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Eurostat: Romania remains with five regions among the poorest 21 in the EU
Five regions in Romania are among the poorest in the EU with the exception of Ilfov-Bucuresti, West and Centre, but the South-East is very close to getting out of the category in which the GDP /capita calculated at parity with the purchase power is under 50% of the EU average, according to Eurostat.
Among the 21 countries with GDP per capita under 5% of the EU average Bulgaria, Poland and Romania are present with five regions, Hungary with four, and Greece and France with one each. The French region in this category Mayotte is situated at only 31% of the EU average. Mayotte is an island department from African France.
The poorest regions in the EU are Severozapadem (Bulgaria) with 30% of the average and Mayotte according to a report of the statistics office of the EU Eurostat which uses data of 2014.
In Romania the poorest region is North-East at only 34% of the European average followed by south-west Oltenia with 41% South-Muntenia with 43% and North-West with 48%.
In the category of the regions under 50% of the EU average is situated the region South-East of Romania but here the GDP per capita calculated at the parity of the purchasing power is at 49.5% of the European average, very close to the threshold of 50%.
The only region of Romania which surpasses the EU average is Bucuresti-Ilfov with 129%, slightly over the middle of the European average is the West – with 58% as well as the Centre with 52% according to Eurostat.
The richest region of the EU has remained the London financial centre where the GDP per capita at parity with the purchasing power was at 539% of the EU average.
Only 21 regions had a GDP per capital with at least 50% over the European average. In this category Germany is present with five regions, the Netherlands and the UK with three, Austria with two and Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Ireland, France, Slovakia, Sweden and Luxembourg with one only.