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Which former Eastern Bloc country has the highest standard of living?

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philipy philipy
 
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According to the latest available data, probably Slovenia.

The CIA Factbook has an estimate of $30,800 income per head in 2008. (That's using "Purchasing Power Parity" or "PPP" exchange rates, which attempt to allow for differences in costs of living between countries.)

The next closest is the Czech Republic on $26,800 pa. Both Slovenia and the Czech Republic are members of the European Union.

Some of the data on PPP income per head for different countries are here:

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2004rank.html

http://hdrstats.undp.org/indicators/5.html

http://www.indexmundi.com/g/r.aspx?t=50&v=67

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)_per_capita


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philipy philipy
 
March 21, 2009 07:13 PM
Btw, it's worth mentioning that the former East Germany could be a contender. But it's very hard to get specific data for it, because it's now part of the unified Germany.

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