Yes, I know these figures do not have too much to do with everyday life, but it could be quite interesting to see them together.
The Eurostat – the statistical Office of the European Union – institute recently publishedthe GDP per capitafigures of the European countries based on the preliminary estimates for 2011.
(They cover the 27 EU Member States, three EFTA countries, one acceding state, four candidate countries and two potential candidate countries.)
The numbers give the GDP per capita, and they are expressed in Purchasing Power Standards (PPS).
As you can see, the European countries range a surprisingly large scale of welfare.
Hungary has 66 % of the average of the Member States.
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GDP per capita
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|
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EU27
|
100
|
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Euro area (EA17)
|
108
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|
Luxembourg
|
274
|
|
Netherlands
|
131
|
|
Austria
|
129
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|
Ireland
|
127
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|
Sweden
|
126
|
|
Denmark
|
125
|
|
Germany
|
120
|
|
Belgium
|
118
|
|
Finland
|
116
|
|
United Kingdom
|
108
|
|
France
|
107
|
|
Italy
|
101
|
|
Spain
|
99
|
|
Cyprus
|
92
|
|
Slovenia
|
84
|
|
Malta
|
83
|
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Greece
|
82
|
|
Czech Republic
|
80
|
|
Portugal
|
77
|
|
Slovakia
|
73
|
|
Estonia
|
67
|
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Hungary
|
66
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|
Poland
|
65
|
|
Lithuania
|
62
|
|
Latvia
|
58
|
|
Romania
|
49
|
|
Bulgaria
|
45
|
|
Norway
|
189
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Switzerland
|
151
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Iceland
|
110
|
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Croatia
|
61
|
|
Turkey
|
52
|
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Montenegro
|
43
|
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Former Yugoslav Rep. of Macedonia
|
36
|
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Serbia
|
35
|
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Albania
|
31
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
29
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Click here for more details and the methodological background of the calculations.
