GIS Project The European Union Maxime Muylle Laurent Houben December 18th, 2006

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Used Data Capital theme  Name  Country  Formation  Access EU  Languages  Government  GDP  HDI Countries theme  Name  Total Area  Population  Employed  Unemployed

Europe

European Union

Timeline of access of the different members of the EU (West) Germany, France and Benelux: European Economic Community (1957)

Timeline of access of the different members of the EU First Enlargement: Denmark, Ireland and UK (1 January 1973)

Timeline of access of the different members of the EU Second Enlargement: Greece (1 January 1981)

Timeline of access of the different members of the EU Third Enlargement: Portugal and Spain (1 January 1986)

Timeline of access of the different members of the EU Third Enlargement: Austria, Finland and Sweden (1 January 1995)

Timeline of access of the different members of the EU Fifth Enlargement (Part I): Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia (1 May 2004)

Cultural Aspects of the EU Languages

Cultural Aspects of the EU Government

Density in the EU Area  France 547,030 km²  Luxembourg 2,586 km²

Density in the EU Population  Germany: 82.4 million  Luxembourg: 0.5 million

Density in the EU Density  The Netherlands: 395 people/km²  Finland: 15 people/km²

Density in the EU Density  The Netherlands: 395 people/km²  Finland: 15 people/km²

Economy & Development in the European Union Human Development Index Comparative measure of life expectancy, literacy, education and standards of living. Standard means of measuring well-being.  Highest: Ireland (0.956)  Lowest: Latvia (0.845)  Range:  EU average before 2004:  Average new 2004 members:  EU average after 2004: 0.914

Economy & Development in the European Union Human Development Index

Economy & Development in the European Union Unemployment  Highest: Slovakia (8.49%)  Lowest: Luxembourg (2.02%)  Range: 6.47%  EU average before 2004: 3.38%  Average new 2004 members: 4.95%  EU average after 2004: 3.97%

Economy & Development in the European Union Unemployment

Economy & Development in the European Union GDP per capita  Highest: Luxembourg ($73,505/capita)  Lowest: Latvia ($12,663/capita)  Range: $60,842/capita  EU average before 2004: $31,261/capita  Average new 2004 members: $17,180.33/capita  EU average after 2004: $27,261.63/capita

Economy & Development in the European Union GDP per capita

Conclusion 6/10 of the 10 new 2004 members are also in the 10 countries with highest unemployment rate EU GDP/capita average has decreased after admission of the 10 new 2004 members HDI figures show even more significantly that the 10 new 2004 member states are backlogged in regard to economy and development