Eleven Greek regions were below 75 pct of the average per capita GDP in the EU in 2014, according to Eurostat.
The EU executive’s statistics service, in a report, said that per capita GDP in the EU ranged between 30 pct in Bulgarian regions to 539 pct in the center of London.
Greek per capita GDP (in purchasing power terms) was 72 pct of the average EU rate in 2014. Only Attica (99 pct of community GDP) and Southern Aegean (80 pct) recorded per capita GDP rates above 75 pct of the community rate. The lowest per capita GDP in Greece in 2013 was recorded in Eastern Macedonia-Thrace (50 pct), followed by Epirus (51 pct), Western Greece (53 pct), Thessaly (55 pct), Central Macedonia (56 pct) and Northern Aegean (57 pct) and the Peloponese (58 pct). Central Greece (61 pct), Crete (63 pct), Western Macedonia (66 pct) and Ionian Islands (67 pct) followed.
The 20 poorest regions in the EU were recorded in Bulgaria, Romania and Poland (five regions each), Hungary (two regions), Greece (Eastern Macedonia and Thrace) and France.
London (539 pct), Luxembourg (266 pct), Brussels (207 pct) and Hamburg (206 pct) recorded the highest per capita GDP rates in the EU.
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