In 2016, regional GDP per capita ranged from 29% of the European Union average in the Bulgarian region of Severozapaden, to 611% of the average in Inner London-West in the United Kingdom, according to figures published by Eurostat, the European statistical office, on Wednesday 28 February.
“There is a considerable variation in the EU”, Eurostat comments in its press release. Also among the regions with the highest GDP per capita in 2016 were the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (257%), Southern...