Government Debt in the EU Countries (second quarter 2012)

This great graph from Reuters shows per EU country the government debt it had at the end of the second quarter, as a percentage of GDP.

Since the crisis Portugal, Ireland have been accumulating debt at a high rate, while seeing their economy shrink significantly. This is shows in the government-debt-to-GDP measure, for which they are in respectively  the third and the fourth place in having the highest government debt in the EU.

Estonia and Bulgaria have the lowest government debt in the EU.

Hourly Labour Costs European Union Private Sector 2011

This chart with data from Eurostat shows the estimated hourly labour costs in euro's for enterprises with more than 10 employees in the European Union. Norway, Belgium, Sweden, Denmark and France have the highest labour costs. Bulgaria, Romania and Latvia have the lowest costs.

Eurostat

Shadow Economy As A Percentage Of GDP

The Financial Times made this chart with the shadow economy as a percentage of GDP for the developed countries. You can see that the shadow economy is relatively the biggest in Bulgaria en the smallest in the United States.

Source: Financial Times

EU Corporate Tax Rates

In this graph you can see the current corporate tax rates for the countries in the European Union.

Source: Adam Smith

Nuclear Energy in Europe

This picture from the dutch newspaper NRC shows the amount of nuclear reactors in European Countries with their status. Red means: in use. Black: not in use and green: being constructed. The colors of the countries point to the percentage of the nuclear energy in total energy consumption. The row in the bottom shows total amount of produced nuclear energy per country in terawatt-hours. 

NRC 310511: 'Recorduitstoot broeikassen in 2011'