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- yurop@lemm.ee
Which member state contributed the most to EU GDP? And what does GDP actually mean?
Gross domestic product (GDP) is an indicator used to measure the size and performance of an economy. It provides information on the value of goods and services produced during a given period. Within the EU, GDP was valued at €17.0 trillion in 2023.
In 2023, slightly less than a quarter of the EU’s GDP was generated by Germany (24.3%), followed by France (16.5%) and Italy (12.3%), ahead of Spain (8.6%) and the Netherlands (6.1%).
Nice implicit population visualization. Per capita might be more revealing.
Why is Greece abbreviated as EL and not GR? Seems to be a general EU thing.
Seems to me that it’s the national country code just like DE for Germany, SE for Sweden and ES for Spain.
Because Greece is “Ellas” in Greek, when transliterated.
Would have been funny to add Russia, which has a smaller GDP than Germany…
There are only 3 countries with a higher GDP than Germany, idk if this is a fair comparison.
I’m going to take a wild guess that this is also pretty close to the population share.
Soemwhat:
Country Population(2024-01-01) Population(% of EU) Germany 83,445,000 18.6% France 68,402,000 15.2% Italy 58,989,700 13.1% Spain 48,610,500 10.8% Poland 36,621,000 8.2% Romania 19,064,400 4.2% Netherlands 17,942,900 4.0% Belgium 11,832,000 2.6% Czech Republic 10,900,600 2.4% Portugal 10,639,700 2.4% Sweden 10,551,700 2.3% Greece 10,397,200 2.3% Hungary 9,584,600 2.1% Austria 9,158,800 2.0% Bulgaria 6,445,500 1.4% Denmark 5,961,200 1.3% Finland 5,603,900 1.2% Slovakia 5,424,700 1.2% Ireland 5,343,800 1.2% Croatia 3,862,000 0.9% Lithuania 2,885,900 0.6% Slovenia 2,123,900 0.5% Latvia 1,871,900 0.4% Estonia 1,374,700 0.3% Cyprus 933,500 0.2% Luxembourg 672,100 0.1% Malta 563,400 0.1% European Union 449,206,600 100.0% Sauce: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_European_Union_member_states_by_population
ireland at 300%, I’m sure that shakes out in an equitable way that lets irish people live comfortable happy lives c: