A range of statistics to compare the EU with Brazil, Russia, India and China

The European Union and the BRIC countries

The EU has strategic partnerships with all the BRIC countries: Brazil, Russia, India and China. Even though the BRIC countries have certain aspects in common, such as large populations, large land coverage and rapid economic growth, there are equally large economic and social differences between them. In order to compare the four BRIC countries and the EU, Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, releases a publication "The European Union and the BRIC countries"1. This publication contains data on demography, economy, health, education, labour market, trade in goods, agriculture, energy and environment, transport and communication as well as science and technology.

This release presents a selection of the statistics from the publication.

The population of the BRIC countries nearly six times higher than the EU27…

Source: A range of statistics to compare the EU with Brazil, Russia, India and China
Author: EU

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