Southern Europe

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Southern Europe is a region. It is located in Europe. It comprises 15 countries for a land area of 1,303,485 km² and a population of 151,315,954 people.

Key facts

continent: Europe
number of countries: 15
land area: 1,303,485 km²
population: 151,315,954 people

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central government debt: 80.04 % of GDP
expense: 38.24 % of GDP
GDP: 4,824,717,951,914.74 current US$
self-employed workers: 20.95 % of total employment
tax revenue: 20.95 % of GDP
unemployment: 8.71 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 16.44 % of total employment
armed forces personnel: 857,000 people
democracy score: 89.77
internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence: 535,210 people
individuals using the Internet: 88.09 % of population
military expenditure: 1.70 % of GDP
net migration: 155,569 people
press freedom: 43.85
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 32.25 %
birth rate: 8.36 per 1,000 people
death rate: 11.13 per 1,000 people
health expenditure per capita: 2,174.33 current US$
health expenditure: 9.25 % of GDP
incidence of HIV: 0.04 per 1,000 uninfected population
hospital beds: 3.66 per 1,000 people
life expectancy at birth: 79.23
suicide mortality rate: 10.30 per 100,000 population
agricultural land: 591,007.52 km²
alternative and nuclear energy: 10.80 % of total energy use
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 684.35 Mt of CO2 equivalent
access to electricity: 100.00 % of population
electricity production from coal sources: 30.90 % of total
electricity production from natural gas sources: 8.75 % of total
electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 29.43 % of total
electricity production from nuclear sources: 4.52 % of total
electricity production from oil sources: 16.38 % of total
electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 9.84 % of total
net energy imports: 55.41 % of energy use
fertility rate: 1.41 births per woman
forest area: 463,647 km²
fossil fuel energy consumption: 77.07 % of total
greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6): 883.59 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 39.09
methane emissions: 126.31 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 44.43 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 77,531,410 people
male population: 73,784,544 people
renewable energy consumption: 25.39 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 1,253,747.18 km²
rural population: 40,203,157 people
urban land area: 52,473.21 km²
urban population: 111,112,797 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 1.80 % of total population

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Southern Europe is one of the regions in Europe and 22 regions in our database.

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Evolution of historical life expectancy at birth in Southern Europe

Evolution of historical rural land area in Southern Europe

Evolution of historical rural population in Southern Europe

Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in Southern Europe

Map of the density of countries in Southern Europe

Map of the distribution of cities in Southern Europe by population

Correlation of armed forces personnel and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) of countries yearly in Southern Europe

Correlation of birth rate and vulnerable employment of countries yearly in Southern Europe

Correlation of carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions of countries yearly in Southern Europe

Correlation of greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and urban land area by countries yearly in Southern Europe

This dashboard is based on data from: World Bank.

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