13:08 20 June 2019
Eurostat: Poland’s GDP per capita reaches 71% of EU average
Poland’s GDP per capita last year amounted to 71 percent of the average for the entire European Union, the EU statistical office Eurostat has revealed. Poland performed better than such CEE/SEE region countries as Hungary (70 percent), Latvia (70 percent), Romania (64 percent), Croatia (63 percent) and Bulgaria (50 percent). The EU average was exceeded by such countries as Luxembourg (254 percent) and Ireland (187 percent).
Eurostat emphasizes that GDP per capita mainly reflects economic activity, with private consumption remaining a better indicator of the actual living standard in a given country. In the case of Poland, this ratio increased to 77 percent of the EU average in 2018.
(ISBnews)
