This statistic presents the number of member states in the European Union from 1958 to 2019.

Member States by year of entry

1958: Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands 1973: Denmark, Ireland, United Kingdom* 1981: Greece 1986: Portugal, Spain 1995: Austria, Finland, Sweden 2004: Cyprus, Czechia, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia 2007: Bulgaria, Romania 2013: Croatia

The European Union is a supranational organization founded in 1957 (under the name European Economic Community) currently comprised of 27 European states, which aims to facilitate economic and political cooperation on the European continent. The current member states of the EU, in alphabetical order, are: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden. Additionally, the United Kingdom was a member of the EU from 1973 until 2020, with the country voting to leave the European Union in 2016. There are currently also nine candidate countries (countries in the process of joining the EU): Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey, Georgia, and Ukraine; as well as a potential candidate, Kosovo. The Founding Six: 1957 The European Economic Community was founded through the 1957 Treaty of Rome by Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands. The six countries were united by the aim of integrating their economies together in such a way which would provide economic prosperity on the European continent and to prevent future conflicts from arising between the countries. This was particularly informed by the French and German politicians, who wished to prevent their countries going to war, as they had done three times over the preceding century (1870-71, 1914-18, and 1939-45). The treaty is considered fundamental to the functioning of the European Union, with the famous statement at its beginning that the countries were seeking to pursue "ever closer union". The First Enlargement: 1973 In 1973, additional countries joined the European Community for the first time. Denmark, Ireland, and the United Kingdom joined the community on the 1st of January 1973, with Ireland and Denmark having held referendums during 1972, with 83 percent voting in favor in Ireland and 63 percent voting in favor in Denmark. Norway had planned to join along with the three other countries, however, their citizens rejected the proposal in a referendum with 54 percent voting against it. The United Kingdom held a referendum in 1975, two years after joining, in which its citizens confirmed the government's decision to join, with 67 percent voting in favor. The UK had been an applicant to join the community since 1963, but had been blocked by French President Charles de Gaulle numerous times, due to his suspicions that the British were too influenced by the United States. The Southern Enlargement: 1981-1986 In 1981 Greece became the first of three southern European countries who had recently transitioned from military dictatorship to democracy to join the European Community. Greek democracy had been restored in 1975, following seven years of rule by a military junta. Portugal and Spain later joined in 1986, as the Carnation Revolution of 1974 had moved Portugal towards free, multi-party elections, while the death of Spain's long-serving dictator General Francisco Franco in 1975 opened up the space for democracy to re-emerge. Some European politicians were hesitant to admit countries with such short histories of democracy and lower living standards than the rest of the bloc, however, there was also a desire to integrate these countries and to prevent a slide back towards authoritarianism. The Third Enlargement: 1995 In 1995, Austria, Finland, and Sweden became the next three countries to join the European Union (the Maastricht Treaty of 1992 had renamed the EEC to the EU). These three countries had a long history of cooperation with EU countries, being closely tied historically and culturally to certain member states (Sweden and Finland to Denmark, and Austria to Germany), as well as having been long-standing members of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), an organization which facilitates the economic integration of non-EU countries with the EU. Norway had once again planned to join along with these three states, however, its citizens rejected the proposal with 52 percent voting against in a 1994 referendum. The same occurred in Switzerland, whose voters rejected joining the EU by a razor-thin margin, with 50.3 percent voting against. The Eastern Enlargement: 2004-present Since 2004, 13 countries have joined the European Union, almost doubling the size of the bloc. The 2004 enlargement is often referred to as the 'eastern enlargement' as eight post-communist states in central and eastern Europe (Czechia, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia) joined. Alongside these countries, the Mediterranean island states of Cyprus and Malta also joined the EU in 2004. Later, in 2007 Bulgaria and Romania became the next post-communist countries to join, while Croatia became the second country from the former Yugoslavia (a communis...

As of December 2021, Germany had the highest number of internet users among all European Union (EU) countries. This stood at over **** million, roughly ** percent of the entire population. The second highest figure was seen in France. Meanwhile, there were nearly *** thousand internet users in Malta, making it the country with the lowest number of internet users in the European Union (EU).

Internet access in the EU

Over the past decade the share of households with access to the internet in the European Union (EU) has grown to reach ** percent in 2020 . This was over a ** percent increase from 2008, when just ** percent of all EU households had internet access. As a whole, internet usage in Europe continues to rise with mobile internet in particular having seen substantial year-on-year growth since its infancy a decade ago. This growth is expected to continue, with ** percent of Europeans forecast to have mobile internet access by 2025.

Internet use worldwide

In 2021, the highest percentage of internet usage worldwide was among the Europeans. Meanwhile, the Philippines ranked first in the daily time spent online, an average of ** hours and ** minutes. Thanks to the boom in mobile internet, worldwide spending on both the Google Play and Apple App Store is also forecast to increase each year. Overall, spending on the App Store is expected to be more than double that on Google Play by 2026.

As of March 2025, *** data centers were listed as being located in Germany, the most of any European nation. Data centers are facilities housing critical IT infrastructure designed to store, process, and manage vast volumes of data. The United States is home to the largest share of data centers worldwide, with over ***** facilities.

The European Union's total Exports in 2024 were valued at US$2.80 Trillion, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. The European Union's main export partners were: the United States, the United Kingdom and China. The top three export commodities were: Machinery, nuclear reactors, boilers; Pharmaceutical products and Vehicles other than railway, tramway. Total Imports were valued at US$2.64 Trillion. In 2024, The European Union had a trade surplus of US$159.68 Billion.

The European Union's total Imports in 2024 were valued at US$2.64 Trillion, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. The European Union's main import partners were: China, the United States and the United Kingdom. The top three import commodities were: Mineral fuels, oils, distillation products; Electrical, electronic equipment and Machinery, nuclear reactors, boilers. Total Exports were valued at US$2.80 Trillion. In 2024, The European Union had a trade surplus of US$159.68 Billion.

This dataset provides values for HOSPITALS reported in several countries. The data includes current values, previous releases, historical highs and record lows, release frequency, reported unit and currency.

This file contains European countries in a shapefile format that can be used in python, R or matlab. The file has been created by Drin Marmullaku based on GADM version 4.1 (https://gadm.org/) and distributed according to their license (https://gadm.org/license.html).

Please cite as: Sevdari, Kristian; Marmullaku, Drin (2023). Shapefile of European countries. Technical University of Denmark. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.11583/DTU.23686383 This dataset is distributed under a CCBY-NC-SA 4.0 license

Using the data to create maps for publishing of academic research articles is allowed. Thus you can use the maps you made with GADM data for figures in articles published by PLoS, Springer Nature, Elsevier, MDPI, etc. You are allowed (but not required) to publish these articles (and the maps they contain) under an open license such as CC-BY as is the case with PLoS journals and may be the case with other open access articles. Data for the following countries is covered by a a different license Austria: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 (source: Government of Austria)

This dataset provides values for POPULATION reported in several countries. The data includes current values, previous releases, historical highs and record lows, release frequency, reported unit and currency.

European Number of Enterprises of Warehousing and Storage by Country, 2023 Discover more data with ReportLinker!

Within the framework of the European Union, European institutions are aware of the importance of developing and strengthening Social Capital networks in order to assure social cohesion and eliminate social exclusion. Moreover, the enlargement to 10 new member States last year implies challenges in terms of regional integration for which the development of the Social Capital may become essential. In this context of heightened awareness of people’s values and day-to-day interaction, the DG Employment and Social Affairs was interested in measuring the level of Social Capital networks in the European Union and in two candidate countries (Bulgaria and Romania). For this purpose, 25.978 interviews were conducted between 22nd November and 19th December 2004. The report aims to present the main results obtained during this poll. This report is divided in 6 parts: ♦ The context and determinants of Social Capital: personal satisfaction with main social, economical and political domains as well as satisfaction with personal fields ♦ Trust and socialization: generalized trust and informal socialization (time spent in socializing with friends, neighbours and work colleagues) ♦ Informal Social Capital ♦ Networks and associational activities ♦ Social capital and political and civic commitment ♦ The care of elderly.

The results by volumes are distributed as follows:

• Volume A: Countries
• Volume AA: Groups of countries
• Volume A' (AP): Trends
• Volume AA' (AAP): Trends of groups of countries
• Volume B: EU/socio-demographics
• Volume B' (BP) : Trends of EU/ socio-demographics
• Volume C: Country/socio-demographics ---- Researchers may also contact GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences: https://www.gesis.org/eurobarometer

The average for 2023 based on 47 countries was 15.65 percent. The highest value was in Turkey: 21.84 percent and the lowest value was in Italy: 12.14 percent. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

European Number of Enterprises of Hotels by Country, 2023 Discover more data with ReportLinker!

This ranking displays the results of the worldwide Made-In-Country Index 2017, a survey conducted to show how positively products "made in..." are perceived in various countries all over the world. During this survey, 94 percent of respondents from Algeria perceived products made in the European Union as "slightly positive" or "very positive".

The average for 2023 based on 27 countries was 0.915 points. The highest value was in Denmark: 0.962 points and the lowest value was in Bulgaria: 0.845 points. The indicator is available from 1980 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

European Number of Vessels Share by Country (Units), 2023 Discover more data with ReportLinker!

This dataset provides values for GDP PER CAPITA reported in several countries. The data includes current values, previous releases, historical highs and record lows, release frequency, reported unit and currency.

This dataset provides values for CORRUPTION INDEX reported in several countries. The data includes current values, previous releases, historical highs and record lows, release frequency, reported unit and currency.

Imports: EU 27E: Extra EU: Food, Drink & Tobacco data was reported at 4.136 EUR bn in Feb 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 4.254 EUR bn for Jan 2025. Imports: EU 27E: Extra EU: Food, Drink & Tobacco data is updated monthly, averaging 2.686 EUR bn from Jan 2002 (Median) to Feb 2025, with 278 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 5.038 EUR bn in Nov 2022 and a record low of 1.297 EUR bn in Jan 2004. Imports: EU 27E: Extra EU: Food, Drink & Tobacco data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Eurostat. The data is categorized under Global Database’s European Union – Table EU.JA020: Eurostat: Trade Statistics: By SITC: European Union: European Countries Outside of EU.

The average for 2023 based on 45 countries was 0.47 points. The highest value was in Liechtenstein: 1.61 points and the lowest value was in Ukraine: -1.43 points. The indicator is available from 1996 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.