According to Eurostat, Germans are significantly richer than most EU citizens
In these units, Luxembourg with 283 points turned out to be the richest in the EU, and Bulgaria with 43 points the poorest. However, such noticeable leadership of Luxembourg can be attributed to a statistical error. The fact is that many foreigners travel to Luxembourg for work. They increase the GDP of the principality but are not counted as residents of Luxembourg when calculating GDP per capita.
The second richest in the EU is the Netherlands (134 points), places from third to fifth are shared by Denmark, Ireland and Austria (125 each), sixth is Sweden (123), seventh is Germany (119). The tenth through thirteenth places are occupied by the largest European states after Germany: the United Kingdom (113), France (107), Spain (101) and Italy (100).
Among the recent EU members, the highest in the ranking is Slovenia (87 points and sixteenth place). Closing the list are the Czech Republic (80), Slovakia (74), Estonia (65), Hungary (64), Poland (62), Lithuania (58), Latvia (52), Romania (45) and Bulgaria (43).
As 'Russian Germany' writes, Eurostat provides all data for 2010, and compared to 2009, Greece became the poorest, losing five points (94 in 2009 and only 89 now).
Norway (179), Switzerland (146) and Iceland (110) significantly exceed the average European level, but these countries are not EU members, only members of the European Free Trade Association.
Among candidate countries for EU accession, Croatia stands out (61 points), with Turkey significantly behind (48).
