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