The 2010 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency
at the exchange rate for the date indicated; it excludes the stock of money carried by non-euro-area members of the European Union
Stock of broad money:
$11.17 trillion (31 December 2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 4 $10.83 trillion (31 December 2007 est.)
note: this is the quantity of quasi money, M2-M1, for the euro area, converted into US dollars at the exchange rate for the date indicated; it excludes the stock of quasi money carried by non-euro-area members of the European Union
Stock of domestic credit:
$22.65 trillion (31 December 2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 2 $21.24 trillion (31 December 2008 est.)
note: this figure refers to the euro area only; it excludes credit data for non-euro-area members of the EU
Market value of publicly traded shares:
$NA (31 December 2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 2 $7.564 trillion (31 December 2008)
$15.57 trillion (31 December 2007 est.)
Agriculture - products:
wheat, barley, oilseeds, sugar beets, wine, grapes; dairy products, cattle, sheep, pigs, poultry; fish
Industries:
among the world's largest and most technologically advanced, the EU industrial base includes: ferrous and non-ferrous metal production and processing, metal products, petroleum, coal, cement, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, aerospace, rail transportation equipment, passenger and commercial vehicles, construction equipment, industrial equipment, shipbuilding, electrical power equipment, machine tools and automated manufacturing systems, electronics and telecommunications equipment, fishing, food and beverage processing, furniture, paper, textiles, tourism
Industrial production growth rate:
3.8% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 90
Electricity - production:
3.08 trillion kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 3
Electricity - consumption:
2.906 trillion kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 3
Electricity - exports:
NA kWh
Electricity - imports:
NA kWh
Oil - production:
2.383 million bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 13
Oil - consumption:
13.68 million bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 2
Oil - exports:
2.196 million bbl/day (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 7
Oil - imports:
8.613 million bbl/day (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 2
Oil - proved reserves:
5.414 billion bbl (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 25
Natural gas - production:
181.6 billion cu m (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 4
Natural gas - consumption:
489.4 billion cu m (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 2
Natural gas - exports:
NA cu m
Natural gas - imports:
NA cu m
Natural gas - proved reserves:
2.242 trillion cu m (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 18
Current account balance:
$NA (2009)
$51.4 billion (2009 est.)
Exports:
$1.952 trillion (2007) country comparison to the world: 1 $1.33 trillion (2005)
note: external exports, excluding intra-EU trade
Exports - commodities:
machinery, motor vehicles, aircraft, plastics, pharmaceuticals and other chemicals, fuels, iron and steel, nonferrous metals, wood pulp and paper products, textiles, meat, dairy products, fish, alcoholic beverages.
Imports:
$1.69 trillion (2007) country comparison to the world: 2 $1.466 trillion (2005)
note: external imports, excluding intra-EU trade
Imports - commodities:
machinery, vehicles, aircraft, plastics, crude oil, chemicals, textiles, metals, foodstuffs, clothing
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$NA
Debt - external:
country comparison to the world: 2 $13.72 trillion (30 June 2010); This is the external debt for the euro area only; it excludes the external debt of the non-euro-area members of the EU
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:
$NA
Exchange rates:
euros per US dollar - 0.7715 (2010), 0.7338 (2009), 0.6827 (2008), 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006)
Communications ::European Union
Telephones - main lines in use:
238 million (2005)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
466 million (2005)
Telephone system:
note - see individual country entries of member states
Internet country code:
.eu; note - see country entries of member states for individual country codes
Internet hosts:
140,277; note - this sum reflects the number of internet hosts assigned the .eu internet country code (2010)
Internet users:
247 million (2006)
Transportation ::European Union
Airports:
3,383 (2010)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 1,992
over 3,047 m: 116
2,438 to 3,047 m: 340
1,524 to 2,437 m: 546
914 to 1,523 m: 422
under 914 m: 568 (2010)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 1,391
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 22
914 to 1,523 m: 254
under 914 m: 1,112 (2010)
Heliports:
99 (2010)
Railways:
total: 229,450 km (2008)
Roadways:
total: 5,919,704 km (2008)
Waterways:
52,332 km (2006)
Ports