Explanatory Notes

Trends in Europe and North America is a selection of international statistics prepared by the Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) on its member countries.

Sources
The statistics appearing in the publication have been compiled from a wide range of national and international sources. Data for the tables have three main sources: the replies of the National Statistical Offices to annual ECE questionnaires, the published or unpublished data collections of other international organizations, and the official national sources. The relevant source(s) are indicated for each table and chart. These sources that are available on Internet are listed at the end of this publication.

Country-specific notes
Cyprus: in general, data refer to the government-controlled area. The exceptions are total population and area – these data refer to the whole of Cyprus.

Denmark: geographical coverage of data excludes territories of Greenland and Faeroe Islands.

Georgia: in general, geographical coverage of data excludes regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

Israel: the coverage of the data provided by the Central Bureau of Statistics, Israel, does not always coincide with the map given in the country profiles of this publication.
The designation of Jerusalem as the capital is provided by Israel. The position of the United Nations on the question of Jerusalem is contained in General Assembly Resolution 181(II) of 29 November 1947, and subsequent resolutions of the General Assembly and the Security Council concerning this question.

Norway: in general, geographical coverage of data excludes territories of Svalbard and Jan Mayen.

Republic of Moldova: in general, geographical coverage of data excludes the region of Transnistria.

Serbia and Montenegro:The country was previously called Yugoslavia. Following the adoption and the promulgation of the Constitutional Charter of Serbia and Montenegro by the Assembly of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia on 4 February 2003, the name of the State of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was changed to Serbia and Montenegro. After 1999, the data exclude Kosovo and Metohia.

Comparability of data
Comparability across countries is not always perfect and may be affected by differences in data collection, statistical methods and definitions. Where the sources specifically mention a particular weakness in comparability, this is indicated at the end of the table or chart concerned.

Time period
The data in country profiles are for 2003, if not otherwise indicated.

Units of measurement
The units of measurement are indicated in each table. Metric ton is the standard unit of weight used. The term "billion" signifies a thousand million.

The data on energy use (final consumption of energy) per capita in country profiles are given in tonnes of oil equivalent.

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Data not available

0

Less than 0.5

Km²

Square kilometres

Mtoe

Millions of tons oil equivalent

PPPs

Purchasing power parities

%

Percentage

‰

Per thousand

N/A

Data not available (in graphs)

CPI

Consumer Price Index

EUROSTAT

Statistical Office of the European Communities

GDP

Gross domestic product

GMT

Greenwich mean time

IEA

International Energy Agency

ILO

International Labour Organization

IMF

International Monetary Fund

ITU

International Telecommunications Union

UNECE

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

UNESCO

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

UNICEF

United Nations Economic Children's Fund

US

United States of America

WHO

World Health Organization

WTO

World Trade Organization