GDP per inhabitant varied from 40% to 253% across the EU27
- EU GDP per inhabitant varies from 38% to 276%
- Malta’s purchasing power standard 24% less than EU average
- Malta’s purchasing power is 77% of EU average
- 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
- In 2006, about three million foreign immigrants settled in a country in the EU27
- Malta most expensive country in EU for consumer electronics
- Malta one of the worst countries in Europe for waste generation and recycling
- The Eurostat Yearbook 2008 official statistics
- Total inland freight transport increases by 5 per cent in EU27
- EU statistics for International Women’s Day
- Malta produced 600 to 700kg of waste per person in 2008
- 17% of EU27 population at risk of poverty
- Foreign citizens made up 6% of the EU27 population in 2008
- Around 600,000 prisoners in the EU27
Based on first preliminary estimates for 2008, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per inhabitant expressed in Purchasing Power Standards (PPS) varied from 40% to 253% of the EU27 average across the Member States.
In France, Spain, Italy, Greece and Cyprus, GDP per inhabitant was within 10% of the EU27 average. Austria, Sweden, Denmark, the United Kingdom, Finland, Germany and Belgium were between 10% and 30% above the average, while the highest levels of GDP per inhabitant in the EU27 were recorded in Luxembourg, Ireland and the Netherlands.
Slovenia, the Czech Republic, Malta stood 24% lower at 76%), Portugal and Slovakia were between 10% and 30% lower than the EU27 average. Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland and Latvia were between 30% and 50% lower, while Romania and Bulgaria were between 50% and 60% below the EU27 average.
These figures for GDP per inhabitant, expressed in PPS, are published by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities. They cover the 27 EU Member States, the three candidate countries, three EFTA Member States and four Western Balkan countries.
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