The most productive countries of Europe

[Foxy]

This map is bull shit.There is no way that the Germans are less productive then French and Irish...Germany is the spine of the EU followed by France of course.

Sorry to disappoint you but your maps are about the income from what I see, not about the productivity and I don't know to which year they refer.

[Foxy]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17155304

Even if we want to take for true this map rather than mine, Italy still is in the top 10 countries from what concerns the number of hours worked (and suprisingly Germany is among the laziest). So surely we aren't lazy. But Germany has more industries.... that's for sure.

[Geminus]

Really strange that we don't need to bailout Germany
Here is an article with further information on this topic:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17155304

[Rouxinol]

Luxembourg is the most productive country and, surprise, 13% of its population is made up of Portuguese immigrants and their descendants. It's not about laziness indeed, it's about organization and industry. The European Union offered to dismantle much of what existed of the Portuguese industrial network, agriculture and fishery during the 1980s and early 1990s. What we had back then, we had to start importing, and German companies came in then to set up their factories (clever guys), but soon many started to leave to Eastern Europe and China (clever guys again). Now we're offering our engineering graduates, among others, to Germany, as well as emerging powers such as Brazil, or even Angola.

[Osprey]

Maybe the Intelligentsia of Greece and other 'less productive' countries are working for Holland, Germany and luxemborg?
Also, the not so sharp people left behind are working in Greece.

[Europa]

Even if we want to take for true this map rather than mine, Italy still is in the top 10 countries from what concerns the number of hours worked (and suprisingly Germany is among the laziest). So surely we aren't lazy. But Germany has more industries.... that's for sure.

Yeah right...Whatever convinces you...I never said Italians are lazy and,if you had any knowledge in Economy you could have understood why how long people work does not really matter.I can work 12/6 but scratch my head all day or stay in front of the computer watching films.Productive?...Bollocks.That productive shit is simply sands in the eyes.The GDP is what matters not some bull shit researches...


http://www.gtai.de/GTAI/Content/EN/I...innovation.pdf

[Leliana]

It suprises me that Greeks are in the same color with Germans.

We are not industrialized, and we don't have the same techonology that Germans have.

Italian media created the map and such maps with full of colors are like statistics: Everyone can have the result he likes to see.

Congratulations to Italy, and specially to France, for stading way above Germany, UK and Spain in one of the stats more related (i assume) about being a First World country.

And the first one who falls into the trap is...

Purchasing power in Europe:



GDP per capita:



Unemployment rate in Europe:



Solvency Rating:



Trade balance Europe:

[Aivap]

Italian media created the map and such maps with full of colors are like statistics: Everyone can have the result he likes to see.

And the first one who falls into the trap is...

Purchasing power in Europe:

What are you trying to demonstrate with this map?

LOL


And about Germany, before 2002, so before EURO you were one of the most damaged countries in Europe, you still must be greatful to the other members who have permitted your economic raise.

[Aivap]

Solvency Rating:



Trade balance Europe:

Moody's? Pure bullshits, not even financial markets consider it reliable.
When American rating agencies downgrade a country, stock exanges go up. This is what is happening.....


And Germany?



These are Germany major trading partners.
If EU collapes, you are fucked as Greece.

[Leliana]

The most damaged member before 2002? Our DM 'Deutschmark' was a currency of instability, poverty and weakness, now I remember...

Hilarious!