LJUBLJANA – Adjusted average net disposable income per capita, expressed in purchasing power standard (PPS), reached 18,706 PPS in the EU last year, which is almost four percent more than in 2021. In Slovenia, it stopped just slightly above the average, at 18,792 PPS, which according to this measure means the country overtook both Italy and Spain, Eurostat announced.

The highest adjusted average net disposable income per capita was measured – this is the level above which half of the values are higher and half are lower, and besides income distribution, the size and composition of households are also taken into account – in Luxembourg last year (33,214 PPS), as shown by Friday's publication of the European statistical office.

The wealthy duchy is followed by the Netherlands (25,437 PPS), Austria (25,119 PPS), Belgium (24,142 PPS), Denmark (23,244 PPS) and Germany (23,197 PPS).

With adjusted net disposable income per capita of 18,792 PPS, Slovenia is slightly above the EU average, ahead of Cyprus (19,719 PPS) and Ireland (20,207 PPS).

Along with EU members from Central and Eastern Europe and Greece, behind it were Italy (18,472 PPS) and Spain (17,254 PPS).

At the bottom of the ranking are Bulgaria (9671 PPS), Slovakia (9826 PPS), Romania (10.033 PPS), Hungary (10.217 PPS) and Greece (10.841 PPS).

While Slovenia is above the EU average in purchasing power in terms of adjusted net disposable income per capita and, in 13th place among the 27 members, is even ahead of two large Western European economies, the picture is different if income is expressed in euros.

In this case, Slovenia, with 16,544 euros, is below the EU average, which amounted to 19,083 euros last year. Ahead of Slovenia, which ranks 15th among the 27 member states of the union, by this measure are also Spain (16,814 euros) and Italy (18,592 euros).

Luxembourg remains in first place (45,310 euros), followed by Denmark (33,260 euros), the Netherlands (29,537 euros), Ireland (29,060 euros), Austria (27,844 euros) and Belgium (27,314 euros).

At the top of the list are Bulgaria (5378 euros), Romania (5512 euros), Hungary (6975 euros), Croatia (8760 euros), Slovakia (8819 euros) and Poland (8946 euros).

Source: seebiz.eu