Rome is a major EU and international financial, cultural, and business centre. Rome's trade is 0.1% of world economic trade. With a 2005 GDP of €94.376 billion (US$121.5 billion), the city produces 6.7% of the national GDP after Milan which provides 10%, and its unemployment rate, lowered from 11.1% to 6.5% between 2001 and 2005, is now one of the lowest rates of all the European Union capital cities. This means that if Rome were a country, it would be the world's 52nd richest country by GDP, near to the size of that of Egypt. Rome also had a 2003 GDP per capita of €29,153 (US$39,412), which was second in Italy (after Milan), and is more than 134.1% of the EU average GDP per capita. Furthermore, Rome hosts several major Italian companies and corporations, almost the same number as Milan, a