STATISTICAL
COMPARISONS

Comprehensive data comparing European performance with the United States, India, and China across key metrics.

Economy
5 metrics

GDP per Capita (PPP)

2024
EUR
$48,943
USA $75,492
IND $9,817
CHN $23,846

Source: Our World in Data

Labor productivity per hour

2025
EUR
$64.51
USA $81.80
IND $10.81
CHN $20.59

Source: ILO - Modelled Estimates

Labor productivity per worker

2025
EUR
$67,382
USA $136,263
IND $6,270
CHN $26,255

Source: ILO - Modelled Estimates

Gdp per capita nominal

2024
EUR
$36,763
USA $84,534
IND $2,695
CHN $13,303

Source: World Bank

Median income daily

2020
EUR
$42.99
USA $70.00
IND $5.54
CHN $13.36

Source: Our World in Data

Social
7 metrics

Population

2023
EUR
USA 343M
IND 1.4B
CHN 1.4B

Source: Our World in Data

Life satisfaction

2024
EUR
6.37
USA 6.72
IND 4.39
CHN 5.92

Source: Our World in Data

Fertility rate

2023
EUR
1.42
USA 1.62
IND 1.98
CHN 1.00

Source: Our World in Data

Poorest 10 percent income

2020
EUR
$20.57
USA $25.81
IND $3.40
CHN $6.29

Source: Our World in Data

State capacity index

2015
EUR
1.48
USA 1.86
IND 0.77
CHN 0.71

Source: Our World in Data

Functioning government index

2024
EUR
6.19
USA 6.43
IND 7.50
CHN 3.21

Source: Our World in Data

Homicide rate

2024
EUR
2.22
USA 5.76
IND 2.82
CHN 0.50

Source: Our World in Data

Development
5 metrics

Child Mortality Rate

2023
EUR
0.45%
USA 0.65%
IND 2.77%
CHN 0.62%

Source: Our World in Data

Access to Electricity

2023
EUR
100.00%
USA 100.00%
IND 99.50%
CHN 100.00%

Source: Our World in Data

Public transport access

2020
EUR
88.54%
USA 58.91%
IND 38.80%
CHN 55.19%

Source: Our World in Data

Pisa math performance

2022
EUR
468.28
USA 458.14

Source: Our World in Data

Pisa reading performance

2022
EUR
483.26
USA 514.64

Source: Our World in Data

Environment
1 metrics

Low carbon energy share

2024
EUR
27.67%
USA 19.67%
IND 10.33%
CHN 19.74%

Source: Our World in Data

Innovation
3 metrics

Researchers per million

2008
EUR
3957.12
USA 4825.18
IND 259.26
CHN 1849.24

Source: Our World in Data

Research spending as a share of gdp

2008
EUR
1.77
USA 3.59
IND 0.65
CHN 2.56

Source: Our World in Data

Scientific journal articles

2022
EUR
842,573
USA 457,335
IND 207,390
CHN 898,949

Source: Our World in Data

Health
3 metrics

Health expenditure gdp percent

2022
EUR
9.22
USA 16.50
IND 3.31
CHN 5.37

Source: Our World in Data

Healthy life expectancy

2021
EUR
66.9 years
USA 63.9 years
IND 58.2 years
CHN 68.6 years

Source: Our World in Data

Medical rcts published

2017
EUR
39,383
USA 18,393
IND 370
CHN 771

Source: Our World in Data

HOW EUROPE
IS DEFINED

Transparent, population-weighted calculations for fair comparisons

01

Europe

Includes all 50 European countries:

  • 27 EU member states: Germany, France, Italy, etc.
  • Other European: UK, Switzerland, Norway, etc.
02

Simple Sum

Used for absolute totals across all countries:

  • Step 1: Collect metric for each country
  • Step 2: Add all values together
  • Examples: Total population, total GDP
03

Population-Weighted

Used for per-capita metrics to reflect population size:

  • Step 1: Metric × population per country
  • Step 2: Sum all weighted values
  • Step 3: Divide by total population
Example: GDP/Capita PPP
$48,942
2024

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