Brussels, 150/06/2006 (Agence Europe) - According to initial estimates from Eurostat on Purchasing Power Parities (PPP) in the EU in 2005, GDP per inhabitant in Luxembourg last year was twice the EU average, in Ireland it was nearly 40% the average; in Austria, Denmark, Belgium and the Netherlands 25% more than the average; 15% more in the United Kingdom and Sweden and around 10% in France, Germany, and Finland. Italy and Spain are around the EU average, while Cyprus, Greece and Slovenia, GDP per inhabitant was less than the 20% the average and in Portugal, Czech Republic and Malta it was 30% less; in Hungary and Estonia 40% less. In Poland, Slovakia, Lithuania and Latvia is stood at half the EU average. This data is expressed in Purchasing Power Standards (PPS).
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