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.
Among the 21 regions with GDP per capita below 50% of the EU average, five each were in Bulgaria, Poland and Romania, four in Hungary, and one each in Greece and France, according to Eurostat.
In Romania, the poorest region is Nord-Est, with GDP per capita of only 34% of EU average, followed by Sud-Vest Oltenia, with 41%, Sud-Muntenia, with 43%, and Nord-Vest, with 48%.
The Romanian Sud-Est region is also in the category of regions with GDP per capita below 50% of EU average, but its GDP per capita, expressed in terms of purchasing power standards, stands at 49.5%.
The only region in Romania above EU average is Bucharest -Ilfov, with 129%. Vest region stands at 58% of EU average, while Centru region stands at 52%, according to Eurostat.
There were only 21 regions with GDP per capita 50% or more above the EU average: five were in Germany, three each in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, two in Austria, one each in Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Ireland, France, Slovakia and Sweden, as well as the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.