The Guardian's New Europe series is under way with a fantastic visualisation of European statistics. Find the data behind the interactive

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This week The Guardian launched its month-long New Europe special. The print coverage which will focus especially on four countries; Germany, France, Spain and Poland.

The Europe by numbers interactive which has launched alongside, gives an amazing insight at how Europe looks today. Divided into three sections; who we are, how we live and what it costs, it illustrates some key figures for each of the 27 EU countries.

With the latest available data sourced from Eurostat and The Economist Pocket World in Figures 2011, the interactive allows you to compare a diverse range of topics from the government deficit of each country to the number of colour televisions. So what interesting facts does this visualization make visible?

• Males aged 25-34 are more likely to still be living with their parents than their female counterparts. A huge 32% of males across the EU cannot resist the urge of home with Bulgaria and Slovenia notching up the highest figures

• The highest rate of internet users can be found in the Nordic countries and in The Netherlands. Interestingly although Italy, Portugal and Greece are amongst the lowest in this category, they are some of the biggest mobile phone subscribers of the EU

• Nearly half of Luxembourg is comprised of foreign citizens. This also partly makes up the nearly 40 million recorded in the EU for 2009

• Marriages in Germany are increasing but Poland records the highest in the EU with 6.57 marriages per 1000 population, the highest of the 27 countries

• When it comes to household savings, the UK lags behind along with Lithuania, as Germany, Austria and Belgium surge ahead. The EU as a whole boasts a higher rate of household savings than the USA despite a lower income

New Europe is the month-long series running in The Guardian- click here for the interactive

The Interactive also allows you to choose the countries you are interested in, outlining the circle in bold, so that you can follow the progress of those countries in each category against other EU countries. Also the circles are sized according to population which helps provide a more accurate comparison.

The three sections are sub-divided into a whole range of categories from the sobering to the light-hearted. Below is all the data used for the interactive and we have compiled a much smaller table with a taster of EU stats. What can you do with this data?

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