Update: GDP Per Capita 4th July 2014
4th July 2014 - Bernard Durkan TD
QUESTION NO: 55
DÁIL QUESTION addressed to the Minister for Finance (Deputy Michael Noonan)
by Deputy Bernard J. Durkan
for WRITTEN ANSWER on 03/07/2014
To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which this country’s per capita GDP compares with others within the Eurozone and without; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
REPLY.
Ireland continues to compare favourably internationally in terms of GDP per capita. According to the latest IMF World Economic Outlook, Ireland’s per capita GDP expressed in terms of purchasing power parity was estimated at $39,547 in 2013. This compares with the euro area average of $34,015; $37,306 for the UK and $53,101 for the USA.
Bernard Durkan TD
Kildare NorthBernard J Durkan is the Fine Gael spokesperson on Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform. Originally from Killasser, Co Mayo,…
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