This document provides an overview of the European continent and various European countries. It begins with an introduction to Europe and then provides details on the economies, currencies, languages and other facts for countries like Sweden, Spain, Switzerland, UK, Ukraine and others. It also includes sections on the European Union and Scandinavian region. Country details are provided in a consistent format covering capital, leadership, currency, GDP figures, literacy rates and ease of doing business rankings.
4. Road Map
•Introduction of European continent
•Economic facts & various other
details of the respective EU countries.
•European union
•Scandinavian
5. EUROPE CONTINENT
• The name “Europe” might have originated from the Greek word
“eurus,” meaning wide or broad.
• With a land area of only 4,000,000 square miles, Europe is the
second smallest continent in the world, just behind Australia.
• Europe are minerals such as copper, iron ore and coal. Some areas
have deposits of natural gas. Common agricultural produce that are
farmed in Europe are wheat, potatoes, olives, grapes, oranges.
• Europe is the continent with the highest GDP (gross domestic
product, which means income per person)
6. SWEDEN
• Capital : Stockhlom
• President : Stefan Lofven
• Currency : Swedish Krona
• Languages : Swedish (official)
• Exchange Rate : 8.98
• GDP : 538 USD Billion
• GDP Per capita : 56935 USD
• Unemployment rate : 5.5%
• Literacy Ratio : 98.25%
• Ease of doing business : 28 rank
7. SPAIN
• Capital : Madrid
• President : Mariano Rajoy
• Currency : Euro
• Languages : Spanish (official)
• Exchange Rate : 0.88
• GDP : 1311 USD Billion
• GDP Per capita : 32406 USD
• Unemployment rate : 14.55%
• Literacy Ratio : 98.25%
• Ease of doing business : 28th Rank
8. SWITZERLAND
• Capital : Stockhlom
• President : Stefan Lofven
• Currency : Swedish Krona
• Languages : Swedish (official)
• Exchange Rate : 8.98
• GDP : 538 USD Billion
• GDP Per capita : 56935 USD
• Unemployment rate : 5.5%
• Literacy Ratio : 98.25%
• Ease of doing business : 28 rank
9. UNITED KINGDOM
• Capital : London
• PM : Theresa May
• Currency : Pound sterling
• Languages : English
• GDP : $2.936 trillion
• GDP Par Capital : $ 43,600
• Exchange Rate : 0.79
• Unemployment rate : 4.4%
• Literacy Ration : 99 %
• Ease of doing business : 9
10. UKARIAN
• Capital : Kiev
• President : Petro Poroshenko
• Currency : Ukrainian Hryvnia
• Languages : Russian, Polish
• GDP : 11,215.42 corers USD
• GDP Par Capital : 2,639.82 USD
• Unemployment rate : 9.46
• Literacy Ratio : 99.8 %
• Ease of doing
business rank : 71
11. VATICAN CITY
• Capital : Vatican City
• President : Giuseppe Bertillon
• Currency : Euro
• Languages : Italian, Latin
• Exchange Rate : 0.88
• GDP : 21198 USD Billion
• GDP Per capita : -
• Unemployment rate : -
• Literacy Ratio : 100%
• Ease of doing business : 99th rank
12. YUGOSLAVIA
• Capital : Belgrade
• President : Josip Broz Tito
• Currency : Yugoslav dinar
• Languages : Slovenian, Croatian
• Exchange Rate : 77.41
• GDP : 41.43 USD Billion
• GDP Per capita : 6052 USD
• Unemployment rate : 30.4%
• Literacy Ratio : -%
• Ease of doing business : 43rd rank
13. MONACO
• Capital : Monaco
• President : Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre Grimaldi
• Currency : Euro
• Languages : French (official)
• Exchange Rate : 0.88
• GDP : 6.5 USD Billion
• GDP Per capita : 168000 USD
• Unemployment rate : 2%
• Literacy Ratio : 99%
• Ease of doing business : 82nd rank
14. NETHERLAND
• Capital : Amsterdam
• President : Mark Rutte
• Currency : Euro
• Languages : Dutch
• Exchange Rate : 0.88
• GDP : 915.2 USD Billion
• GDP Per capita : 53600 USD
• Unemployment rate : 5.1%
• Literacy Ratio : 99%
• Ease of doing business : 36th rank
15. NORWAY
• Capital : Oslo
• President : Erna Solberg
• Currency : Norwegian Krone
• Languages : Norwegian
• Exchange Rate : 8.51
• GDP : 400000 USD Million
• GDP Per capita : 75534 USD
• Unemployment rate : 4%
• Literacy Ratio : 99%
• Ease of doing business : 7th rank
16. POLAND
• Capital : Warsaw
• President : Andrzej Duda
• Currency : Polish Zloty
• Languages : Polish
• Exchange Rate : 3.78
• GDP : 510 USD Billion
• GDP Per capita : 29300 USD
• Unemployment rate : 4.8%
• Literacy Ratio : 99.8%
• Ease of doing business : 33rd rank
17. CROATIA
• Capital : Zaberg
• President : Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović
• Currency : Kuna
• Languages : Croatian
• Exchange Rate : 6.54
• GDP : 5484.92 crores USD
• GDP Per capita : 13294.51 USD
• Unemployment rate : 8.5%
• Literacy Ratio : 98%
• Ease of doing business : 51ST rank
18. CZECH REPUBLIC
• Capital : Prague
• President : Milos Zeman
• Currency : Czech Koruna
• Languages : Czech, Slovak
• Exchange Rate : 8.98
• GDP : 21572.55 Crores USD
• GDP Per capita : 20368.14 USD
• Unemployment rate : 2.5%
• Literacy Ratio : 99.8%
• Ease of doing business : 35th rank
19. DENMARK
• Capital : Copemhagen
• President : Lars Løkke Rasmussen
• Currency : Danish Krone
• Languages : Danish
• Exchange Rate : 6.58
• GDP : 32487.2 Crores USD
• GDP Per capita : 56307.51 USD
• Unemployment rate : 4.9%
• Literacy Ratio : 100%
• Ease of doing business : 3rd rank
20. ITALY
• Capital : Rome
• President : Sergio Mattarella
• Currency : Euro
• Languages : Italian (official)
• Exchange Rate : 0.88
• GDP : 1935 USD Billion
• GDP Per capita : 34878 USD
• Unemployment rate : 10.6%
• Literacy Ratio : 99%
• Ease of doing business : 51st rank
21. MACEDONIA
• Capital : Skopje
• President : Republika Makedonjia
• Currency : Dinar
• Languages : Macedonian, Albanian
• Exchange Rate : 54.23
• GDP : 13111 USD Billion
• GDP Per capita : 5245 USD
• Unemployment rate : 20.8%
• Literacy Ratio : 97.8%
• Ease of doing business : 10th rank
22. MALTA
• Capital : Valletta
• President : Marie Louse C.
• Currency : Euro
• Language : Maltese, English
• Exchange Rate : $ 1=0.885 Euro
• GDP : $ 13.50 billion
• GDP per capita : $ 24,146
• Unemployment Rate : 3.8%
• Literacy Rate : 93%
• Ease of Doing Business : 84th
23. MOLDOVA
• Capital :Chisinau
• President :Igor Dodona
• Currency :Moldovan leu
• Language : Romanian
• Exchange Rate :$ 1= 19.60 MDl
• GDP : $ 8.12 Billion
• GDP per capita :$ 2289.22
• Unemployment Rate :4.20%
• Literacy Rate : 96%
• Ease of Doing Business : 47th
24. BELGIUM
• Capital : Brussels
• Prime Minister :Charles Michel
• Currency :Euro
• Language :Dutch, French
• Exchange Rate :$ 1 = 0.88 Euro
• GDP :$ 495.00 Billion
• GDP per capita :$ 46,316
• Unemployment Rate : 6.5%
• Literacy Rate :99.00%
• Ease of Doing Business : 45th
25. PORTUGAL
• Capital : Lisbon
• President :Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa
• Currency : Euro
• Language :Portuguese
• Exchange Rate :$ 1=0.88 Euro
• GDP :$ 217.6 billion
• GDP per capita :$ 23,176.00
• Unemployment Rate :6.8%
• Literacy Rate :95.07%
• Ease of Doing Business :29th
26. GREECE
• Capital :Athens
• President :Prokopis Pavlopolous
• Currency :Euro
• Language :Greek
• Exchange Rate :$ 1= 0.88 Euro
• GDP :$ 218.057 billion
• GDP per capita :$ 20,311
• Unemployment Rate : 19%
• Literacy Rate :97.13%
• Ease of Doing Business :72th
27. LATVIA
• Capital :Riga
• President :Raimonds Vējonis
• Currency : Latvian lat (LVL)
• Language :Latvian Russian
• Exchange Rate :$ 1=0.62 (LVL)
• GDP :$ 52.151 billion
• GDP per capita :$ 15,594.29
• Unemployment Rate :$ 7.4%
• Literacy Rate :99.9 %
• Ease of Doing Business :19th
28. LIECHTENSTEIN
• Capital :Vaduz
• President :Albert Frick
• Currency :Swiss Franc (CHF)
• Language :German
• Exchange Rate :$ 1=1.00 (CHF)
• GDP :$ 3.2 billion
• GDP per capita :$ 1,41,100.00
• Unemployment Rate :2.10%
• Literacy Rate :100 %
29. LITHUANIA
• Capital : vilnius
• President : Dalia Grybauskaitė
• Currency : Litas (LTL),Euro
• Language : Lithuanian
• Exchange Rate : $ 1=0.88 Euro
• GDP : $ 96 billion
• GDP per capita : $ 19,390.00
• Unemployment Rate : 6.2%
• Literacy Rate : 99.8%
• Ease of Doing
Business : 16th
30. LUXEMBOURG
• Capital : Luxembourg-City
• President : Jean-Claude Juncker
• Currency : Euro (EUR)
• Language : Luxembourgish, French
• Exchange Rate : $ 1= 0.88 Euro
• GDP : $ 60.7 billion
• GDP per capita : $ 10,2000.00
• Unemployment Rate : 5.2%
• Literacy Rate : 100%
• Ease of Doing Business : 63th
31. ALBANIA
• Capital : Tiria
• President : ilia Meta
• Currency : Albanian Lek
• Language : Albanian
• Exchange Rate : $ 1= 109.65 AL
• GDP : $13.04 billion
• GDP per capita : $ 4538.00
• Unemployment Rate : 13.80 %
• Literacy Rate : 97.55%
• Ease of Doing
Business :63th
32. ANDORRA
• President : Joan Enric Vives Sicilia
• Capital : Andorra la Vella
• Currency : EURO
• Languages : Catalan
• Exchange rate : 0.88
• GDP : 301.29 crores USD
• GDP Per capita : 39,146.55 USD
• Unemployment rate : 1.7%
• Literacy ratio : 100%
33. AUSTRIA
• President : Alexander Van der Bellen
• Capital : Vienna
• Currency : Euro
• Languages : German
• Exchange rate : 0.012
• GDP : 41,659.57 crores USD
• GDP Per capita : 47,290.91 USD
• Unemployment rate : 5.49 %
• Literacy ratio : 99%
• Ease of doing business : 18
34. ROMANIA
• Capital : Bucharest
• President : Viorica Dancila
• Currency : Romanian Leu
• Languages : Romani
• Exchange rate : 4.10
• GDP : 212 USD
• GDP per Capita : 10932 USD
• Literacy ratio : 98.6%
• Unemployment rate :4.3%
• Rank of Ease of
Doing Business : 52
35. SAN MARINO
• Capital : San marino
• President : Pasquale Valentini
• Currency : Euro
• Languages : Italian
• Exchange rate : 0.88
• GDP : 1.63 Billion USD
• GDP per Capita : 58,600 USD
• Literacy ratio : 96%
• Unemployment rate : 8.1%
• Rank of Ease of
Doing Business :79
36. SLOVAKIA
• Capital : Bratislava
• Prime Minister’s name : Peter Pellegrini
• Currency : Euro
• Languages : Slovak
• Exchange rate : 0.88
• GDP : 95.77 Billion USD
• GDP per Capita : 19897 USD
• Unemployment rate : 6.6%
• Literacy ratio : 99.6%
• Rank of Ease of
Doing Business : 42
37. HUNGARY
• Capital : Budapest
• President : János Áder
• Currency : Forint (HUF)
• Languages : Hungarian (Official)
• Exchange rate : 285.70
• GDP : 139913.5 crores USD
• GDP Per capita : 14224.85 USD
• Unemployment rate : 3.7%
• Literacy ratio : 99%
• Ease of doing Business : 48th Rank
38. ICELAND(Land of Fire and Ice)
• Capital : Reykjavik
• President : Guðni Th. Jóhannesson
• Currency : Iceland Krona (ISK)
• Languages : Icelandic
• Exchange rate : 123.24
• GDP : 2390.93 crores USD
• GDP Per capita : 70056.87 USD
• Unemployment rate : 2.9%
• Literacy ratio : 100%
• Ease of doing Business : 23 Rank
39. IRELAND
• Capital : Dublin
• President : Michael D. Higgins
• Currency : Euro (EUR)
• Languages : Irish (official) and English
• Exchange rate : 1.13 USD
• GDP : 33373.08 crores USD
• GDP Per capita : 69330.60 USD
• Unemployment rate : 5.4%
• Literacy ratio : 99%
• Ease of doing Business : 16th Rank
40. SLOVENIA
• Capital : Ljubljana
• President : Borut Pahor
• Currency : Euro
• Languages : Slovene (official)
• Exchange rate : 1.13 USD
• GDP : 48.77 USD Billion
• GDP Per capita : 25622 USD
• Unemployment rate : 8%
• Literacy Ratio : 99%
• Ease of doing business : 40.00 rank
41. BELARUS
• Capital : Minsk
• President : Alexander Lukashenko
• Currency : Belarusian Ruble
• Languages : Belarusian
• Exchange rate : 0.47 USD
• GDP : 54.44 USD Billion
• GDP Per capita : 6376 USD
• Unemployment rate : 0.3%
• Literacy ratio : 99.7%
• Ease of doing
business : 37 Rank
42. BOSANIA& HERZEGOVINA
• Capital : Sarajevo
• President : Milorad Dodik
• Currency : Convertible mark(BAM)
• Languages : Bosnian
• GDP : 18.17 USD Billion
• GDP Per capita : 5661 USD
• Unemployment rate : 35.33%
• Literacy ratio : 98.5%
• Ease of doing business : 89 rank
43. BULGARIA (Land of Roses)
• Capital : Sofia
• President : Rumen Radev
• Currency : Bulgarian lev
• Exchange rate : 0.58 USD
• Languages : Bulgarian
• GDP : 56.83 USD Billion
• GDP Per capita : 8312 USD
• Unemployment rate : 5.9%
• Literacy ratio : 98.6%
• Ease of doing business : 59 Rank
44. ESTONIA
• Capital : Tallinn
• President : Kersti Kaljulaid
• Currency : Euro
• Languages : Estonian
• Exchange rate : 1.13 USD
• GDP : 2,592.11 crores USD
• GDP Per capita : 19,704.66 USD
• Unemployment rate : 5.3%
• Literacy ratio : 99.8%
• Ease of doing business : 16 rank
45. FINLAND
(“The land of thousands of lakes”.)
• Capital : Helsinki
• President : Sauli Niinistö
• Currency : Euro
• Languages : Swedish
• Exchange rate : 1.13 USD
• GDP : 25,188.49 crores USD
• GDP Per capita : 45,703.33 USD
• Unemployment rate : 7.6%
• Literacy Ratio : 99%
• Ease of doing business : 15 rank
46. FRANCE
• Capital : Paris
• President : Emmanuel Macron
• Currency : Euro
• Languages : French
• GDP : 2.58 lakh crores USD
• GDP Per capita : 38476.66 USD (2017)
• Exchange rate : 0.7996 euro ( USD )
• Unemployment rate : 9.3%
• Literacy ratio : 99%
• Ease of doing business : 32 rank
47. GERMANY
• Capital : Berlin
• President : Frank-Walter Steinmeier
• Currency : Euro
• Languages : German
• Exchange rate : 1.13 USD
• GDP : 3.68 lakh crores USD
• GDP Per capital : 44,469.91 USD
• Unemployment rate : 3.4%
• Literacy rate : 99%
• Ease of doing business : 24 rank
48. EUROPEAN UNION
• The European Union is a group of 28 countries that operates as
a cohesive economic and political block.
• 19 of the countries use the euro as their official currency.
• The EU grew out of a desire to form a single European political
entity to end the centuries of warfare among European
countries that culminated with World War II and decimated
much of the continent.
The European Single Market was established by 12 countries in
1993 to ensure the so-called four freedoms the movement of :
49. COMMON WEALTH NATIONS
• Fifty three countries are members of the Commonwealth. Our
countries span Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe and the Pacific and
are diverse – they are amongst the world’s largest, smallest, richest
and poorest countries. Thirty-one of our members are classified as
small states – countries with a population size of 1.5 million people
or less and larger member states that share similar characteristics
with them.
• These countries were part of British Colonies and British were
directly or indirectly ruling these countries.
50. SCANDINAVIAN
• "Scandinavia" refers to Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Some
sources argue for the inclusion of the Faroe Islands, Finland and
Iceland, though that broader region is usually known by the
countries concerned as Norden (Finnish: Pohjoismaat, Icelandic:
Norðurlöndin, Faroese: Norðurlond), or the Nordic countries.
• Scandinavia is a region in Northern Europe, with strong historical,
cultural, and linguistic ties. The majority national languages of the
region, and their many dialects, belong to the Scandinavian dialect
continuum, and are mutually intelligible North Germanic languages.