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BRUSSELS, Sept 3 (KUNA) -- While accounting for 7.1% of the world population, the EU generated in 2013 almost a quarter (23.7%) of the world GPD, Eurostat, the EU's statistical office reported Thursday.
The United States (22.2%), China (12.1%) and Japan (6.5%) had also a significant weight in world GDP.
The United States and China were also in 2014 the two main trading partners of the EU, accounting respectively for 15.3% and 13.8% of total extra-EU trade in goods and for 28.5% and 4.1% of total extra-EU trade in services.
Eurostat released today the latest edition of the publication "The EU in the world", which provides a portrait of the EU in relation to the other major economies of the world.
With 506 million inhabitants in 2013, the EU accounted for just over 7% of the world population (7.1 billion inhabitants). Only China (1.357 million inhabitants or 19.1% of the world population) and India (1.252 mn or 17.6%) were more populous.
In 2012, the EU had a life expectancy at birth reaching 80 years. Japan (84 years), Australia (83 years), Canada (82 years) and South Korea (81 years) had the highest life expectancies among the non-EU G-20 members, and South Africa (59 years), India (66 years), Russia (69 years) and Indonesia (71 years) the lowest.
With 27.8% of gross electricity generated from renewables and waste, the EU was also among the top countries for renewable energy, with only Brazil (82.5%) and Canada (63.3%) having higher proportions. (end)
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