{"id":6467,"date":"2023-09-25T05:55:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T05:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/facts4eu.com\/?p=6467"},"modified":"2023-09-25T05:55:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T05:55:00","slug":"the-shrinking-eu-how-does-it-now-compare-to-the-uk-and-the-rest-of-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/facts4eu.com\/2023\/09\/25\/the-shrinking-eu-how-does-it-now-compare-to-the-uk-and-the-rest-of-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"The shrinking EU \u2013 How does it now compare to the UK and the Rest of the World?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"113.46452779033\">\n                                <a name=\"body\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Seven rankings which show the EU is now far less important than it thinks it is<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/facts4eu.org\/static\/media\/shrinking_eu.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"320\"><\/p>\n<p>Montage \u00a9 Facts4EU.Org 2023<\/p>\n<h3>A Brexit Facts4EU.Org snapshot of why the UK should never rejoin<\/h3>\n<p>How is the EU doing overall and where does it now stand in the World? We invite readers to judge from the official facts below.<\/p>\n<div class=\"facts4eu-summary-red\" readability=\"59\">\n<h3>Brexit Facts4EU.Org Summary<\/h3>\n<p>1. Countries<\/p>\n<p>The EU has of course decreased in size significantly following the departure of the United Kingdom<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>World : 193<\/li>\n<li>\nEU27 : 27 (14.0%)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[Source : United Nations.]<\/p>\n<p>2. Population at 01 Jan 2023<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>World : 8.06 bn<\/li>\n<li>\nEU27 : 0.45 bn (5.5%)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[Source : United Nations | EU Commission data for 2022.]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/facts4eu.org\/static\/media\/eu27_pop_20230925.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/facts4eu.org\/static\/media\/eu27_pop_20230925.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"395\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 Brexit Facts4EU.Org 2023 &#8211; click to enlarge<\/p>\n<p>3. GDP in 2022<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>World : $100,562,011 m<\/li>\n<li>\nEU27 : $16,641,391 m (16.5%)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[Source : World Bank, data for 2022.]<\/p>\n<p>4. GDP Growth last year (2022)<\/p>\n<p>Last year the UK\u2019s economy grew significantly faster than the EU average, for the second year running.<\/p>\n<p>[Source : World Bank, data for 2022.]<\/p>\n<p>5. Education<\/p>\n<p>Looking to the future, the UK dominates the scene for higher education in Europe. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>UK universities in World Top 10 : 4<\/li>\n<li>\nEU universities in World Top 10 : 0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More UK universities are ranked in the World Top 100 than in all 27 EU countries COMBINED.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>UK (one country) : 17 in Top 100<\/li>\n<li>\nEU27 (27 countries) : 14 in Top 100<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/facts4eu.org\/static\/media\/top_universities_uk_eu.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/facts4eu.org\/static\/media\/top_universities_uk_eu.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"390\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 Brexit Facts4EU.Org 2023 &#8211; click to enlarge<\/p>\n<p>[Source : Latest QS World University Rankings, Aug 2023.]<\/p>\n<p>6. International Goods Exports<\/p>\n<p>The EU\u2019s trade deals have always been focused on goods exports not services, where the UK is the second-largest exporter in the World. Despite this, and despite adding many countries to the bloc, the EU\u2019s share of the world goods exports market has plummeted this century.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>World : $20,460,000,000,000 m<\/li>\n<li>\nEU27 : $2,708,240,974,379 m (13.2%)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[Sources : WTO | UN Comtrade.]<\/p>\n<p>7. CO2 emissions<\/p>\n<p>In 2021 the EU\u2019s CO2 emissions increased by 13.9%. Over the last 30 years the UK has cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 50%.<\/p>\n<p>Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in tonnes per person per year, 2021<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>United Kingdom : 5.15<\/li>\n<li>\nEU27 average : 6.28 (<b>22% higher<\/b>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[Source: Oxford University\u2019s \u2018Our World in Data\u2019 based on the Global Carbon Project. Latest figures from 2021.]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/facts4eu.org\/static\/media\/co2_per_person_20230806_1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/facts4eu.org\/static\/media\/co2_per_person_20230806_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"389\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 Brexit Facts4EU.Org 2023 &#8211; click to enlarge<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"86.260654725139\">\n<h3 class=\"uppercase\">Observations<\/h3>\n<p>Several EU countries have been doing well in recent years. This should not be a complete surprise. If you are on the receiving end of tens of billions of euros each year to build up your country\u2019s infrastructure for free, life should be expected to get better.<\/p>\n<p>As a whole, however, the EU bloc has not performed well. Its largest economy by far, Germany, is even forecast by the IMF to table a reduction in its GDP this year. It will be the only G7 country to do so.<\/p>\n<p>Looking at our seven metrics in the round, the EU has been on a downward trend for years. The reasons small, poor countries continue to line up for membership is obvious. They are all receiving massive payments \u2013 which might even be called bribes \u2013 to join. As and when they eventually join they will receive even more in annual subsidies.<\/p>\n<p>Before Brexit, the UK taxpayer was paying for a significant part of this re-distribution of wealth, without getting any credit. Today the EU Commission has replaced the UK \u2018cash cow\u2019 by borrowing massive amounts on the international markets. This is prohibited by the EU treaties, but legal niceties do not seem to have got in the way.<\/p>\n<p>Small, poor countries will do well financially out of their membership &#8211; if not in other ways including a total loss of sovereignty. However once they have soaked up the Commission\u2019s largesse and start becoming net contributors, like Ireland did last year, they will doubtless start exercising their rights as many of the countries that joined 20 years ago are beginning to do.<\/p>\n<p>We hope readers found our \u2018snapshot\u2019 of the state of the EU useful. We doubt the zealots of the Rejoin persuasion will even want to read it. We find they\u2019re not too keen on facts\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>We must get reports like this out there<\/p>\n<p>Reports like the one above take far longer to research, write and produce than many people realise. If they were easy, readers would see other organisations also producing these daily. 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