The statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat) published yesterday the first preliminary estimation for 2010 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita expressed in Purchasing Power showing that Greece in Portugal, together with Malta Slovenia, Slovakia and Estonia ate in the bottom of the Eurozone.

The 2010 GDP had a variation from 43% to 283% of the EU27 average across the Member States, with Luxembourg recording the highest level.

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.

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.