On 13th December 2019, EUROSTAT published data on the gross domestic product and actual individual consumption per capita for 2018, expressed in purchasing power standards. MONSTAT has participated in this project together with the national statistical institutes of other European countries.

 

The gross domestic product per capita in purchasing power standards in Montenegro in 2018 was 48% of the EU average.

 

Among the Member States, the highest GDP per capita in purchasing power standards is recorded in Luxembourg which level was more than two and a half times above the EU average and it was 261% of the EU average, while Bulgaria was at the lowest level with 51% of the EU average.

 

Among the neighbouring countries, which have the status of candidate or potential candidate for accession in EU, Montenegro recorded the highest GDP per capita in purchasing power standards which is 48% of the EU average, while Serbia is ranked at the second place with 39% of the EU average. North Macedonia was on the level of 37% of the European average while Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina were on the level of 31% of the European average.