The 10 busiest ports in Europe

What TEU means in shipping: TEU stands for “twenty-foot equivalent unit.” It is a standard unit of measurement used in the shipping industry to describe the cargo-carrying capacity of a…
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What TEU means in shipping: TEU stands for “twenty-foot equivalent unit.” It is a standard unit of measurement used in the shipping industry to describe the cargo-carrying capacity of a…
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Member: European Union, NATO, Schengen Area, Eurozone: Member: European Union, NATO, Schengen Area – Not member: Eurozone: Member: European Union, NATO – Not member: Eurozone, Schengen Area Member: European Union,…
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Comparison: Proportion of English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Russian speakers in some European countries Source: Eurobarometer, Eurostats Percentage of population able to hold a conversation in English Europe Country…
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Member: European Union, NATO, Schengen Area, Eurozone: Member: European Union, NATO, Schengen Area – Not member: Eurozone: Member: European Union, NATO – Not member: Eurozone, Schengen Area Member: European Union,…
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Source: Dual Citizenship Report, reddit.com/user/JoeFalchetto How many years of residence required for naturalization? *Duration of legal residence before a national of a foreign state, without any cultural, historical, or marriage…
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*in October 2018 – For the updated version (beginning of 2023) please click here. Yes: European Union, NATO, Schengen Area, Eurozone Belgium, Estonia, France, Germany Greece, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg,…
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Source: The World Factbook, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) 2016-2017 Reserves of foreign exchange and gold compares the dollar value for the stock of all financial assets that are available to…
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Source: Eurostat, Cartography: Eurostat – GISCO Regions with lowest unemployment rates: 1. Praha Czech Republic 1.7% 2. Trier Germany 2.0% 3. Jihozápad Czech Republic 2.1% Mittelfranken Germany 2.1% Niederbayern Germany…
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Source: The World Factbook, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Net migration rate compares the difference between the number of persons entering and leaving a country during the year per 1,000 persons…
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Source: Central Intelligent Agency (CIA) – The World Factbook, 2017 Debt-to GDP Ratio in 2017 Greece 180.0 Italy 131.2 Portugal 127.7 Cyprus 104.5 Belgium 104.3 Spain 96.7 France 96.1…
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Source: Trades Union Congress (TUC), Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN) Hungary 4.9% Latvia 4.1% Lithuania 3.9% Poland 3.8% Czech…
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The “population growth rate” is the rate at which the number of individuals in a population increases in a given time period, expressed as a fraction of the initial population….
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The World Happiness Report measures of happiness since 2012 published yearly by the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network. (http://worldhappiness.report) The complex report measures well-being according to freedom…
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Poverty line: the estimated minimum level of income needed to secure the necessities of life. Lowest in Austria (4.0%), highest in Greece (36.0%). European Union average: 9.8%. Source: CIA…
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