| 1997 | ||
| 0 | EU 27 | .. |
| 1 | EU 15 | .. |
| 2 | Euro area 16 | 861536 |
| 3 | Belgium | 2106542 |
| 4 | Bulgaria | .. |
| 5 | Czech Republic | 145456 |
| 6 | Denmark | 726642 |
| 7 | Germany | 1840486 |
| 8 | Estonia | .. |
| 9 | Ireland | .. |
| 10 | Greece | 554386 |
| 11 | Spain | 1368558 |
| 12 | France | .. |
| 13 | Italy | .. |
| 14 | Cyprus | .. |
| 15 | Latvia | 49253 |
| 16 | Lithuania | 6471 |
| 17 | Luxembourg | 8178 |
| 18 | Hungary | 2837 |
| 19 | Malta | 12033 |
| 20 | Netherlands | 7583 |
| 21 | Austria | 8899 |
| 22 | Poland | 12182 |
| 23 | Portugal | 39676 |
| 24 | Romania | 10743 |
| 25 | Slovenia | 6606 |
| 26 | Slovakia | 11095 |
| 27 | Finland | 44095 |
| 28 | Sweden | .. |
| 29 | United Kingdom | .. |
| 30 | Croatia | .. |
| 31 | Turkey | .. |
| 32 | Iceland | .. |
| 33 | Norway | 893 |
| 34 | Switzerland | 3469 |