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The numbers behind the stories.

Comparable European indicators, with the source, year and geographic coverage kept visible.

Economy

5 metrics

  1. GDP per Capita (PPP)

    Our World in Data

    Europe $48,943
    US $75,492 China $23,846 India $9,817

  2. Labor productivity per hour

    ILO - Modelled Estimates

    Europe $64.51
    US $81.80 China $20.59 India $10.81

  3. Labor productivity per worker

    ILO - Modelled Estimates

    Europe $67,382
    US $136,263 China $26,255 India $6,270

  4. Gdp per capita nominal

    World Bank

    Europe $36,763
    US $84,534 China $13,303 India $2,695

  5. Median income daily

    Our World in Data

    Europe $42.99
    US $70.00 China $13.36 India $5.54

Social

7 metrics

  1. Population

    Our World in Data

    Europe —
    US 343M China 1.4B India 1.4B

  2. Life satisfaction

    Our World in Data

    Europe 6.37
    US 6.72 China 5.92 India 4.39

  3. Fertility rate

    Our World in Data

    Europe 1.42
    US 1.62 China 1.00 India 1.98

  4. Poorest 10 percent income

    Our World in Data

    Europe $20.57
    US $25.81 China $6.29 India $3.40

  5. State capacity index

    Our World in Data

    Europe 1.48
    US 1.86 China 0.71 India 0.77

  6. Functioning government index

    Our World in Data

    Europe 6.19
    US 6.43 China 3.21 India 7.50

  7. Homicide rate

    Our World in Data

    Europe 2.22
    US 5.76 China 0.50 India 2.82

Development

5 metrics

  1. Child Mortality Rate

    Our World in Data

    Europe 0.45%
    US 0.65% China 0.62% India 2.77%

  2. Access to Electricity

    Our World in Data

    Europe 100.00%
    US 100.00% China 100.00% India 99.50%

  3. Public transport access

    Our World in Data

    Europe 88.54%
    US 58.91% China 55.19% India 38.80%

  4. Pisa math performance

    Our World in Data

    Europe 468.28
    US 458.14

  5. Pisa reading performance

    Our World in Data

    Europe 483.26
    US 514.64

Environment

1 metric

  1. Low carbon energy share

    Our World in Data

    Europe 27.67%
    US 19.67% China 19.74% India 10.33%

Innovation

3 metrics

  1. Researchers per million

    Our World in Data

    Europe 3957.12
    US 4825.18 China 1849.24 India 259.26

  2. Research spending as a share of gdp

    Our World in Data

    Europe 1.77
    US 3.59 China 2.56 India 0.65

  3. Scientific journal articles

    Our World in Data

    Europe 842,573
    US 457,335 China 898,949 India 207,390

Health

3 metrics

  1. Health expenditure gdp percent

    Our World in Data

    Europe 9.22
    US 16.50 China 5.37 India 3.31

  2. Healthy life expectancy

    Our World in Data

    Europe 66.9 years
    US 63.9 years China 68.6 years India 58.2 years

  3. Medical rcts published

    Our World in Data

    Europe 39,383
    US 18,393 China 771 India 370

How we work

Every aggregate needs the right denominator.

Per-person measures use population weights. Totals are summed. Rates based on hours, workers or energy use their underlying quantity. Each edition discloses the exact method.

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