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time geo 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
European Union (27 countries) 60.7 61.2 61.8 62.2 62.6 62.4 62.6 63.0 63.5 64.5 65.4 65.9
European Union (25 countries) 60.6 61.2 61.9 62.4 62.8 62.8 63.0 63.4 64.0 64.8 65.8 66.3
European Union (15 countries) 60.7 61.4 62.5 63.4 64.1 64.2 64.5 64.9 65.4 66.2 66.9 67.3
European Union (EC6-1972, EC9-1980, EC10-1985, EC12-1994, EU15-2004, EU25-2006, EU27) 60.7 61.4 62.5 63.4 64.1 64.2 64.5 64.9 64.0 64.8 65.4 65.9
Euro area (EA11-2000, EA12-2006, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16) 58.6 59.3 60.6 61.7 62.2 62.4 62.7 63.2 63.8 64.7 65.7 66.1
Euro area (BE, DE, IE, GR, ES, FR, IT, CY, LU, MT, NL, AT, PT, SK, SI, FI) 58.5 59.3 60.4 61.4 62.1 62.3 62.6 63.1 63.7 64.6 65.6 66.0
Euro area (BE, DE, IE, GR, ES, FR, IT, CY, LU, MT, NL, AT, PT, SI, FI) 58.5 59.2 60.4 61.5 62.2 62.4 62.7 63.2 63.8 64.7 65.7 66.1
Euro area (BE, DE, IE, GR, ES, FR, IT, LU, NL, AT, PT, SI, FI) 58.5 59.3 60.5 61.5 62.2 62.4 62.7 63.2 63.8 64.7 65.7 66.1
Euro area (BE, DE, IE, GR, ES, FR, IT, LU, NL, AT, PT, FI) 58.4 59.2 60.4 61.5 62.2 62.4 62.7 63.2 63.8 64.7 65.7 66.1
Belgium 56.8 57.4 59.3 60.5 59.9 59.9 59.6 60.3 61.1 61.0 62.0 62.4
Bulgaria : : : 50.4 49.7 50.6 52.5 54.2 55.8 58.6 61.7 64.0
Czech Republic : 67.3 65.6 65.0 65.0 65.4 64.7 64.2 64.8 65.3 66.1 66.6
Denmark 74.9 75.1 76.0 76.3 76.2 75.9 75.1 75.7 75.9 77.4 77.1 78.1
Germany (including ex-GDR from 1991) 63.7 63.9 65.2 65.6 65.8 65.4 65.0 65.0 66.0 (b) 67.5 69.4 70.7
Estonia : 64.6 61.5 60.4 61.0 62.0 62.9 63.0 64.4 68.1 69.4 69.8
Ireland 57.6 60.6 63.3 65.2 65.8 65.5 65.5 66.3 67.6 68.6 69.1 67.6
Greece 55.1 56.0 55.9 56.5 56.3 57.5 58.7 59.4 60.1 61.0 61.4 61.9
Spain 49.5 51.3 53.8 56.3 57.8 58.5 59.8 61.1 63.3 (b) 64.8 65.6 64.3
France 59.6 60.2 60.9 62.1 62.8 63.0 64.0 63.8 63.7 63.7 64.3 64.9
Italy 51.3 51.9 52.7 53.7 54.8 55.5 56.1 57.6 (b) 57.6 58.4 58.7 58.7
Cyprus : : : 65.7 67.8 68.6 69.2 68.9 68.5 69.6 71.0 70.9
Latvia : 59.9 58.8 57.5 58.6 60.4 61.8 62.3 63.3 66.3 68.3 68.6
Lithuania : 62.3 61.7 59.1 57.5 59.9 61.1 61.2 62.6 63.6 64.9 64.3
Luxembourg (Grand-Duché) 59.9 60.5 61.7 62.7 63.1 63.4 62.2 62.5 63.6 63.6 64.2 63.4
Hungary 52.4 53.7 55.6 56.3 56.2 56.2 57.0 56.8 56.9 57.3 57.3 56.7
Malta : : : 54.2 54.3 54.4 54.2 54.0 53.9 53.6 54.6 55.3
Netherlands 68.5 70.2 71.7 72.9 74.1 74.4 73.6 73.1 73.2 74.3 76.0 77.2
Austria 67.8 67.9 68.6 68.5 68.5 68.7 68.9 67.8 (b) 68.6 70.2 71.4 72.1
Poland 58.9 59.0 57.6 55.0 53.4 51.5 51.2 51.7 52.8 54.5 57.0 59.2
Portugal 65.7 66.8 (b) 67.4 68.4 69.0 68.8 68.1 67.8 67.5 67.9 67.8 68.2
Romania 65.4 64.2 63.2 63.0 62.4 57.6 (b) 57.6 57.7 57.6 58.8 58.8 59.0
Slovenia 62.6 62.9 62.2 62.8 63.8 63.4 62.6 65.3 66.0 66.6 67.8 68.6
Slovakia : 60.6 58.1 56.8 56.8 56.8 57.7 57.0 57.7 59.4 60.7 62.3
Finland 63.3 64.6 66.4 67.2 68.1 68.1 67.7 67.6 68.4 69.3 70.3 71.1
Sweden 69.5 70.3 71.7 73.0 74.0 73.6 72.9 72.1 72.5 (b) 73.1 74.2 74.3
United Kingdom 69.9 70.5 71.0 (b) 71.2 71.4 71.4 71.5 71.7 71.7 71.6 71.5 71.5
Croatia : : : : : 53.4 53.4 54.7 55.0 55.6 57.1 57.8
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the : : : : : : : : : 39.6 40.7 41.9
Turkey : : : : : : : : : 45.9 45.8 45.9
Iceland : : : : : : 83.3 82.3 83.8 84.6 85.1 83.6
Norway : : : 77.5 77.2 76.8 75.5 75.1 74.8 75.4 76.8 78.0
Switzerland 76.9 (i) 78.0 (i) 78.4 (i) 78.3 (i) 79.1 (i) 78.9 (i) 77.9 (i) 77.4 (i) 77.2 (i) 77.9 (i) 78.6 (i) 79.5 (i)
United States 73.5 73.8 73.9 74.1 73.1 71.9 71.2 71.2 71.5 72.0 71.8 70.9
Japan 70.0 69.5 68.9 68.9 68.8 68.2 68.4 68.7 69.3 70.0 70.7 70.7
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