15.06.2016, 12:58
AIC per capita expressed in PPS varied from 51% to 137% of the EU average across the Member States
OREANDA-NEWS. Actual Individual Consumption (AIC) is a measure of material welfare of households. Based on first preliminary estimates for 2015, AIC per capita expressed in Purchasing Power Standards (PPS) varied from 51% to 137% of the European Union (EU) average across the Member States.
Ten Member States recorded AIC per capita above the EU average in 2015. The highest level in the EU was recorded in Luxembourg, 37% above the EU average. Germany was nearly 25% above, followed by Austria, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Finland, Belgium, France, the Netherlands and Sweden which all recorded levels between 10% and 20% above the EU average.
AIC per capita for twelve Member States lay between the EU average and 30% below. In Italy, Ireland and Cyprus the levels were 10% or less below the EU average, while Spain, Portugal, Lithuania, Greece and Malta were between 10% and 20% below. Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovenia were between 20% and 30% below the average.
Six Member States recorded AIC per capita more than 30% below the EU average. Estonia, Latvia and Hungary were between 30% and 40% below, while Croatia and Romania had AIC per capita just over 40% below the EU average and Bulgaria was around 50% below.
These figures for Actual Individual Consumption per capita, expressed in PPS, are published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.
GDP per capita ranged from 46% to 271% of the EU average
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita, a measure of economic activity, also shows substantial differences between the EU Member States. In 2015, GDP per capita expressed in PPS ranged between 46% of the EU average in Bulgaria to 271% in Luxembourg (see country note). Eleven Member States recorded a level of GDP per capita above the EU average in 2015.
Ten Member States recorded AIC per capita above the EU average in 2015. The highest level in the EU was recorded in Luxembourg, 37% above the EU average. Germany was nearly 25% above, followed by Austria, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Finland, Belgium, France, the Netherlands and Sweden which all recorded levels between 10% and 20% above the EU average.
AIC per capita for twelve Member States lay between the EU average and 30% below. In Italy, Ireland and Cyprus the levels were 10% or less below the EU average, while Spain, Portugal, Lithuania, Greece and Malta were between 10% and 20% below. Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovenia were between 20% and 30% below the average.
Six Member States recorded AIC per capita more than 30% below the EU average. Estonia, Latvia and Hungary were between 30% and 40% below, while Croatia and Romania had AIC per capita just over 40% below the EU average and Bulgaria was around 50% below.
These figures for Actual Individual Consumption per capita, expressed in PPS, are published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.
GDP per capita ranged from 46% to 271% of the EU average
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita, a measure of economic activity, also shows substantial differences between the EU Member States. In 2015, GDP per capita expressed in PPS ranged between 46% of the EU average in Bulgaria to 271% in Luxembourg (see country note). Eleven Member States recorded a level of GDP per capita above the EU average in 2015.
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