GDP per capita (€) and annual growth (%)
in China and the EU-28
China’s total unemployment and
female labour market participation
Public finances, monetary and financial data
FDI and remittances
to China and the EU-28
Chinese business environment and socio-economic indicators
The Ease of Doing Business’s distance to frontier score assesses the overall level of regulatory performance of a country. It ranges from 0=’lowest performance’ to 100=’the frontier’, the best performance observed worldwide at each year.
The Human Development Index (HDI) measures the average achievement in key dimensions of hu-man development. It is based on life expectancy at birth, average duration of education and GDP per capita. It ranges from 0 to 100. ‘High human development countries’ (UN) are in the range between 70 and 80.
The Corruption Perception Index measures the perceived levels of public sector corruption worldwide. Scores range from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean). In 2015, two thirds of the countries score below 50.
The GINI Index measures the deviation of the distribution of income among individuals or house-holds within a country from a perfectly equal distribution. It is hence a measure of inequality in income distribution. A value of 0 represents absolute equality, a value of 100 absolute inequality.
Score
Rank
84/189
83/168
71/142
Ease of Doing Business
Human Development Index*
Corruption Perception Index
GINI Index*
0 100 Worst Best Best Worst 0 100 0 100 0 100 90/188Total Unemployment (left axis)
Female Labour Force Participation (right axis)
65%
70%
75%
80%
0%
2%
4%
6%
2000
2005
2010
2015
70.3%
4.6%
Public Debt (% of GDP)
Surplus/Deficit (% of GDP)
-10%
15%
40%
65%
90%
2010 2015
2010 2015
China
EU-28
Remittances received (% of GDP)
FDI net inflows (% of GDP)
0%
2%
4%
6%
8%
2005 2010 2014 2005 2010 2014China
EU-28
-20 0 20 40 60 80 -20% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2000 2005 2010 2015GDP per capita
(left axis)
China
EU-28
GDP growth
(right axis)
China
EU-28
Renminbi/euro exchange rate
Inflation rate CHI (%)
7.0
1.4%
37 62.9 72.7 37-5%
0%
5%
10%
0
10
20
30
2000
2005
2010
2015
Thous
ands
€
28.7
7.2
1.9%
6.9%
€ thousand
10%
5%
0%
-5%
China: economic indicators and trade with EU
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Authors: Gisela Grieger and Giulio Sabbati, Members’ Research Service; Laura Bartolini, GlobalStat | EUI
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At a glance
June 2016
Infographic
EU exports to China (2015)
China exports to EU (2015)
Main trade partners (2015)
EU grants paid to Chinese beneficiaries (2014)
EU trade with China
Top EU partners (2015)
Goods (2005-2015)
Services (2010-2015)
Preferential loans to China (EIB)
EU imports from China
EU exports to China
Trade in goods
€ million
Trade in goods, exports plus imports
0
100
200
300
400
2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015
350
Imports
Exports
36
26
Imports
Exports
€ billion
170
China
14.6%
14.3%
12.0%
20.4%
35.1%
EU
US
ASEAN countries
Brazil
India
Other APEC
Other
Other
members
28.4%
20.0%
8.6%
4.6%
4.0%
2.6%
2.5%
2.5%
2.4%
24.4%
Electronic equipment
Boilers and appliances
Clothing accessories
Furniture
Toys and games
Footwear
Plastics
Optical instruments
Organic chemicals
Other
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25.2%
19.2%
10.5%
6.0%
6.0%
5.2%
4.5%
3.2%
20.1%
Vehicles and aircraft
Boilers and appliances
Electronic equipment
Optical instruments
Pearls and precious stones
Agri-food
Pharmaceutical
Plastics
Other
China Forestry Framework Loan (CFFL),
signed in 2010
250
0
100
200
300
Forestry
141
80
76
46
38
24
22
15
13
12
0
50
100
150
DE
GB
NL
FR
IT
ES
BE
PL
CZ
SE
E
U
i
m
p
o
r…
€ billion
UK
20.8
1.4
1.8 0.8
0.70.1
Development Cooperation Instrument-Geographic
Development Cooperation Instrument-Thematic
Democracy, Human Rights and Stability (EIDHR)
Research (Horizon 2020)
Nuclear Safety Cooperation (INSC)
Humanitarian Aid (ECHO)
€ 25.6
million
€ million
Notes
GlobalStat is a project developed by the European University Institute’s Global Governance Programme (Italy) and the Francisco Manuel dos Santos Foundation (Portugal). Data sources for page 1: GDP figures, inflation and exchange rates are from IMF WEO (April 2016) and Eurostat (2016); Labour market data are from ILO KILM (2015); FDI and remittances data are estimates from World Bank staff based on IMF BoP data (2016); HDI and GINI indexes are from UNDP HDR (2015) and are re-scaled (*) from 0-1 to 0-100 for better comparability; CPI is from Transparency International (2015); Doing Business data are from the World Bank Group - Doing Business Unit (2016).
Data sources for page 2: EU trade with China, Main trade partners (EU), Top EU partners (goods), EU exports to China (%) and China exports to EU (%) are from ComExt, Eurostat; Other APEC members = Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand and Vietnam; main trade partners (China) are from IMF; Other APEC members = Australia, Canada, Chile, South Korea, Mexico, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Russia and Taiwan; ASEAN countries = Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos and Brunei ; EU grants paid to Chinese beneficiaries (2014) are from European Commission; preferential loans to China are from European Investment Bank (EIB).
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