Portugal is the European country with the lowest regional disparities in GDP per capita

Portugal is, together with Finland, the European country where there are the lowest regional disparities in terms of wealth produced per citizen. This is according to data released this Thursday by Eurostat. On the other side of the spectrum are Romania, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Ireland and the Czech Republic.

According to the European Statistics Office, GDP per capita in Portugal stood at 77% of the European average in 2018. This was the fourth consecutive year in which wealth produced per citizen in the Portuguese territory was at such a distance from the European average.

On the other hand, Portugal has the lowest ratio in Europe between the regions with the highest and the regions with the lowest GDP per capita, i.e. it is the European country with the lowest regional disparities (1.5 points). On the other side of the table are Romania (with a ratio of 3.6 points), Poland and Slovakia (with a ratio of 3.3 points), Hungary (with a ratio of 3.2 points), Ireland (with a ratio of 3.1 points) and the Czech Republic (with a ratio of three points).

Eurostat also notes that in 2018 regional GDP per capita ranged from 30% of the European average in the French Mayotte region to 263% of the European average in Luxembourg. After Luxembourg, the European regions where most wealth was created per citizen were: the south and east of Ireland (210% of the European average), Brussels in Belgium (203% of the European average), Hamburg in Germany (197% of the European average) and Prague in the Czech Republic (192% of the European average).