Eurostat reports shows that purchasing power in Albania remains below the EU figures

Eurostat has recently published a report which compares the way that continued the growth of GDP per habitant for EU countries, Western Balkan countries including Albania. The report highlights that in 2009 Albania has an increase of GDP per habitant is in 27 level, while a year ago, this level was 26, and for 2007 was 23 percent from 100 per cent which is the European average. Eurostat estimates that Albania, together with the region remain well below the European average, but has  progressed positively. Purchasing power in Albania, according to the report, remains far below the EU figures. The Eurostat has evaluated positively the Albanian's GDP per habitant reference to the growing tendency. While in terms of prices, Eurostat says in the report that in Albania, the level of prices is less than half the European average as reported by Panorama newspaper. 

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