"Turkey Per Capita GDP Below EU Average
12.03.2004, 09:36 AM
Turkey's economic development falls far short of European averages, according to an EU report released Friday, two weeks ahead of a European Union summit on the country's membership application.
The report by Eurostat, the EU's statistics office, indicates Turkey's per capita gross domestic product in 2003 was euro5,900 (US$7,800) - only 28 percent of the EU average of euro21,400 (US$28,500). "
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