A year earlier, Romanian GDP per capita stood at 46% of the EU average.
Bulgaria scored lowest, with a GDP per capita of 43% of EU average in 2010, the statistics office Eurostat said.
The highest level of GDP per capita in the EU bloc was recorded in Luxembourg, of 283% of the EU average, followed by the Netherlands (+134%) and Denmark, Ireland, Austria and Sweden (all +125%).
In Spain, Italy and Cyprus, GDP per capita was around the EU average, while in France it was around 5% above the average, the data showed.
The PPS is an artificial currency unit that eliminates price level differences between countries. Thus, one PPS buys the same volume of goods and services in all countries.