GDP per inhabitant in 2005 varies 1-5 across EU25 states
15 Jun '06
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Nowcasts of purchasing power parities1 (PPP) for 2005 are now available. Based on these nowcasts, GDP per inhabitant2 in Luxembourg3 was more than twice the EU25 average in 2005.
Ireland was nearly 40 percent above average, while Denmark, the Netherlands, Austria and Belgium were around 20 percent above average.
The United Kingdom and Sweden were 15 percent above average, and Finland, Germany and France about 10 percent above average. Italy and Spain were around the EU25 average.
Cyprus, Greece and Slovenia were about 20 percent below average. The Czech Republic, Portugal and Malta were around 30 percent below average, and Hungary and Estonia about 40 percent below. Slovakia, Lithuania, Poland and Latvia were around half the EU25 average.
These figures for GDP per inhabitant, expressed in terms of purchasing power standards4 (PPS), are published by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities.