European purchasing power climbs by a nominal 1.9 percent

exchange rate for non-euro countries: prognosis of European Commission for 2017 from May 11, 2017  

Purchasing power homogeneously distributed in the Netherlands

The Netherlands have an average per-capita purchasing power of €18,257, which puts the country in fifteenth place and 31 percent above the European average.

This purchasing power is fairly evenly distribution among the nation’s 12 provinces. In half of the provinces, the average per-capita purchasing power deviates less than four percent from the national average. Inhabitants of the province of Noord-Brabant have €17,932 per person, which equates to 1.8 percent less than the national average.

Purchasing power in the Dutch provinces

rank (of 12)

province

inhabitants

per-capita purchasing power in €

national index*

European index*

1

Noord-Holland

2,784,854

19,937

109.2

143.0

2

Utrecht

1,273,613

19,293

105.7

138.4

3

Zeeland

381,252

18,675

102.3

134.0

4

Zuid-Holland

3,622,303

18,668

102.3

133.9

5

Noord-Brabant

2,498,749

17,932

98.2

128.7

6

Limburg

1,116,260

17,788

97.4

127.6

7

Flevoland

404,068

17,616

96.5

126.4

8

Gelderland

2,035,351

17,607

96.4

126.3

9

Overijssel

1,144,280

16,812

92.1

120.6

10

Friesland

646,040

16,758

91.8

120.2

11

Drenthe

488,629

16,652

91.2

119.5

12

Groningen

583,721

15,989

87.6

114.7

source: © GfK Purchasing Power Netherlands 2017                 *index: value per inhabitant / average = 100

Encompassing the capital city of Amsterdam, the province of Noord-Holland takes first place this year among the Netherlands’ provinces, surpassing Utrecht. Inhabitants in this province have €19,937 per person, which is nine percent more than the national average and 43 percent more than the European average.

A disparate picture emerges when it comes to the country’s three northeasternmost provinces: Groningen, Drenthe and Friesland. With a per-capita purchasing power of €15,989, Groningen is 12 percent below the national average, which puts it in last place. Even so, inhabitants of this province still have €2,000 per person, which is almost 15 percent more than the European average.  

Purchasing power hotspots in and around Paris, France

France has an average per-capita purchasing power of €19,537, which puts it more than 40 percent above the European average and in thirteenth place, closely followed by Belgium (€19,198 per person) and the Netherlands.

France’s previous 22 regions were consolidated into just 13 regions as part of an administrative reform that went into effect on January 1, 2016. With a per-capita purchasing power of €19,522, the region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur hovers right around the national average.

Top ten regions in France

rank (of 13)

region

inhabitants

per-capita purchasing power in €

national index*

European index*

1

Ile-de-France

12,027,565

22,983

117.6

164.9

2

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

7,820,966

19,849

101.6

142.4

3

Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur

4,983,438

19,522

99.9

140.1

4

Centre-Val de Loire

2,577,435

19,189

98.2

137.7

5

Bourgogne-Franche-Comte

2,820,623

18,938

96.9

135.9

6

Nouvelle-Aquitaine

5,879,144

18,826

96.4

135.1

7

Bretagne

3,276,543

18,776

96.1

134.7

8

Normandy

3,335,645

18,603

95.2

133.5

9

Pays de la Loire

3,690,833

18,585

95.1

133.3

10

Grand Est

5,554,694

18,516

94.8

132.9

source: © GfK Purchasing Power France 2017                        *index: value per inhabitant / average = 100

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