Italy 13.9 14.6 14.8 14.9 15.4 15.4 15.4 14.9 15.4 16.7 15.9 15.3
Cyprus 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.8 2.0 2.2 2.0 1.9 1.9 2.2 2.2 2.3
Latvia 9.7 9.7 10.3 9.4 10.0 9.5 10.7 11.1 12.6 12.8 11.8 10.8
Lithuania 9.1 10.0 9.5 8.9 8.8 8.1 8.4 8.3 9.3 10.8 11.3 10.1
Luxembourg 5.2 5.7 5.9 5.8 5.6 5.3 4.8 4.7 5.1 5.8 5.3 5.4
Hungary 12.0 12.0 12.9 13.3 12.8 13.0 13.0 11.9 11.6 12.3 12.7 11.5
Malta 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7
Netherlands 15.7 15.8 16.3 16.8 16.2 15.8 15.3 15.4 15.8 17.5 17.2 16.5
Austria 9.1 7.9 7.8 7.9 7.7 7.6 7.5 7.4 7.6 8.2 8.2 7.8
Poland 13.4 14.1 13.5 13.0 12.9 13.2 13.7 13.3 14.1 14.8 15.1 14.1
Portugal 5.9 6.3 6.4 6.2 6.1 6.4 6.5 6.7 7.0 7.5 7.2 7.0
Romania 4.4 6.4 6.5 6.7 7.0 7.1 8.7 9.8 9.9 10.1 9.6 9.7
Slovenia 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.6 8.6 8.6 8.7 8.4 9.1 10.1 10.1 9.7
Slovakia 2.7 3.0 3.6 7.3 6.4 6.7 6.5 6.0 6.0 7.2 7.3 6.6
Finland 17.7 18.0 18.6 19.3 19.4 19.7 19.6 19.2 20.4 22.8 22.7 22.4
Sweden 23.8 24.4 24.9 24.9 24.2 24.2 24.1 24.0 24.8 26.3 25.1 25.1
United Kingdom 11.5 11.6 12.0 12.3 12.6 12.8 12.9 12.8 13.4 14.4 14.0 13.2
Iceland 12.0 12.4 13.1 12.9 12.9 12.6 13.5 13.5 13.9 13.6 13.4 13.3
Norway 16.0 17.1 14.8 15.3 14.1 13.0 12.5 13.1 13.2 15.4 15.3 15.0
Switzerland 7.8 7.8 7.8 8.0 7.7 7.7 7.4 6.9 7.2 7.7 7.5 7.4
Montenegro .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Croatia .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Turkey .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Social security funds
  2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
EU (27 countries) 14.8 15.0 14.7 15.1 14.8 14.7 14.4 14.1 14.8 16.6 16.4 16.2
Euro area (changing composition) 19.0 18.9 18.8 19.1 18.9 18.8 18.4 18.2 18.6 20.4 20.4 20.2
Euro area (17 countries) 18.8 18.9 18.7 19.0 18.8 18.7 18.4 18.1 18.5 20.4 20.3 20.2
Euro area (16 countries) 18.8 18.9 18.7 19.0 18.8 18.8 18.4 18.1 18.5 20.4 20.4 20.2
Belgium 17.7 18.2 18.3 18.9 19.3 19.3 19.0 18.7 19.6 21.3 21.2 21.4
Bulgaria 12.4 12.9 12.6 13.0 12.8 12.2 12.2 11.7 11.8 14.1 14.4 14.0
Czech Republic 5.1 5.2 5.6 5.6 5.5 5.4 5.2 5.1 5.2 5.9 5.9 5.9
Denmark 4.3 4.1 4.2 4.6 4.5 4.0 3.4 3.0 2.8 3.3 3.6 3.5
Germany 21.2 21.4 21.7 22.0 21.3 21.1 20.1 19.2 19.3 21.3 20.6 19.8
Estonia 4.3 4.0 3.9 4.1 4.2 4.1 3.9 4.2 5.1 7.1 6.0 5.3
Ireland 3.1 3.1 3.8 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.6 3.8 4.7 6.1 6.0 5.7
Greece 15.0 16.1 16.3 16.7 16.3 17.4 18.1 18.9 20.3 21.6 22.0 22.7
Spain 16.1 15.9 12.2 11.5 11.6 11.5 11.3 11.5 12.3 14.3 15.0 14.9
France 23.0 23.3 23.8 24.3 24.5 24.8 24.4 24.5 24.6 26.4 26.6 26.6
Italy 16.6 16.4 16.1 16.9 16.9 17.1 17.1 17.4 18.0 19.6 19.6 19.7
Cyprus 5.6 5.4 5.8 5.9 6.4 7.0 6.8 6.0 6.0 6.8 7.2 7.6
Latvia 10.8 9.8 9.5 8.7 8.1 7.5 7.3 6.4 7.6 11.9 11.4 9.7
Lithuania 13.1 12.8 11.4 10.9 10.8 10.8 11.0 12.0 13.0 17.2 15.4 13.7
Luxembourg 16.0 17.1 17.8 18.0 18.0 17.7 16.5 15.6 17.2 19.4 18.2 17.6
Hungary 13.9 13.8 14.7 15.3 15.2 15.8 15.9 16.0 16.3 16.7 16.4 16.6
Malta ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z)
Netherlands 14.9 15.0 15.8 16.4 16.5 16.0 17.0 16.4 16.5 18.5 18.7 18.7
Austria 17.0 16.8 16.9 17.0 16.9 16.7 16.5 16.4 16.6 17.8 17.7 17.4
Poland 19.2 20.0 20.1 20.1 17.9 16.9 16.8 15.7 16.5 17.7 17.5 16.6
Portugal 9.4 9.8 9.7 10.3 10.6 11.0 11.2 11.0 11.4 12.8 12.8 12.8
Romania 11.7 11.1 11.0 9.9 10.0 9.8 8.7 9.0 10.1 12.2 12.3 11.9
Slovenia 18.4 18.6 18.5 18.3 18.1 17.9 17.5 16.6 17.2 18.9 19.2 19.4
Slovakia 15.8 15.5 15.5 13.5 13.1 13.0 12.8 12.3 12.8 14.6 14.5 13.9
Finland 15.6 15.7 16.3 16.8 16.8 16.8 15.4 14.7 15.6 18.5 18.5 18.3
Sweden 8.3 12.8 6.3 6.2 6.3 6.2 6.1 6.0 6.3 7.1 6.7 6.4
United Kingdom ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z)
Iceland 6.8 6.5 7.3 8.2 8.2 7.6 7.1 7.0 7.3 9.6 9.2 9.5
Norway ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z) ..  (z)
Switzerland 9.4 9.6 10.0 10.7 10.6 10.5 9.9 9.5 8.7 9.7 9.6 9.4
Montenegro .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Croatia .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Turkey .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

(..) - not available
(z) - not applicable (incl. real zero)

Source: Eurostat

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