Euro-Mediterranean Statistics, 2006: The first bulletin issued by the MEDSTAT II statistical cooperation programme

The bulletin on Euro-Mediterranean Statistics 2006 has been released in trilingual version. The bulletin covers the period up to 2005; more than eighty tables and figures gather statistical data of the ten Mediterranean partner countries (MPC) alongside those of the 25 European Union Member States and of three EFTA countries.

The publication on Euro-Mediterranean statistics is one of the first tangible achievements of the MEDSTAT II project. It expresses the will to achieve a common basis for comparable and harmonized data.

Apart from a general portrait of each country, the publication offers 8 distinct chapters: National Accounts (in particular: GDP, debt, public finance), External Trade and Balance of Payments, Social statistics (literacy rate, living conditions, employment), Energy, Agriculture and Fisheries, Environment, Tourism and Transport.

The publication aims at answering the information needs of all those who are interested in the economic and social development of the Mediterranean countries taking part in the Barcelona process.

The MPC data presented in this publication are essentially derived from national sources, in order to give visibility of national statistics products.

Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 2006 – 208 pp.- trilingual. Exists also in paper version and on CD-ROM.

This publication is produced by Eurostat with data transmitted by the National Statistics Offices (NSOs) of the EU's southern and eastern Mediterranean partner countries. It presents the data of the EU-25 membre states, EFTA countries and the data and metadata collected within the partner countries in the framework of the MEDSTAT II programme.