Eurostat publishes data on GDP of EU, Western Balkan states

MINA Breaking News

"Eurostat publishes data on GDP of EU, Western Balkan states
Wednesday, 16 December 2009

Eurostat published Wednesday data on the GDP of 27 EU member-states, three EFTA countries (Norway, Switzerland and Iceland), candidate countries (Macedonia, Croatia and Turkey) and four Western Balkan states (Bosnia&Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia and Albania).

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per inhabitant in Macedonia, expressed in purchasing power standards, was 33 percent of the EU average in 2008.

Bosnia&Herzegovina (31%) and Albania (26%) are the countries with lower indicators than Macedonia.

Serbian GDP per inhabitant was 36 percent the EU average, whereas Montenegro (43%) is better than the last of the EU member-states, Bulgaria with 41 percent.

Pertaining to the EU candidate-countries, Croatia's GDP amounts to 63 percent, whereas Turkey's 46 percent the EU average."