In 2017, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) data, the EU economy was the second largest in the world behind China’s based on GDP, while the EU was also the world’s largest single donor of humanitarian aid.
Po podatkih Organizacije za ekonomsko sodelovanje in razvoj (OECD) je bilo gospodarstvo EU v 2017 po vrednosti BDP drugo največje na svetu, za kitajskim. EU je bila po njihovih podatkih tudi največja donatorica humanitarne pomoči na svetu.