| Countries | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
|---|
| Austria | 5.56 | 5.08 | 4.96 | 4.14 | 4.13 | 3.39 | 3.80 | 4.30 | 4.36 | 3.94 |
| Belgium | 5.59 | 5.13 | 4.99 | 4.18 | 4.15 | 3.43 | 3.81 | 4.33 | 4.42 | 3.90 |
| Bulgaria | .. | .. | .. | 6.45 | 5.36 | 3.87 | 4.18 | 4.54 | 5.38 | 7.22 |
| Cyprus | .. | 7.62 | 5.70 | 4.74 | 5.80 | 5.16 | 4.13 | 4.48 | 4.60 | 4.60 |
| Czechia | .. | 6.31 | 4.88 | 4.12 | 4.82 | 3.54 | 3.80 | 4.30 | 4.63 | 4.84 |
| Denmark | 5.64 | 5.08 | 5.06 | 4.31 | 4.30 | 3.40 | 3.81 | 4.29 | 4.28 | 3.59 |
| Estonia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Finland | 5.48 | 5.04 | 4.98 | 4.13 | 4.11 | 3.35 | 3.78 | 4.29 | 4.29 | 3.74 |
| France | 5.39 | 4.94 | 4.86 | 4.13 | 4.10 | 3.41 | 3.80 | 4.30 | 4.23 | 3.65 |
| Greece | 6.10 | 5.30 | 5.12 | 4.27 | 4.26 | 3.59 | 4.07 | 4.50 | 4.80 | 5.17 |
| Netherlands | 5.40 | 4.96 | 4.89 | 4.12 | 4.10 | 3.37 | 3.78 | 4.29 | 4.23 | 3.69 |
| Croatia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4.42 | 4.43 | 4.93 | 6.04 | 7.83 |
| Ireland | 5.51 | 5.01 | 5.01 | 4.13 | 4.08 | 3.33 | 3.77 | 4.31 | 4.53 | 5.23 |
| Poland | .. | 10.68 | 7.36 | 5.78 | 6.90 | 5.22 | 5.23 | 5.48 | 6.07 | 6.12 |
| Latvia | .. | 7.57 | 5.41 | 4.90 | 4.86 | 3.88 | 4.13 | 5.28 | 6.43 | 12.36 |
| Lithuania | .. | 8.15 | 6.06 | 5.32 | 4.50 | 3.70 | 4.08 | 4.54 | 5.61 | 14.00 |
| Luxembourg | 5.52 | 4.86 | 4.70 | 3.32 | 2.84 | 2.41 | 3.30 | 4.46 | 4.61 | 4.23 |
| Hungary | .. | 7.95 | 7.09 | 6.82 | 8.19 | 6.60 | 7.12 | 6.74 | 8.24 | 9.12 |
| Malta | .. | 6.19 | 5.82 | 5.04 | 4.69 | 4.56 | 4.32 | 4.72 | 4.81 | 4.54 |
| Germany | 5.26 | 4.80 | 4.78 | 4.07 | 4.04 | 3.35 | 3.76 | 4.22 | 3.98 | 3.22 |
| Italy | 5.58 | 5.19 | 5.03 | 4.25 | 4.26 | 3.56 | 4.05 | 4.49 | 4.68 | 4.31 |
| Portugal | 5.59 | 5.16 | 5.01 | 4.18 | 4.14 | 3.44 | 3.91 | 4.42 | 4.52 | 4.21 |
| Romania | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6.99 | 7.23 | 7.13 | 7.70 | 9.69 |
| Spain | 5.53 | 5.12 | 4.96 | 4.12 | 4.10 | 3.39 | 3.78 | 4.31 | 4.37 | 3.98 |
| Sweden | 5.37 | 5.11 | 5.30 | 4.64 | 4.43 | 3.38 | 3.70 | 4.17 | 3.89 | 3.25 |
| Slovakia | .. | 8.04 | 6.93 | 4.99 | 5.03 | 3.52 | 4.41 | 4.49 | 4.72 | 4.71 |
| Slovenia | .. | .. | 8.71 | 6.40 | 4.68 | 3.81 | 3.85 | 4.53 | 4.61 | 4.38 |
| EU27_2020 | .. | 5.35 | 5.09 | 4.30 | 4.35 | 3.63 | 4.02 | 4.48 | 4.56 | 4.23 |
| United Kingdom | 5.33 | 5.01 | 4.91 | 4.58 | 4.93 | 4.46 | 4.37 | 5.06 | 4.50 | 3.36 |
| EU28 | .. | 5.30 | 5.06 | 4.34 | 4.44 | 3.75 | 4.07 | 4.56 | 4.55 | 4.12 |
| Euro area | 5.43 | 5.00 | 4.91 | 4.14 | 4.12 | 3.42 | 3.84 | 4.32 | 4.31 | 3.82 |