RICH EUROPEAN COUNTRIES SPEND MORE ON TRANSPORT THAN POOR NATIONS
June 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
RICH European countries spend more on transport than poor countries, the latest comparative figures from European Union (EU) statistical agency Eurostat show. The average proportion of all household spending devoted to transport in 2005 was 13.5% in Britain and 15.7% in Finland, but just 5% in Bulgaria and 8.1% in Poland.
* http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=STAT/08/88&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
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RICH European countries spend more on transport than poor countries, the latest comparative figures from European Union (EU) statistical agency Eurostat show. The average proportion of all household spending devoted to transport in 2005 was 13.5% in Britain and 15.7% in Finland, but just 5% in Bulgaria and 8.1% in Poland.
* http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=STAT/08/88&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
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