Which tourists spend the most on holidays each year? (pre-Covid figures)
Most: Germany’s tourists, £135bn
Medium: UK’s tourists, £43bn
Least: North Macedonia’s, £101m
Which country charges the most for a pint of beer?
Most: Norway, £7.90
Medium: Italy, £4.29
Least: Moldova, £1.06
Who drinks the most booze? (litres of pure alcohol per capita)
Highest: Czech Republic, 14.26 litres per year
Medium: UK, 11.4 litres
Lowest: North Macedonia, 6.4 litres
Household expenditure on food and non-alcoholic beverages, 2019, %
Highest: Romania, 26%
Lowest: UK, 7%
Source: Eurostat
Best and worst off Europeans, by GDP per capita
Highest: Liechtenstein, £126,000
Medium: UK, £43,000
Lowest: Ukraine, £12,000
How much do Europeans spend on their cars?
Most: Switzerland, £41,000
Medium: UK, £31,000
Least: Greece, £22,000
When it all goes wrong – most business bankruptcies in 2021?
Most: France, 50,000
Medium: Spain, 4,900
Least: Greece, 110
And which workers get the most time off?
Most: Andorra, 45 days total paid leave
Least: Jersey, 19 days total paid leave
Amount of outstanding residential mortgage lending among Europe’s largest economies
Highest: UK, £1,633bn
Lowest: Hungary, £13bn
(Source, Statistica)
Which country spends the most on clothes each year (top 10)?
Most: UK, £57bn
Medium: Spain, £21bn
Least: Sweden, £6bn
