Geopolitics-data Euro area
PLANETARY GEOPOLITICS AND ECONOMICS TODAY
Appendix 3
DATA OF THE EURO AREA COUNTRIES
Society for the Promotion of a European Human Rights Model
Association pour la Promotion d'un Modèle Européen des Droits de l'Homme
By Didier BERTIN
July 20, 2012
Table of Contents
I-INTRODUCTION-page 7
II - GDP - page 11
1-THE TWO WORLD LEADERS: UNITED STATES AND CHINA AND THE OTHER THIRTEEN COUNTRIES HAVING A GDP HIGHER THAN ONE TRILLION USD -page 11
2-THE FIRST FOURTEEN COUNTRIES - INDIA EXCLUDED page 13
3-COUNTRIES HAVING A GDP INCLUDED BETWEEN ONE HUNDRED BILLION USD AND ONE TRILLION USD - page 13
4-THE OTHER HUNDRED THIRTY FOUR COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD INCLUDING INDIA-page 14
5-CASE OF THE FIRST THREE ECONOMIC LEADERS COMPARED TO THE FOURTH ONE- page 14
6-REAL WORLD AND MEDIA WORLD - PAGE 16
7-EXAMPLES OF DIFFERENCES BETWEEN REAL WORLD AND MEDIA WORLD-Page 18
8-THE LIMITS OF GDP AND THE DANGERS OF ITS GROWTH - Page 44
III-MILITARY DETERRENCE - page 49
1-THE TWO REAL GREAT POWERS-Page 49
2-THE THREE SECONDARY POWERS page 51
3-OTHER COUNTRIES WITH ANNUAL DEFENCE BUDGET IN EXCESS OF FORTY BILLION - page 52
4 - ISRAEL -page 55
IV-OIL: RISK FOR THE DEMOCRACIES - page 57
1 - MAIN NET-OIL IMPORTERS -page 57
2-ORGANIZATION OF OIL PRODUCERS AND EXPORTERS - page 58
3-ECONOMIC SITUATION OF OIL PRODUCERS AND EXPORTERS - page 59
4-POLITY OF OIL PRODUCERS AND EXPORTERS - page 62
5- THE CHOICES IN THE FIELD OF ENERGY - page 65
V-PUBLIC DEBT-page 66
1 - KEY DATA ON PUBLIC DEBT-page 66
2- THE RISK OF OVER-INDEBTEDNESS CONCERNS ESSENTIALLY THE RICHEST COUNTRIES -page 67
3-THE PUBLIC "OVER-INDEBTED" COUNTRIES ARE MAINLY IN THE RICHEST ONES, ACCOUNTING FOR ONLY 13.9% OF WORLD POPULATION - page 68
4- EUROPEAN UNION, EURO AREA AND PUBLIC DEBT - page 71
5- JAPAN -page 73
6 - POLICY REGARDING PUBLIC INDEBTEDNESS-page 74
VI -OTHER ECONOMIC OPTIONS - page 75
1 - THE RISK OF PROTECTIONISM - page 75
2 - ECONOMIC CHALLENGES- page 76
VII - PLANETARY SOCIAL DISPARTIES - page 80
1-DEFINITION-page 80
2-CALCULATION- page-80
3-GINI INDEX APPLIED TO THE PLANET-page 81
4-ANALYSIS-page 86
VIII-THE REASONS WHY THE EUROPEAN UNION IS NOT A GREAT POWER - Page 93
1-EU AND NATO-page 93
2-CREATION AND TREATIES - EXPANSION AND INTEGRATION, Page 96
3-THE PROBLEM OF THE APPLICATION OF THE CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS-page 98
4-THE CONSTRAINTS OF DECISION MAKING-page 100
5 - INSTITUTIONS page 101
6-THE POLITICAL ORIENTATION OF THE EUROPEAN UNION-page 108
7-INTERNATIONAL POLITICS - page 112
8-THE CASE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ELECTIONS - page 113
9- THE DISPARITIES OF THE MEDIAN INCOME OF HOUSEHOLDS IN THE COUNTRIES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION - page 114
10-THE NEW MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION -page 115
11-THE LIMITS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION page 116
12-A PARTICULAR EXAMPLE OF THE RIGHTIST ROOTING OF THE EUROPEAN UNION-page 119
A-The Prague Declaration of June 3, 2008 - page 120
B-The dangerous consequences of the Declaration of Prague and of the related Declaration of the European Parliament-page 121
k-DECLARATION - page 135
IX - GENERAL CONCLUSION -page 138
APPENDICES
1-DATA OF THE FIRST 60 COUNTRIES WITH GDP HIGHER THAN 100 BILLIONS USD AND THE REST OF THE WORLD - Pages 145 and 146
2-DATA ON THE INDEBTED COUNTRIES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION page 147
3-DATA OF THE EURO AREA COUNTRIES -page 148
4-GENERAL DATA OF THE EUROPEAN UNION -page 149
DATA OF THE EURO AREA COUNTRIES
EURO AREA FIGURES |
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COUNTRY |
GDP |
Public debt% GDP |
GDP/POPUL |
$ BN |
POPUL |
GERMANY |
3 629 |
82 |
44 802 |
2 975 |
81 |
France |
2 808 |
86 |
41 910 |
2 415 |
67 |
ITALY |
2 246 |
120 |
36 820 |
2 695 |
61 |
SPAIN |
1 537 |
68 |
32 702 |
1 045 |
47 |
NETHERLANDS |
858 |
64 |
50 471 |
549 |
17 |
BELGIUM |
529 |
100 |
52 900 |
529 |
10 |
AUSTRIA |
425 |
72 |
53 125 |
306 |
8 |
GREECE |
312 |
165 |
28 364 |
515 |
11 |
FINLAND |
271 |
49 |
54 200 |
133 |
5 |
Portugal |
242 |
103 |
22 000 |
249 |
11 |
IRELAND |
222 |
107 |
44 400 |
238 |
5 |
SLOVAKIA |
97 |
42 |
19 400 |
41 |
5 |
SLOVENIA |
52 |
46 |
26 000 |
24 |
2 |
ESTONIA |
23 |
4 |
23 000 |
1 |
1 |
CYPRUS |
26 |
65 |
26 000 |
17 |
1 |
Luxembourg |
63 |
20 |
63 000 |
13 |
1 |
MALTA |
9 |
66 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
TOTAL |
13 349 |
88 |
40 087 |
11 751 |
333 |
EUROPEAN UNION |
17 960 |
82,00% |
35 635 |
14 738 |
504 |