Europe in figures - Eurostat yearbook 2012 presents a comprehensive selection of statistical data on Europe. The yearbook may be viewed as an introduction to European statistics and provides guidance to the vast range of data freely available from the Eurostat website at: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat.
Most data cover the period 2000-2010 for the European Union and some indicators are provided for other countries, such as members of EFTA, acceding and candidate countries to the European Union, Japan orthe United States (subject to availability). With more than 470 statistical tables, figures and maps, the yearbook treats the following areas: economy and finance; population; health; education and training; labour market; living conditions and social protection; industry, trade and services; agriculture, forestry and fisheries; international trade; transport; environment; energy; and science and technology.
The continuously updated virtual yearbook is available at http://bit.ly/Eurostat_yearbook
