Hungary’s GDP per capita expressed in levels of purchasing power was 62.9% of the average of the 27 EU members in 2008, putting the country in 22nd place, according to data released by Eurostat.
As regards the EU member-states, Luxembourg last year had the highest GDP per capita, of 252.8% of the mean average, while Bulgaria was bottom, with 40.1% of the average, the statistics organisation found.
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Should re-run the survey after the 25% VAT takes affect along with the new real estate taxes.