"Figure 4: Compensation of employees as a proportion of nominal GDP for major European economies, percent, 2000 to 2015","" "","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","%" "","" "","European Union (28 countries)","Germany ","Spain","France","Italy","Netherlands","UK" "2000","48.3","52.9","48.5","50.6","37.0","50.4","49.7" "2001","48.4","52.2","48.3","50.8","37.2","50.0","51.2" "2002","48.2","51.8","48.1","51.3","37.5","50.6","50.6" "2003","48.1","51.6","48.1","51.4","37.8","50.7","50.1" "2004","47.5","50.6","47.7","50.9","37.7","49.8","50.5" "2005","47.3","49.8","47.7","51.0","38.2","48.5","50.0" "2006","47.0","48.7","47.7","50.8","38.4","47.3","50.6" "2007","46.7","47.6","48.3","50.4","38.3","47.4","51.0" "2008","47.3","48.5","50.1","50.6","39.2","48.1","50.7" "2009","48.7","50.6","50.9","52.2","40.4","50.5","52.4" "2010","48.0","49.7","50.1","52.1","40.0","49.2","52.1" "2011","47.6","49.5","49.6","51.9","39.8","49.5","51.0" "2012","47.9","50.4","47.8","52.3","39.9","50.0","50.8" "2013","47.7","50.6","47.2","52.4","39.7","49.7","50.5" "2014","47.6","50.9","47.1","52.4","39.7","49.5","49.3" "2015","47.5","50.8","47.2","52.1","39.8","49.0","49.7"