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Post by depletedreasons on Nov 15, 2007 6:16:44 GMT -5
Bulgaria Stays 33rd in European Purchasing Power Rankings14 November 2007, Wednesday Bulgaria ranked 33rd, same as last year, in the annual purchasing power ranking of European countries carried out by German-based market research firm GfK. The average purchasing power in Bulgaria in 2007 is EUR 2 453, according to the survey. Among southeastern European countries, Greece ranks highest - 18th with a per capita purchasing power of EUR 12 203. Neighbouring Serbia, Turkey and Romania occupy the three spots above Bulgaria in the rankings, while Macedonia is two places behind, in 35th. Although in a country comparison, the new EU member states are still lagging behind their western neighbours, the survey shows that in some more affluent eastern and central European municipalities the purchasing power is higher than in the poor communities in eastern Europe, GfK said. Switzerland and Liechtenstein, which are grouped as one entity by GfK for the purposes of the survey, kept its top position with a per capita purchasing power of EUR 27 521, followed by Luxembourg and Norway. Moldova continues to prop the table in 40th place, with an annual per capita purchasing power of just EUR 685. www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=87512
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Post by superman on Nov 15, 2007 11:15:22 GMT -5
I told you Romania has the highest in the region ;D
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Post by superman on Nov 15, 2007 11:16:07 GMT -5
BTW I am afraid Ruse will delete your post Janny since he's afraid about all the GDP/wage stuff regarding Bulgaria...
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Post by Japodian on Nov 15, 2007 13:41:29 GMT -5
Not true, Romania is 32nd with 3036 euros, Turkey is 31st with 3182 euros, Serbia is 30th with 3227 euros while Croatia is 29th (we fell for two places) with 4565 euros. Most powerful in the region is Greece on 18th place with 12203 euros. There is still a lot of work to do here, do not lie to yourselves.
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Post by radovic on Nov 15, 2007 14:44:24 GMT -5
I think these statistics are going by GDP (nominal), instead of GDP (PPP). GDP (PPP) is the more commonly used method. Under the PPP system it would be as follows: Croatia- $15,500 US bulgaria- $10,844 US Romania- $10,661 US Turkey- $9,628 US Serbia- $7,265 US Montenegro- around $4,000 US
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Post by Japodian on Nov 15, 2007 16:28:17 GMT -5
It is not connected always directly with GDP, often it is, but also some other economic factors are to be considered... In the end here is the link to the results of research: Wealth in Central and Eastern Europe
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Post by humbleman on Nov 16, 2007 15:36:07 GMT -5
There is still a lot of work to do here, do not lie to yourselves. I think you meant to say: "Do not lie to your self" But I really don't get these statistics at all. I thought GDP PPP= purchasing power of the people. What is the difference?
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Post by superman on Nov 16, 2007 17:16:01 GMT -5
nah...gross domestic product (GDP) and purchasing power parity (PPP) parity not people
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Post by superman on Nov 16, 2007 17:17:03 GMT -5
and now my statistics for
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Romania: 14890 EUR PPP Bulgaria: 11000 EUR PPP
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