This publication contains a wide range of comparable data covering the years 1992 to 2002 for the European Union as a whole, individual EU Member States and euro-zone countries. Topics covered include social statistics relating to populatin, health, education, the labour market, household and welfare issues; the economy including national accounts, balance of payments and international trade; the environment, including water resources and supply, waste treatment, air pollution and climate change; science and technology issues such as research and development, and the growth of the information society; business sectors and enterprises, including industry and construction, tourism, transport and energy; agriculture, forestry and fisheries. An accompanying CD-ROM contains more than 1,000 statistical tables and graphs, which can be easily extracted for use in spreadsheet applications. This edition of the yearbook also contains two chapters on the position of the EU in a global context, and sustainable development issues.