Eurostat published the 2008 edition of the publication presenting a range of statistics including demography, national accounts, agriculture, energy and external trade for candidate and potential candidate countries together with the data for the EU-27.

On 1 January 2007, the European Union admitted two new countries, Bulgaria and Romania, extending the EU to 27 Member States. This expansion followed a wider enlargement on 1 May 2004, which saw the EU increase from 15 to 25 Members. Currently, three countries, Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Turkey are formal candidate countries. Negotiations on EU membership with Croatia and Turkey were opened on 3 October 2005. In addition, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo are considered potential candidate countries.

Please click here to access the 2008 edition of the “Pocketbook on candidate and potential candidate countries”