The map above, which shows GDP per capita for European countries in 1990 (just as the Iron Curtain was falling), reveals a general increase as one travels from east to west and from south to north. It also invites the question of what may have changed in the intervening quarter century.
The table below, which is based on World Bank data, is intended to answer this question. It includes all members of the EU and all other European countries with populations greater than 100K, for a total of 41 countries.
The table lists GDP per capita in terms of Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) in constant 2011 international $ in order to give an, admittedly imperfect (see note below), idea of the relative standard of living in different countries and how it has changed from the situation shown on this map.
A base year of 1995 was selected, rather than 1990, since by that year data were available for most current European countries.
