The document compares some of the most developed European countries: Germany, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and France. Germany has the largest population in Europe at 82.6 million people and an unemployment rate of 8.6%. Sweden has a population of 9.5 million people and unemployment rates are lower than the EU average. The UK has a population of 61.3 million people and an unemployment rate of 7.8% with men earning more on average than women. France has a population of 64.3 million people and unemployment was at 9% in 2006, with the service sector employing most workers.
2. GERMANY
It is officially a federal republic.
Largest population of all Europe.
Increased number of immigrants.
Its currency is the euro.
The official language is German. They also speak
Sorbian (Slavic language that is protected), in Lusatia, a
small region between Brandenburg and Saxony, Frisian
in some agricultural towns of Lower Saxony and in
western Schleswig-Holstein) and Danish in northern
Schleswig-Holstein.
3. It is the strongest export economy in the world.
There are 42.3 million people of working age, of
which 3.5 million are unemployed. The
unemployment rate is 8.6%.
The most advanced is the secondary sector,
which calls for highly qualified personnel, with a
very high industrial expansion. The primary
sector is very small and the service sector is also
underdeveloped.
4. SWEDEN
Capital: Stockholm
Borders with Norway and Finland
Length: 449 964 km 族
Entry into the EU-1995
Currency: Swedish Krona
Languages: Swedish and English
Constitutional monarchy
Fast growth in tourism
5. Employed population: 72.1, EU: 64.4%.
Service sector: 71%.
Industry Sector: 25.8%.
Agriculture sector: 3.3%.
Computers, electronics,
telecommunications.
Stockholm: Finance.
40h per week, 5 weeks holiday.
6. UNITED KINGDOM
Year of EU entry: 1973
Schengen Member: No
Political system: Constitutional monarchy
Capital: London
Total area: 244 820 km 族
Languages: English. Wales-Welsh. Scotland,
Scottish Gaelic, and Scottish. Northern Ireland-
Irish Gaelic and Ulster Scots.
7. The minimum interprofessional salary: 贈
5.93/hour (7.36 )
Average salary: 贈 499 per week ( 619.38)
Unemployment rate: 7.8%
The men had an average weekly wage for full-
time jobs of 538 pounds, while women in the
same circumstances won 贈 439 (less than the
average wage).
8. FRANCE
Year of EU entry: Founding member (1952)
Capital: Paris
Total area: 550 000 km 族
Currency: euro zone member since 1999 ()
Schengen: Schengen Member since 1985
Languages: French and its various forms
depending on the region.
9. The labor market varies continuously depending on numerous
socioeconomic factors.
The service sector employs the majority of labor.
The growth rate in 2006 was 2% and the unemployment rate of
9%.
Sectors that have more difficulty recruiting because of the
shortage of labor, are:
-Services Company
-Services to People
construction
-Hotel and Restaurant, Trade, Tourism, Health and Social
Services
-Transportation and Logistics and Public Administration.
10. POPULATION
Germany 82.604.000
Sweden 9.514.406
United Kingdom 61.284.806
France 64.300.000