Malta’s purchasing power is 77% of EU average
- Malta’s purchasing power standard 24% less than 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
- 64% of enterprises in the EU27 had a website and increased broadband access in 2008
- Foreign citizens made up 6% of the EU27 population in 2008
- Nearly 40% of all EU27 trips of four nights or more were made abroad in 2006
- The Eurostat Yearbook 2008 official statistics
- EU statistics for International Women’s Day
- Half a billion inhabitants in the EU27 by January 1st, 329 million in the euro area
- In 2006, about three million foreign immigrants settled in a country in the EU27
- Malta one of the worst countries in Europe for waste generation and recycling
- 17% of EU27 population at risk of poverty
In 2007, 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 50% and 30% respectively above average. Austria, Sweden, Denmark, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Finland and Germany 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 Greece and Cyprus were between 0% and 10% below the average.
Slovenia, the Czech Republic, Malta and Portugal were between 10% and 25% lower than the EU27 average, with Malta standing at 23% lower. Estonia, Slovakia, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia and Poland were between 30% and 50% lower, while Romania and Bulgaria were about 60% below the EU27 average.
This data for 2007, 2006 and 2005, 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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