GDP per capita in Malta is between 10 and 20% below the EU average, according to figures issued today by Eurostat, the EU statistical arm.

Based on first preliminary estimates for 20101, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita expressed in Purchasing Power Standards2 (PPS) varied from 43% to 283% of the EU27 average across the Member States.

In Spain, Italy and Cyprus, GDP per capita was around the EU27 average, while in France it was around 5% above the average. Germany, Belgium, Finland and the United Kingdom were between 10% and 20% above the average, while Denmark, Ireland, Austria and Sweden were all around 25% above the average. The Netherlands was about one third above the average, while the highest level of GDP per capita in the EU27 was recorded in Luxembourg3.

Greece, Slovenia, Malta, Portugal and the Czech Republic were between 10% and 20% lower than the EU27 average, while Slovakia was around 25% below. Estonia, Hungary, Poland, Lithuania and Latvia were between 35% and 50% lower, while Romania and Bulgaria were around 55% below the EU27 average.

GDP per capita in PPS, 2010, EU27 = 100