Spaniards’ wealth compared to EU partners falls to levels of 1998
New figures reveal that Spain's GDP per capita figures for 2012 are at 96 percent of the EU average
Revised figures published on Thursday by European Union statistics agency Eurostat reveal that Spain is going backwards in terms of the average income of its citizens compared to those of other member states.
The new figures reveal that Spain's GDP per capita figures for 2012 are at 96 percent of the EU average, rather than the 97 percent included in advance figures released by Eurostat earlier this year.
That puts Spain back on a level last seen in 1998, several years before the introduction of the euro.
Spain hit its peak in terms of GDP per capita compared to other EU countries in 2007, when it exceeded the average by six percentage points. The economic crisis, however, from which Spain is yet to emerge, put paid to that prosperity.
Luxembourg tops the 2012 table in terms of GDP per capita, at 263 percent of the EU average, followed by Austria, which comes in at 130 percent.
Tu suscripción se está usando en otro dispositivo
¿Quieres añadir otro usuario a tu suscripción?
Si continúas leyendo en este dispositivo, no se podrá leer en el otro.
FlechaTu suscripción se está usando en otro dispositivo y solo puedes acceder a EL PAÍS desde un dispositivo a la vez.
Si quieres compartir tu cuenta, cambia tu suscripción a la modalidad Premium, así podrás añadir otro usuario. Cada uno accederá con su propia cuenta de email, lo que os permitirá personalizar vuestra experiencia en EL PAÍS.
¿Tienes una suscripción de empresa? Accede aquí para contratar más cuentas.
En el caso de no saber quién está usando tu cuenta, te recomendamos cambiar tu contraseña aquí.
Si decides continuar compartiendo tu cuenta, este mensaje se mostrará en tu dispositivo y en el de la otra persona que está usando tu cuenta de forma indefinida, afectando a tu experiencia de lectura. Puedes consultar aquí los términos y condiciones de la suscripción digital.
Últimas noticias
More than 40 Democratic lawmakers urge Trump in a letter to stop his ‘attempts to undermine democracy in Brazil’
The journal ‘Science’ criticizes Trump’s anti-renewable energy policy: ‘The US is failing to benefit from its own innovations’
Cubans hope for a miracle as dengue and chikungunya spread
The long shadow of the father figure in the films of Rob Reiner
Most viewed
- Christian Louboutin: ‘Young people don’t want to be like their parents. And if their parents wear sneakers, they’re going to look for something else’
- Cartels in Mexico take a leap forward with narco-drones: ‘It is criminal groups that are leading the innovation race’
- ‘El Limones’ and the growing union disguise of Mexican organized crime
- Liset Menéndez de la Prida, neuroscientist: ‘It’s not normal to constantly seek pleasure; it’s important to be bored, to be calm’
- The low-cost creative revolution: How technology is making art accessible to everyone
