The seventh richest region in the EU is Prague. She lost her temper
In 2009, Prague was the seventh richest region in the European Union, which means a drop of one place compared to the previous year. Its gross domestic product per capita was 175 percent of the EU average, Eurostat data released today showed. However, the Czech capital was overtaken in “richness” by the Bratislava region, which owns the fifth position (177 percent) and which was ninth a year ago.
By far the richest EU region in 2009 was inner London, where gross domestic product per capita was 332 percent of the EU average.
While 17 EU regions had GDP above 150 percent of the EU average in 2009, 22 others had less than 50 percent. Statistics show the poorest regions in Bulgaria, where two of them were even below 30 percent of the EU average. Among the twenty poorest regions are five Bulgarian, six Romanian, four Hungarian and five Polish regions and no region from Western or Southern Europe.
Statisticians use so-called standard purchasing power (PPS) in their comparisons. This is an artificially created currency unit used in international comparisons. Its advantage is that it compensates to a certain extent for the differences that otherwise exist between the purchasing power of national currencies. In general, it can be said that the same amount of goods or services in all countries would be purchased for one TSO.
However, the position of Prague and Bratislava can be influenced to a large extent by people who commute to both metropolises from the surrounding area, which, of course, applies to many regions of Europe. In the case of Prague, this mainly concerns the Central Bohemian Region, which is the second richest in the Czech Republic with 74 percent of the EU average. However, his position is reflected in the daily outflow of commuters to the metropolis.