Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban garners the lowest median confidence across the 14 EU nations when it comes to world affairs, with just 27%. From 1980 to 2018, the US has added more population than the EU. Independent Premium Comments can be posted by members of our membership scheme, Independent Premium. According to calculations by the German newspaper Die Welt, Spain's economy had been on course to overtake countries like Germany in per capita income by 2011. be 77.8% less likely to be unemployed In Spain, 17.1% of adults are unemployed. The Netherlands and Ireland are fine. This includes amount of fat, and how much of it is saturated, carbohydrates, sugars, protein and so on. The economy clocked 0.9% and 1.5% in 2016 and 2017, respectively. Automotive, oil, and electronics are among the developed industries, while financial services and tourism are prominent contributors within services. At that time, the EU GDP per capita was $8,799. The UK was a member of the European Union from 1973 until 31 January 2020. Switzerland is one of the most stable market economies in the world. The top-5 countries in the EU by GDP – Germany, the UK, France, Italy, and Spain – account for 70% of the EU total GDP in 2018. When the economy was beginning to recover, it suffered a massive earthquake that hit the country socially and economically. The IMF projects a growth of 5.8% in 2020, which would sober down to around 5.6% by 2023. This year, who knows? The country has a highly skilled workforce and low unemployment (3%). Switzerland also has a long tradition of industry, especially the clock and watches industry and pharmaceuticals. Boy sleeps in tent for months in memory of friends, Dramatic footage shows flood destruction in India. Their GDP have been growing at a similar pace. The economy expanded by 2.9% and 2% during 2016 and 2017. Older Lithuanians and Russians are also more likely to not provide a response. Today, the UK still has the lowest level measured among Western European countries in the survey, though positive feelings about joining the EU have climbed by 17 points since 2009. The US real GDP growth is more than that of the EU top countries (by GDP), despite the fact that the US GDP is much higher. Want an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium. A weaker global economy and problems in the car industry, caused by new pollution standards, have been cited as contributing to the slowdown. During 1980, the US GDP was $2.9 trillion, whereas the EU GDP was $3.8 trillion. In terms of GDP (PPP), its economy is worth $2.40 trillion and it has a per capita GDP of $34,260.34. And in neighboring Ukraine, only a scant 11% have confidence in Putin. Germany was the third-largest economy in nominal terms in 1980, with a GDP of $850.47 billion. But European economics has received a lot less attention. People in Ukraine who only speak Ukrainian at home more frequently voice enthusiasm for the EU (88%), although 71% of those who speak only Russian also express a positive opinion. Some of the prominent industrial sectors are automobiles, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and industrial machinery. In 10 countries included in this survey, those with more education have more positive opinions of the EU; the same is true of those with higher incomes in 11 of the nations surveyed. In the United Kingdom, a nation embroiled in a fierce debate about Brexit, more than a quarter (28%) say their country’s membership in the EU has been a bad thing, the highest negative measure on this issue of all countries surveyed. Wikipedia article on European Union.