Topic Highlights:
Key indicator: Living conditions
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Living conditions | Consumption |
Year | DE |
EU27 |
Position DE | No Data |
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| Average gross annual earnings in industry and services (in PPS) | 2005 | 40 044 | : | 2 of 26 | EL | |
| Inflation rate: Percentage change of harmonised consumer price index |  |
2007 | 2,3 | 2,3 | 12 of 27 | |
| Comparative price levels (index EU-27 = 100) | |
2007 | 103,1 | 100,00 | 17 of 27 | |
| Living conditions | Poverty | Year | DE |
EU27 |
Position DE | No Data |
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| Distribution of income: Proportion of the total income of the “richest” 20% of the population to the total income of the “poorest” 20% | |
2006 | 4,1 | 4,8 s | 12 of 27 | |
| At risk of poverty rate after social transfers: Percentage of persons with income < 60 % of median income | |
2006 | 13 | 16 s | 7 of 27 | |
| Monetary risk of poverty threshold for a household with two adults and two children aged under 14 (in PPS) | 2006 | 19 155 | : | 9 of 27 | ||
| Social protection expenditure (as % of GDP) | 2006 | 28,7 p | 26,9 p | 6 of 27 | ||
| Living conditions | Health | Year | DE |
EU27 |
Position DE | No Data |
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| Public expenditure on health (as % of GDP) | 2006 1) | 6,3 | 6,4 | 13 of 27 | ||
| Hospital beds per 100 000 inhabitants | 2006 2) | 829,1 | 590,4 | 1 of 27 | ||
| Infant mortality per 1 000 live births | |
2006 3) | 3,8 | 4,7 | 11 of 27 | |
| Cause of death: Cancer (in % of all causes of death) | |
2003-2007 | 25,6 | 25,1 p | 17 of 24 | BE, DK, IT |
| Cause of death: Diseases of the circulatory system (in % of all causes of death) | |
2003-2007 | 43,8 | 41,9 p | 14 of 24 | BE, DK, IT |
| Explanatory notes | ||||||
| : = Data not available | ||||||
| s = Eurostat estimate | ||||||
| p = Provisional value | ||||||
| GDP = Gross domestic produc | ||||||
| PPS = Purchasing power standards -- currency rate that converts national currencies to a common currency thus eliminating differences in price levels and allowing meaningful volume comparisons between countries | ||||||
| 1) EU, BG, RO = 2004 | ||||||
| 2) EU, EL, AT, UK = 2005; PT = 2004 | ||||||
| 3) EU, IE, FR, UK = 2006 | ||||||
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= Ranked in ascending rather than descending order |
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