HOW MUCH DOES THE EU COST THE UK ?

In 2014, the UK's official gross payments to the EU amounted to £ 19.1 billion but the UK receives an automatic rebate of £ 4.4 billion. This means £ 14.7 billion was transferred from the UK to the EU in official payments.

The UK public sector also receives from the EU

  1. £ 1.1 billion (European Regional Development Fund)
  2. £ 2.3 billion (European Agricultural Guarantee Fund)

This gives a nert contribution of £ 9.9 billion.

The EU also provides EU payments to universities for research e.g. programmes like Horizon 2020 (approximately £ 1-2 billion a year).

Working an average for 2010-2014, this gives an annual contribution of £ 7.1 billion according to European Commission figures.

The £ 7.1 billion net contribution works out at 0.9% of public sector spending or £ 110 per person per year. It is 0.4% of GDP.

Contribution to EU per person (Euros)

  1. Luxembourg: € 544.76
  2. Denmark: € 381.39
  3. Finland: € 335.39
  4. Sweden: € 304.46
  5. Belgium: € 304.12
  6. Austria: € 297.37
  7. France: € 277.5
  8. Ireland: € 249.23
  9. Germany: € 240.62
  10. Netherlands: € 236.15
  11. Italy: € 235.84
  12. Spain: € 213.99
  13. Cyprus: € 190.71
  14. UK: € 180.38
  15. Slovenia: € 159.47
  16. Greece: € 155.8
  17. Portugal: € 151.28
  18. Czech Republic: € 139.41
  19. Malta: € 135.65
  20. Slovakia: € 106.87
  21. Estonia: € 101.98
  22. Lithuania: € 84.33
  23. Poland: € 83.77
  24. Hungary: € 83.76
  25. Latvia: € 77
  26. Romania: € 52.12
  27. Bulgaria: €  46.9

EU spending per person (Euros)

  1. Luxembourg: € 3025.40
  2. Belgium: € 617.85
  3. Greece: € 577.98
  4. Lithuania: € 541.44
  5. Hungary: € 533.85
  6. Portugal: € 446.01
  7. Latvia: € 439.11
  8. Slovenia: € 413.2
  9. Estonia: € 376.58
  10. Poland: € 374.79
  11. Ireland: € 358.75
  12. Slovakia: € 331.04
  13. Malta: € 325.72
  14. Spain: € 294.65
  15. Czech Republic: € 288.85
  16. Denmark: € 264.91
  17. Finland: € 240.55
  18. Austria: € 223.2
  19. Cyprus: € 218.6
  20. France: € 202.35
  21. Sweden: € 186.61
  22. Italy: € 157.69
  23. Bulgaria: € 150.23
  24. Germany: € 148.41
  25. Romania: € 124.19
  26. Netherlands: € 123.94
  27. UK: € 105.12
  28. Croatia: € 25.68

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