{"id":10111,"date":"2026-05-11T12:00:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T12:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=10111"},"modified":"2026-05-11T12:00:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T12:00:28","slug":"bucharest-ilfov-becomes-sixth-richest-region-in-eu-in-terms-of-gdp-per-capita","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=10111","title":{"rendered":"Bucharest-Ilfov becomes sixth richest region in EU in terms of GDP per capita"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bucharest is among the richest regions in the EU, according to data from Eurostat and visualized by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visualcapitalist.com\/cp\/eu-regions-with-highest-gdp-per-capita\/\">Visual Capitalist<\/a>, coming in sixth place. The ranking considers regions by GDP per capita in purchasing power standards (PPS), an indicator that adjusts for differences in the cost of living between states.<\/p>\n<p>Ireland\u2019s Eastern and Midland region ranks first in the ranking, with a GDP per capita more than twice the EU average. Luxembourg and Southern Ireland are also far above average, supported in part by the activity of multinational companies.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Eastern Europe is represented by Prague and Bucharest-Ilfov, but also by Budapest, highlighting the concentration of wealth in major cities. Poland&#8217;s Warsaw region comes in at the end of the ranking, in 15th place.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The full ranking stands as follows:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Eastern and Midland (Ireland) \u2013 EUR 107,200 \u2013 268% of the EU average<br \/>\nLuxembourg \u2013 EUR 97,700 \u2013 245%<br \/>\nSouthern (Ireland) \u2013 EUR 86,500 \u2013 217%<br \/>\nHamburg (Germany) \u2013 EUR 78,300 \u2013 196%<br \/>\nPrague (Czech Republic) \u2013 EUR 76,600 \u2013 192%<br \/>\nBrussels (Belgium) \u2013 EUR 76,000 \u2013 190%<br \/>\nBucharest-Ilfov (Romania) \u2013 EUR 75,000 \u2013 188%<br \/>\nCapital Region (Denmark) \u2013 EUR 70,100 \u2013 175%<br \/>\nNorth Holland (Netherlands) \u2013 EUR 69,900 \u2013 175%<br \/>\nUpper Bavaria (Germany) \u2013 EUR 67,700 \u2013 170%<br \/>\nBudapest (Hungary) \u2013 EUR 67,200 \u2013 168%<br \/>\nUtrecht (Netherlands) \u2013 EUR 64,900 \u2013 162%<br \/>\nBolzano \u2013 South Tyrol (Italy) \u2013 EUR 64,200 \u2013 161%<br \/>\n\u00cele-de-France (France) \u2013 EUR 64,000 \u2013 160%<br \/>\nWarsaw (Poland) \u2013 EUR 62,800 \u2013 157%<\/p>\n<p><strong>EU average<\/strong>: EUR 40,000<\/p>\n<p>Many of the richest European regions are centered around capitals or major economic hubs. Prague, Brussels, Paris (\u00cele-de-France), and Copenhagen rank highly due to the concentration of government institutions, high-value-added service industries, corporate headquarters, and financial activities.<\/p>\n<p>Bucharest-Ilfov and Budapest are among the top EU regions, even though their countries have lower levels of GDP per capita. The figures suggest that economic activity is concentrated in these centers, where multinational companies and advanced services raise productivity above the national average.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, Ireland and Luxembourg\u2019s leader positions are partly explained by the presence of multinational corporations that register their global profits locally.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"mailto:radu@romania-insider.com\">radu@romania-insider.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo source:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamstime.com\/nicoletaraftu_info\">Nicoleta Raftu<\/a>|<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamstime.com\/stock-photos\">Dreamstime.com<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bucharest is among the richest regions in the EU, according to data from Eurostat and visualized by Visual Capitalist, coming in sixth place. The ranking considers regions by GDP per capita in purchasing power standards (PPS), an indicator that adjusts for differences in the cost of living between states. Ireland\u2019s Eastern and Midland region ranks [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10111\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}