The Economist Pocket Europe in Figures

This new pocket book, a companion to The Pocket World in Figures, presents a definitive picture of the countries that make up Europe today - from Austria to Albania, Germany to Georgia, the UK to the Ukraine.

• Land and the environment
• Land area and use
• Natural facts
• Saving nature
• Air pollution
• Waste and recycling
• Weather
• Population
• Population
• Population density
• City living
• Sex and age
• Matters of breeding
• Who lives where
• Migration
• Who speaks what
• The economy
• Economic strength
• Living standards
• Agriculture's contribution
• Industry's contribution
• Services' contribution
• Mineral resources
• Energy
• Current account balances
• Biggest visible traders
• Visible trade balances
• Biggest invisible traders
• Invisible trade balances
• Who exports what to whom
• Who imports from where
• Top traders by sector
• Exchange rates
• Inflation
• Government finances
• General government revenue
• General government spending
• Central government revenue
• Central government spending
• Spending on what?
• Debt: rich countries
• Debt: poor countries
• Aid
• Money supply
• Reserves
• Interest rates
• Taxation
• Labour
• The changing workforce
• What people do — and did
• Unemployment
• What people earn
• Taxing matters
• Strikes
• Work and play
• Business and finance
• Agriculture: leading producers
• Industry: who makes what
• Inventiveness and investment
• Service sectors
• Big business
• Banking
• Insurance
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Privatization
• Foreign direct investment
• Stockmarkets
• Tourism and transport
• Tourism
• Road transport
• Rail transport
• Air transport
• Sea transport
• Freight
• Health and education
• Life and death
• Causes of death
• Drinking and smoking
• Health matters
• Education enrolment ratios
• Spending and teachers
• Years of education
• Society
• Family matters
• Age factors
• Religion
• Income and savings
• Consumer spending
• Wired world
• books and newspapers
• Crime and punishment
• Music and gambling
• Pets
• Government and defence
• Europe's national goverments
• Defence
• The European Union
• Members and votes
• EMU: the Maastricht criteria
• The European Parliament
• Budget contributions
• Agricultural and regional aid
• The exchange rate mechanism
• The ecu

Useful facts about Europe (but depressing reading if you're a Swede with illusions).