Greeks are at the lowest levels in the EU in regards to gross domestic product (GDP) per capita and purchasing power standard (PPS), according to Eurostat’s report.
The 2016 data from the European statistical authority also show that Epirus and Thrace are among the poorest regions in Europe, with only particular regions of Bulgaria, Romania and France being poorer.
At the same time, Greece as a whole only reaches 68% of the European average GDP per capita.
Eurostat figures show that the highest GDP and respective purchasing power standard are in western London with 611% over the EU average, followed by Luxembourg totaling 257% of the EU PPS average, southern and eastern Ireland at 217% and Brussels and Hamburg tying at 200%.
In Greece, Athenians have the greatest purchasing power standard while at the same time they are at 92% of average EU GDP.
On the opposite end of the scale are the regions of Eastern Macedonia-Thrace with 46% of GDP average and Epirus with 48% of GDP average.
The poorest region of the EU is Bulgaria’s Severozapaden, where residents have only 29% of the average European GDP per capita.
It is followed by Mayotte in France with 33% of GDP, Severen Tsentralen and Yuzhen Tsentralen in Bulgaria with 34% and Nord-Est in Romania with 36% of the European Union average.
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Source: greekreporter.com
