GDP per capita in the Member States ranged from 45% to 274% of the EU27 average in 2011

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Based on first preliminary estimates for 20111, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita expressed in Purchasing Power Standards2 (PPS) varied from 45% to 274% of the EU27 average across the Member States.

The highest level of GDP per capita in the EU27 was recorded in Luxembourg3 with a level of more than two and a half times the EU27 average. The Netherlands were just above 30% of the average, while Denmark, Sweden, Ireland and Austria were between 25% and 30% above. Finland, Belgium and Germany were between 15% and 20% above the average, while France and the United Kingdom were between 5% and 10% above. In Italy and Spain, GDP per capita was around the EU27 average.

Cyprus was around 10% below the EU27 average, while Slovenia, Malta, Greece, the Czech Republic and Portugal were between 15% and 25% lower, and Slovakia was around 25% below. Estonia, Hungary, Poland and Lithuania were between 30% and 40% lower than the average, while Latvia was around 40% below, Romania around 50% below and Bulgaria 55% below.

These figures for GDP per capita, expressed in PPS, are published by Eurostat, the statistical Office of the European Union. They cover the 27 EU Member States, three EFTA countries, one acceding state, four candidate countries and two potential candidate countries.

Actual Individual Consumption per capita in the Member States ranged from 44% to 150% of the EU27 average

While GDP per capita is often used as an indicator of countries’ level of welfare, it is not the only such indicator. An alternative welfare indicator, better adapted to reflect the situation of households, is Actual Individual Consumption (AIC) per capita4. Generally, levels of AIC per capita are more homogeneous than those of GDP but still there are substantial differences between the Member States. In 2011, AIC per capita expressed in PPS ranged between

44% of the EU average in Bulgaria to 150% in Luxembourg.

GDP and Actual Individual Consumption per capita in PPS in 2011, EU27 = 100
	GDP per capita	AIC per capita
EU27	100	100
Euro area (EA17)5	108	107
Luxembourg	274	150
Netherlands	131	113
Austria	129	117
Ireland	127	100
Sweden	126	115
Denmark	125	113
Germany	120	119
Belgium	118	111
Finland	116	112
United Kingdom	108	118
France	107	112
Italy	101	102
Spain	99	94
Cyprus	92	95
Slovenia	84	81
Malta	83	83
Greece	82	94
Czech Republic	80	70
Portugal	77	82
Slovakia	73	70
Estonia	67	57
Hungary	66	61
Poland	65	70
Lithuania	62	66
Latvia	58	56
Romania	49	47
Bulgaria	45	44
Norway	189	138
Switzerland	151	125
Iceland	110	107
Croatia	61	56
Turkey	52	58
Montenegro	43	53
Former Yugoslav Rep. of Macedonia	36	41
Serbia	35	44
Albania6	31	34
Bosnia and Herzegovina	29	35