(EU-newbies III; 09-03; p.2)

To complete the Baltics as a unity, it has to be mentioned that Lithuania already in May voted accordingly.

States and data

Some structural data:

country	population (millions)	GDP per capita (USD)	rate of un-employment	economic structure (%)
Estonia	1,4	10900	12,4 %	6, 29, 66
Latvia	2,3	8300	7,6 %	5, 26, 70
Lithuania	3,6	8400	12,5 %	8, 31, 61
Germany	83	26600	9,8 %	1, 31, 68
Legend: 1) GDP per capita: sum of all products and services generated and not again used within a state in a year divided by its population; exchange rate differences are equalised by a factor that weighs respective purchase powers; USD = US-Dollars; 2) economic structure: share of the agricultural, industrial, services sector in percent Source: CIA World Fact Book 2002

Slightly different figures - obviously stemming from different methods of data collection and interpretation - which nonetheless support the overall picture, are found in a data sheet of the EU.
In it, there are also data concerning the economic power of the accessing states in regard to the average of the current fifteen member states. GDP per capita according to EU-standards

• for Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia with 33, 39 and 40 percent, respectively strongly below average;
• for Germany is a bit above average;
• for the rest of the current EU-15 is above average.

The EU's population adds up to 378 million inhabitants; four percent of its economic structure is occupied by the agricultural, 29 percent by the industrial and 67 percent by the service sector. (read on here)