Eurostat, the European Union's Statistical Office, has just published the 2009 edition of its regional yearbook.

 

The publication gives an overview of economic, social and demographic developments in the Union's 271.regions, and where data are available, in the regions of the three applicant countries (Croatia, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Turkey) and in the four EFTA countries (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland).

 

The yearbook includes chapters on population, cities, labour market, gross domestic product, household accounts, structural business statistics, information society, science, technology and innovation, education, tourism and agriculture.