NE Romania Remains One Of The Poorest Areas In The EU

The northeastern part of Romania continues to be one of the poorest areas in the EU, and seven Romanian regions are still below 75% of the European purchasing power average, while capital Bucharest is above 90%, as Bucharest citizens are twice as rich as the rest of the country.

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The gross domestic product per inhabitant expressed in the purchasing power standard (PPS) places the northeastern part of Romania in the second to last place in the EU, at 27% of the community average PPS, while the poorest region is Severozapaden in Bulgaria, with 26% of the average, according to data presented Thursday by EU statistics office Eurostat.

Six areas in Romania are among the 20 poorest regions in the EU, namely the northeastern part, the southwest - Oltenia, the southeast of Romania, south - Muntenia, the northwest of Romania and the central part of the country.

At the same time, seven regions in Romania have a GDP per inhabitant equal to or below 75% of the EU average. This is a situation also encountered in Greece, while the country with the most areas below this threshold is Poland. However, Poland is one of the largest states in the EU when it comes to population numbers.

Overall, in 2007 Romania had a GDP per inhabitant reaching EUR5,800, while the PPS index reached EUR10,400, representing 41% of the EU average.

The poorest region is the northeastern part of the country, with a GDP per inhabitant reaching EUR3,700 and a purchase power at 26% of the average, followed by the southwest - Oltenia (EUR4,500, 32.7%), the southeast (EUR4,700, 33.8%), south - Muntenia (EUR4,800, 34.2%), the northwest (EUR5,600, 40.2%), the center of the country (EUR5,900, 42.2%), the western part (EUR6,700, 48.2%) and, finally, the Bucharest-Ilfov area, with a GDP per inhabitant reaching EUR12,800 and a purchasing power at 92.2% of the EU average.

The richest area of the EU is inner London, which reaches 334% of the EU average, followed by Luxembourg, where inhabitants can consume 2.75 times more than their European neighbors.

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