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Sofia, 13 July 2015, 08:55 – REGNUM Despite the crisis and reduced income in Greece for several years row, residents earn huge sums for the year by the standards of its northern neighbor – Bulgaria, whose government recently announced a policy of joining the euro zone, according to the Bulgarian portal iNews.
For example, in 2013 the average annual income of residents of Greece was 8879 euros, according to the Greek Revenue Agency. In BGN at the official rate is of 17 366 leva, which is approximately 3.5 times greater than the average income of a resident of Bulgaria.
According to the National Statistical Institute of Bulgaria, in the same year, the average annual income per capita the country was 5094 leva. The income of the Bulgarians continued to decline, and in 2014 the income per person in the country has averaged 5,018 leva.
The official data show that the average Bulgarian – poorer than requiring a resident of Greece. The poverty threshold in Greece is 4,068 euros or 7,956 leva. This means that in 2013 the Greek, who is on the verge of poverty, had 60% more than the average citizen of Bulgaria.
As reported IA REGNUM , a few days ago, Minister of Labour and Social Policy of Bulgaria Ivaylo Kalfin expressed his opinion that the Bulgarian economy at the present stage is not sufficiently stable to adopt the euro as its official currency in the country.
«Our economy is considerably behind the average for the euro zone, and if we tomorrow will enter the euro area, it will not lead to good consequences, “- said the Minister. According to him, the current crisis in Greece is an example of what is fraught with the introduction of the EU currency in a country with a strong economy is not enough.
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