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
