Purchasing power parities
| Country | Gross domestic product |
|---|---|
| 2024* | |
| EU-27_2020 | 1 |
| Euro area 20 (BE, DE, IE, GR, EE, ES, FR, IT, LV,LT, LU, NL, AT, PT, SI, FI, CY, MT, SK, HR) | 1.04242 |
| Austria | 1.14802 |
| Belgium | 1.12074 |
| Bulgaria | 1.20054 |
| Germany | 1.11530 |
| Greece | 0.81152 |
| Denmark | 9.74163 |
| Estonia | 0.91586 |
| Ireland | 1.18468 |
| Spain | 0.89774 |
| Italy | 0.95639 |
| Cyprus | 0.91081 |
| Latvia | 0.76857 |
| Lithuania | 0.78185 |
| Luxembourg | 1.32678 |
| Malta | 0.91013 |
| Netherlands | 1.17395 |
| Poland | 3.09634 |
| Portugal | 0.82446 |
| Romania | 2.97063 |
| Slovakia | 0.80251 |
| Slovenia | 0.87318 |
| Hungary | 279.50694 |
| Finland | 1.19999 |
| France | 1.09011 |
| Croatia | 0.71232 |
| Czechia | 20.34623 |
| Sweden | 13.41537 |
Source: EUROSTAT, Database: PPP domain/27.03.2025. |
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| 1 The purchasing power parities (PPPs) measure the price ratios in the partner countries and are applied to convert the economic indicators to an artificial common currency called Purchasing power standard (PPS), which equalizes the purchasing power of different national currencies, i.e. 1 PPS buys the same given average volume of goods and services in all countries, whereas different amounts of national currency units are needed to buy this volume of goods and services, depending on the national price level. | |
| * Flash estimates | |
| Country | Actual Individual Consumption |
|---|---|
| 2024* | |
| EU-27_2020 | 1 |
| Euro area 20 (BE, DE, IE, GR, EE, ES, FR, IT, LV, LT, LU, NL, AT, PT, SI, FI, CY, MT, SK, HR) | 1.04714 |
| Austria | 1.19692 |
| Belgium | 1.18451 |
| Bulgaria | 1.11213 |
| Germany | 1.09142 |
| Greece | 0.82762 |
| Denmark | 10.63163 |
| Estonia | 0.96726 |
| Ireland | 1.41375 |
| Spain | 0.90719 |
| Italy | 0.98076 |
| Cyprus | 0.94685 |
| Latvia | 0.76813 |
| Lithuania | 0.78343 |
| Luxembourg | 1.51491 |
| Malta | 0.93142 |
| Netherlands | 1.21333 |
| Poland | 3.02111 |
| Portugal | 0.84984 |
| Romania | 2.85546 |
| Slovakia | 0.81137 |
| Slovenia | 0.91033 |
| Hungary | 269.03870 |
| Finland | 1.27009 |
| France | 1.07859 |
| Croatia | 0.73133 |
| Czechia | 20.20203 |
| Sweden | 14.04474 |
Source: EUROSTAT, Database: PPP domain/27.03.2025. |
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| 1 The purchasing power parities (PPPs) measure the price ratios in the partner countries and are applied to convert the economic indicators to an artificial common currency called Purchasing power standard (PPS), which equalizes the purchasing power of different national currencies, i.e. 1 PPS buys the same given average volume of goods and services in all countries, whereas different amounts of national currency units are needed to buy this volume of goods and services, depending on the national price level. | |
| * Flash estimates | |
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...Consumption per capita in purchasing power standards in 2023
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...Household consumption: price levels in 2023 in the EU
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...Actual individual consumption per capita in 2023 in the EU
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...Purchasing power parities in Europe and the world in 2021
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...Consumption per capita in purchasing power standards in 2022
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...Household consumption: price levels in 2022
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...Actual individual consumption per capita in 2022
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...Consumption per capita in purchasing power standards in 2021
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...Consumer price levels in 2021
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...Actual individual consumption per capita in 2021
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...Consumer price levels in 2020
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Widest gap for ‘Restaurants and hotels’ and ‘Alcohol and tobacco’.
...First estimates of purchasing power parities for 2020
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...Consumption per capita in purchasing power standards in 2019
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...Consumer price levels in 2019
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Widest gap for ‘Restaurants and hotels’ and ‘Alcohol and tobacco’.
Consumption per capita in purchasing power standards, First estimates for 2019
Wide variation of consumption per capita across EU Member States.
GDP per capita ranged from 53% to 261% of EU average.
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...Consumption per capita in purchasing power standards in 2018
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...Consumer price levels in 2018
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...Consumption per capita in purchasing power standards, First estimates for 2018
Wide variation of consumption per capita across EU Member States.
GDP per capita ranged from 50% to 254% of EU average.
Regional GDP per capita in the EU in 2017
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This information is taken from data released by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.
...Consumption per capita in purchasing power standards in 2017
Consumption per capita varied between 54 and 132% of the EU average.
...Consumer price levels in 2017
Price levels varied by almost one to three across the EU Member States.
Widest gap for ‘Restaurants and hotels’ and ‘Alcohol and tobacco’.
Consumption per capita in purchasing power standards, First estimates for 2017
Wide variation of consumption per capita across EU Member States. GDP per capita ranged from 49% to 253% of EU average.
...Regional GDP per capita in the EU in 2016
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This information is taken from data released by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.
...Consumption per capita in purchasing power standards in 2016
Consumption per capita varied between 53% and 132% of the EU average.
...Consumer price levels in 2016
Price levels varied by almost one to three across the EU Member States.
Widest gap for "Restaurants & hotels" and "Alcohol & tobacco".
Consumption per capita in purchasing power standards, First estimates for 2016
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...Regional GDP per capita in the EU in 2015
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This information is taken from data released by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.
...Consumption per capita in purchasing power standards in 2015
Consumption per capita varied between 53% and 137% of the EU average.
...Consumption per capita in purchasing power standards, First estimates for 2015
Consumption per capita varied by almost one to three across EU Member States. GDP per capita by nearly one to six.
...Regional GDP per capita in the EU in 2014
In 2014, regional GDP per capita, expressed in terms of purchasing power standards, ranged from 30% of the European Union (EU) average in the Bulgarian region of Severozapaden, to 539% of the average in Inner London-West in the United Kingdom.
This information is taken from data released by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.
...Consumption per capita in purchasing power standards in 2014
Consumption per capita varied between 51% and 141% of the EU average.
...Regional GDP per capita in the EU in 2013
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In 2013, regional GDP per capita, expressed in terms of purchasing power standards, ranged from 27% of the EU28 average in the French overseas department of Mayotte, to 325% of the average in Inner London in the United Kingdom.
...Consumption per capita in purchasing power standards in 2013
Consumption per capita varied between 49% and 136% of the EU28 average.
...The 2011 results of the International Comparison Program
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