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National Income: Europe

Volume 458: debated on Tuesday 13 March 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry which sub-regions in Europe have a gross value added rate under 75 per cent. (127371)

Eurostat does not publish gross value added data, but instead publishes data for gross domestic product (GDP) for all regions and sub-regions in the European Union (EU). For the current round of structural funds, areas in receipt of convergence objective funding—the highest level of funding—were defined as those NUTS 2 regions with GDP per capita less than 75 per cent. of the EU average, expressed in terms of purchasing power parities (PPP), using the average of data for the years 2000, 2001 and 2002.

The latest data available at NUTS 2 (sub-regional) level from Eurostat are for the year 2004. The following table shows all NUTS 2 regions in the EU with GDP per capita in 2004 less than 75 per cent. of the EU average, including all 27 current member states, in terms of PPP.

NUTS 2 region

GDP per capita as a percentage of EU27 average

In Bulgaria:

Yugozapaden

49.1

Yugoiztochen

29.9

Severoizto chen

29.3

Severen tsentralen

26.4

Severozapaden

25.6

Yuzhen tsentralen

25.6

In the Czech Republic:

Stredni Cechy

69.9

Jihozapad

69.6

Jihovychod

67.4

Severovychod

63.7

Moravskoslezsko

61.1

Severozapad

60.7

Stredni Morava

59.8

Estonia

55.7

In Spain:

Extremadura

67.1

In France:

Martinique

74.3

Guadeloupe

66.9

Reunion

60.5

Guyane

54.4

In Greece:

Peloponnisos

69.0

Kentriki Makedonia

68.2

Ipeiros

67.5

Thessalia

66.3

Dytiki Makedonia

62.7

Voreio Aigaio

60.6

Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki

56.7

Dytiki Ellada

54.5

In Hungary:

Nyugat-Dunantul

66.8

Kozep-Dunantul

61.1

Del-Dunantul

45.6

Del-Alfold

44.2

Eszak-Magyarorszag

42.5

Eszak-Alfold

41.9

In Italy:

Puglia

69.8

Calabria

68.5

Campania

68.4

Sicilia

67.3

Lithuania

51.1

Latvia

45.5

Malta

74.4

In Poland:

Slaskie

57.0

Wielkopolskie

54.5

Dolnoslaskie

51.7

Pomorskie

49.6

Zachodniopomorskie

47.2

Lodzkie

46.7

Lubuskie

45.4

Kujawsko-Pomorskie

45.4

Opolskie

43.6

Malopolskie

43.4

Warminsko-Mazurskie

39.4

Swietokrzyskie

39.3

Podlaskie

37.9

Podkarpackie

35.4

Lubelskie

35.2

In Portugal:

Alentejo

70.3

Regiao Autonoma dos Açores

65.9

Centra

64.3

Norte

58.8

In Romania:

Bucuresti - Ilfov

64.5

Vest

39.0

Centra

35.5

Nord-Vest

33.0

Sud-Est

30.7

Sud-Vest Oltenia

28.8

Sud - Muntenia

28.4

Nord-Est

23.6

In Slovakia:

Zapadne Slovensko

52.7

Stredne Slovensko

46.7

Vychodne Slovensko

42.3