Malta’s purchasing power standard 24% less than EU average
- Malta’s purchasing power is 77% of EU average
- GDP per inhabitant varied from 40% to 253% across the EU27
- EU GDP per inhabitant varies from 38% to 276%
- GDP per inhabitant in 2006 ranged from 25% of the EU27 average to 336%
- GDP per inhabitant in 2007 ranged from 26% of the EU27
- Malta most expensive country in EU for consumer electronics
- Foreign citizens made up 6% of the EU27 population in 2008
- EU statistics for International Women’s Day
- The Eurostat Yearbook 2008 official statistics
- EU27 spent 26.9% of GDP on social protection
- 64% of enterprises in the EU27 had a website and increased broadband access in 2008
- Half a billion inhabitants in the EU27 by January 1st, 329 million in the euro area
- Malta one of the worst countries in Europe for waste generation and recycling
- Pollution and the environment seen as a problem in Malta by 35% of the population in 2007
- Nearly 40% of all EU27 trips of four nights or more were made abroad in 2006
GDP per inhabitant in purchasing power standards GDP per inhabitant in the Member States ranged from 41% to 276% of the EU27 average in 2008.
In 2008, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per inhabitant in Luxembourg, expressed in purchasing power standards (PPS), was more than two and a half times the EU27 average, while Ireland and the Netherlands recorded levels about one third above average. Austria, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Germany, the United Kingdom and Belgium were between 15% and 25% above the EU27 average.
France, Spain and Italy registered GDP per inhabitant between 0% and 10% above the EU27 average, while Cyprus, Greece and Slovenia were between 0% and 10% below the average.
The Czech Republic, Malta (76%), Portugal, and Slovakia were between 20% and 30% lower than the EU27 average. Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia and Poland were between 30% and 50% lower, while Romania and Bulgaria were between 50% and 60% below the EU27 average.
This data for 2008, 2007 and 2006, published by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, is based on revised purchasing power parities, and the latest GDP and population figures. They cover the 27 EU Member States, the three EU Candidate Countries, three EFTA Member States and four Western Balkan countries.
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