Croatia's Actual Individual Consumption (AIC), as a measure of material welfare of households in the country in 2015 was 42% below the EU average, Eurostat figures indicate. In 2014, AIC in Croatia was 40% below the EU average.
Croatia and Romania had the same AIC in 2015 and only Bulgaria's AIC was lower, 49% below the EU average.
The highest level in the EU was recorded in Luxembourg, 37% above the EU average. Germany was nearly 25% above, followed by Austria, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Finland, Belgium, France, the Netherlands and Sweden which all recorded levels between 10% and 20% above the EU average.
Once again Italy was close to the EU average, followed by Ireland and Cyprus at 10% or less below the EU average.
Spain, Portugal, Lithuania, Greece and Malta were between 10% and 20% below. Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovenia were between 20% and 30% below the average.
Estonia, Latvia and Hungary were between 30% and 40% below.
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita, a measure of economic activity, also shows substantial differences between the EU Member States. In 2015, GDP per capita ranged between 46% of the EU average in Bulgaria to 271% in Luxembourg.
Once again Croatia was very close to Romania with GDP per capita at 42% below the EU average. In 2014 GDP per capita in Croatia was 41% below the EU average.