Narrowing spread in regional Gross Domestic Product - Issue number 75/2009 - Products Statistics in Focus

Regional Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per inhabitant (in purchasing power standards) in 2006 differed widely across the 275 regions of the EU, Croatia and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. In Inner London (United Kingdom) it was 336% of the EU-27 average, while in Nord-Est (Romania) it was only 25% of the EU-27 average. However, many of the less prosperous regions have caught up significantly during the first half of this decade.