The largest falls took place in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
It was the largest falling star I had ever seen!
Developed countries anticipate the largest falls in emmissions, according to analysts.
Today's figures also showed the largest falls in crime recorded by the police were for criminal damage and offences against vehicles, down 17% and 12% respectively.
Wages in the UK have seen one of the largest falls in the European Union during the economic downturn, according to official figures.
The UK was outperforming other countries, he told MPs, arguing the "figures speak for themselves", with growth of 3% and the largest falls in unemployment on record.
Steady falls can indicate deteriorating conditions and an approaching low pressure area, with the largest falls occurring in advance of a surface cyclone and its attendant warm front.
This is one of the largest falls recorded in Western populations, averaging 3.2% per year over two and a half decades.
The largest falls are among French, Germans, Spanish and Poles.
The largest fall, of 86.2percentt, came in the Depression, from 1929 to 1932.
The largest fall was in department stores where sales dropped 0.8%, followed by household goods stores with a 0.6% decline.
