Kupovna moć i standard hrvatskih građana pali su na 58 posto prosječne kupovne moći u EU i samo je Bugarska lošija s 51 posto europske kupovne moći. Rumunjska je dostigla Hrvatsku po visini stvarne pojedinačne potrošnje njezinih građana, objavio je Eurostat koji iznosi podatak da je 2015. stvarna pojedinačna potrošnja po glavi u EU varirala između 51 i 137 posto prosjeka EU. Hrvatska je tako prema kupovnoj moći na razini na kojoj je i Turska.
Od ostalih zemalja bivše Jugoslavije najbolje pozicionirana je Slovenija s indeksom 74, Crna Gora na 52, Srbija je na 45, Makedonija na 40, dok najlošije stoji Bosna i Hercegovina koja je pala na 38% prosječne kupovne moći EU, što je poprilično otužan podatak s obzirom da je iza BIH tek samo Albanija.
Consumption per capita varied by almost one to three across EU Member States
Actual Individual Consumption (AIC) is a measure of material welfare of households. Based on first preliminary estimates for 2015, AIC per capita expressed in Purchasing Power Standards (PPS) varied from 51% to 137% of the European Union (EU) average across the Member States.
Ten Member States recorded AIC per capita above the EU average in 2015. The highest level in the EU was recorded in Luxembourg, 37% above the EU average. Germany was nearly 25% above, followed by Austria, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Finland, Belgium, France, the Netherlands and Sweden which all recorded levels between 10% and 20% above the EU average.
AIC per capita for twelve Member States lay between the EU average and 30% below. In Italy, Ireland and Cyprus the levels were 10% or less below the EU average, while Spain, Portugal, Lithuania, Greece and Malta were between 10% and 20% below. Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovenia were between 20% and 30% below the average.
Six Member States recorded AIC per capita more than 30% below the EU average. Estonia, Latvia and Hungary were between 30% and 40% below, while Croatia and Romania had AIC per capita just over 40% below the EU average and Bulgaria was around 50% below.
These figures for Actual Individual Consumption per capita, expressed in PPS, are published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.
GDP per capita ranged from 46% to 271% of the EU average
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita, a measure of economic activity, also shows substantial differences between the EU Member States. In 2015, GDP per capita expressed in PPS ranged between 46% of the EU average in Bulgaria to 271% in Luxembourg (see country note). Eleven Member States recorded a level of GDP per capita above the EU average in 2015.
Geographical information
The European Union (EU) includes Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom. The euro area includes Belgium, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Slovenia, Slovakia and Finland.
Methods and definitions
First estimates for 2015 presented in this News Release are based on GDP and population data for 2015, extracted on 1 June 2016, and the most recent PPPs available. Revised estimates will be published in December 2016.
Actual Individual Consumption consists of goods and services actually consumed by individuals, irrespective of whether these goods and services are purchased and paid for by households, by government, or by non-profit organisations. In international volume comparisons of consumption, AIC is often seen as the preferable measure, since it is not influenced by the fact that the organisation of certain important services consumed by households, like health and education services, differs a lot across countries.
The Purchasing Power Standard (PPS) is an artificial currency unit that eliminates price level differences between countries. Thus one PPS buys the same volume of goods and services in all countries. This unit allows meaningful volume comparisons of economic indicators across countries. Aggregates expressed in PPS are derived by dividing aggregates in current prices and national currency by the respective Purchasing Power Parity (PPP). The level of uncertainty associated with the basic price and national accounts data, and the methods used for compiling PPPs imply that differences between countries that have indices within a close range should not be over-interpreted.
Country note: The high GDP per capita in Luxembourg is partly due to the country’s large share of cross-border workers in total employment. While contributing to GDP, these workers are not taken into consideration as part of the resident population which is used to calculate GDP per capita.