| Gross National Income 2001 | Competitiv. | High Tech | External Debt | Rank in | ||||||||
| Popul. | HDI | Exports | FDI | (Present value | SCI | |||||||
| GNP | GNP(PPP) | Per Cap. | 2000 | 1997 | 2001 | (% of Manuf. | (MUSD) | % of GNI) | Publications | |||
| 2001 | Rank | Exports) 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | 1998 | 2001 | ||||||
| Bulgaria | 8.1 | 12.6 | 48 | 80 | 62(0.779) | 1,002 | 82 | 43 | 47 | |||
| Czech Rep. | 10.3 | 54.1 | 149 | 39 | 33(0.849) | 33 | 35 | 8 | 4,583 | 43 | 33 | 31 |
| Estonia | 1.4 | 5.2 | 14 | 48 | 42(0.826) | 22 | 30 | 387 | 66 | 55 | 60 | |
| Hungary | 10.2 | 48.9 | 128 | 43 | 35(0.835) | 37 | 27 | 26 | 1,692 | 63 | 30 | 32 |
| Latvia | 2.3 | 7.6 | 18 | 66 | 53(0.803) | 4 | 607 | 46 | 64 | 72 | ||
| Litvania | 3.5 | 11.4 | 27 | 65 | 49(0.808) | 4 | 379 | 43 | 58 | 62 | ||
| Poland | 38.7 | 163.9 | 359 | 53 | 37(0.833) | 43 | 47 | 3 | 9,342 | 37 | 22 | 20 |
| Romania | 22.4 | 38.4 | 156 | 69 | 63(0.775) | 6 | 1,025 | 27 | 42 | 42 | ||
| Slovakia | 5.4 | 20.0 | 63 | 46 | 36(0.835) | 37 | 4 | 2,052 | 48 | 40 | 41 | |
| Slovenia | 2.0 | 19.4 | 36 | 29 | 29(0.879) | 39 | 5 | 176 | 47 | 44 | ||
| Turkey | 66.2 | 168.3 | 440 | 103 | 85(0.742) | 35 | 44 | 5 | 982 | 57 | 27 | 25 |
| Greece | 10.6 | 124.6 | 189 | 14 | 24(0.885) | 36 | 30 | 9 | 1,083 | 26 | 27 | |
| Portugal | 10.2 | 109.2 | 177 | 26 | 28(0.880) | 32 | 34 | 5 | 6,227 | 37 | 37 | |
| Reference for Competitivrness : World Competitiveness Yearbook 2001 (WEF) | ||||||||||||
| Table 1a : MILESTONES OF TURKEY'S INTEGRATION WITH EUROPE | ||||
| Membership to the Council of Europe | 1949 | |||
| Membership to NATO | 1952 | |||
| Associated Membership to EEC (Ankara Agreement) | 1963 | |||
| Application for full membership to EC | 1987 | |||
| Customs Union with EU | 1996 | |||
| Candidacy to EU (Helsinki) | 10 Dec 1999 | |||
| Table 1b : TURKEY'S MEMBERSHIP IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS | ||||
| Date of establihment | Turkey's Entry | |||
| UN | 1945 | 1945 | ||
| CE | 1949 | 1949 | ||
| NATO | 1949 | 1952 | ||
| OECD | 1960 | 1960 | ||
| Table 2a : S&T MILESTONES IN EUROPEAN INTEGRATION | |||||||||
| 1954 | CERN set up ( TR joins as an associate member in 1954) | ||||||||
| 1971 | COST launched (TR joins in 1971) | ||||||||
| 1974 | ESF established in Strasbourg (TR joins in 1977 via TUBITAK) | ||||||||
| 1975 | ESA established in Paris (TR started negotiations in 2001 via TUBITAK) | ||||||||
| 1975 | IEA Treaty signed (Paris) | ||||||||
| 1978 | EMBL inagurated in Heidelberg (TR joins in 1993) | ||||||||
| 1984 | FPRTD launched (TR joined in FP6) | ||||||||
| 1985 | EUREKA launched(TR joined as a founding member) | ||||||||
| 1988 | Academia Europea set up in London (3 TR scientists elected in '92-'93) | ||||||||
| Table 2b : POLITICAL MILESTONES IN EUROPEAN INTEGRATION | |||||||||
| 1948 | Creation of OEEC | ||||||||
| 1949 | Establishment of Comecon | ||||||||
| 1949 | Council of Europe | ||||||||
| 1949 | NATO Treaty | ||||||||
| 1951 | The European Coal and Steel Community (B, NL, L, F, DE, IT) | ||||||||
| 1957 | Rome Treaty (EEC ; EURATOM) | ||||||||
| 1960 | EFTA Treaty (Stockholm) (UK, Nordics, A, CH) | ||||||||
| 1968 | Customs Union | ||||||||
| 1973 | DK, IRL, UK joins the union (6+3) | ||||||||
| 1974 | Establishment of European Council | ||||||||
| 1981 | Gr joins the union (9+1) | ||||||||
| 1986 | Sp, P joins the union (10+2) | ||||||||
| 1992 | Maastricht Treaty for EU | ||||||||
| 1993 | Establishment of INTAS | ||||||||
| 1995 | A, S, Fin joins the union (12+3 = EU 15) | ||||||||