Romanians and Bulgarians, the poor of the Europe

Romania and Bulgaria are sharing their first 10 places within the top of the poorest European regions when it comes to the Gross Domestic Product( PIB) per inhabitant, expressed in the terms of the buying power.

Six of the eight European regions of Romania remain among the poorest 20 regions from the European Union, shows the last data offered by the statistics bureau Eurostat.

The top established for 2009 takes into account the Gross Domestic Product (PIB) per inhabitant, expressed in the terms of the purchasing power.

It is remarkable that the top of the poorest 20 regions from Europe is composed of the regions only of the 4 countries from Eastern Europe, Bulgaria, Romania, Poland and Hungary.

The poorest region from European Union (EU) is Severozapaden from Bulgaria with a GDP per inhabitant (calculated at the parity of the purchasing power) of 27 percent from the EU average for 2009.

On the second position there is also a region from Bulgaria, Severen tsentralen, with 29 percent.

North-eastern Romania is situated on the third position, with a GDP per inhabitant of 29, 5 percent from the EU average.

In the previous rapport, based on data from 2008, the North-eastern region of Romania is situated on the second place (with 29, 5 percent) and

Severen tsentralen on the third position, with a GDP per inhabitant of 30 percent from the EU average.

The last four positions are shared by Romania and Bulgaria.

The top of the poorest 10 European regions is the following: Yuzhen tsentralen region from Bulgaria (31 percent), Severoiztochen from Bulgaria (36%), South-Western Oltenia from Romania with a GDP per inhabitant of 36 percent of the EU average, Yugoiztochen Bulgaria (36%), South-Eastern Romania (38 percent), Eszak-Magyarorszag Hungary (40%), South-Muntenia (40%).

While Bulgaria and Romania are dominating the first part of the top of the poorest 20 regions, in the second part are more present Poland and Hungary.

From Romania, the best situated is Bucharest-Ilfov, with a GDP per inhabitant of 111percent from the EU average (at the parity of the purchasing power) and the Western region, with 51, 6 percent.

From the 20 regions with the lowest GDP per inhabitant from EU, Romania is present with 6 regions from the overall of 8 at the country level, Bulgaria with 5 of 6, Poland with 5 of 16 and Hungary with 4 of 7.

In Romania, in 2009, GDP/inhabitant was 10,100 Euros in the European region North-West, 10,700 euro in the center, 8,900 Euros in the South-East, 9,500 Euros in the European region South-Muntenia, 26,100 Euros in Bucharest-Ilfov, 8,400 Euros in South-West Oltenia, 6,900 Euros in the European region North-East and 12,100 Euros in West.

The European regions map from Romania regarding the GDP per inhabitant

The richest region from EU remained in the financier district of London, with a GDP per inhabitant of 332 percent of the EU average, followed by Luxemburg (266 percent) and Bruxelles (223 percent).

From the Central and East Europe, the best situated is the region Bratislava (178 percent of the EU average) from Slovakia.

Compared with Romania, the European region Inner London has a GDP of 78,000 Euros/inhabitant.

The 27 EU states totally include 271 regions.