The following country groups are used throughout the study for presentation of results, as approved by the parent bodies:
Nordic countries: Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden
European Union (12): Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg,
Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom
Central Europe: Austria, Switzerland
Eastern Europe: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia,
South-East Europe: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Israel, The former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Malta, Slovenia, Turkey, Yugoslavia
Baltic States: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
In addition, scenarios for the following supplementary groups are presented:
Western Europe (18): Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland,
Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey,
United Kingdom
European Union (15): EU(12) plus Austria, Finland, Sweden
Transition countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic,
Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia,
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Yugoslavia