Romania has the highest growth in purchasing power in the EU

However, the study goes on to say that Romania is one of the countries whose purchasing power growth pace is high. With four points of annual growth (2006 compared to 2005), Romania ranks fourth, outrun only by Luxembourg, with 15 points, and Norway and Estonia, with an annual growth of six points each. Thus, Romania secured 39 points in the Eurostat ranking, while the European average is 100 points.