

People who are less tech-savvy or part of age groups with less experience navigating the internet tend to leave even more breadcrumbs and are usually more susceptible to ads, fake news and other types of manipulation. Are you getting email newsletters, special offers or political fundraising calls that you never signed up for? This is a given, whether you’re using a social platform, shopping online, signing a petition, donating to a cause you care about or signing up for a different newsletter that you’re actually interested in, or any other activity that requires you to provide an email address. In contrast, after Mayotte, the lowest regions in the ranking were all in Bulgaria: Yuzhen tsentralen (38% of the EU average), Severen tsentralen and Severozapaden (both 39%).Additionally, the types of activity that Google tracks is even more encompassing across devices and operating systems when you have a Gmail address and you use it to create accounts for various services - even if you’re not using Google’s Chrome browser.

The high GDP per capita in these regions can be partly explained by a high inflow of commuting workers (Luxembourg and Brussels) and by some major multinational enterprises domiciled in the regions (Southern, and Eastern and Midland Ireland). The leading regions in the ranking of regional GDP per capita in 2021 expressed in terms of national PPS after Luxembourg were in Southern Ireland (261% of the EU average), Eastern and Midland Ireland (239%) and Région de Bruxelles Capitale / Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest (204% Brussels). In 2021, regional GDP per capita expressed in terms of national purchasing power standards (PPS) ranged from 28% of the EU average in Mayotte (France) to 268% in Luxembourg. Luxembourg and Southern Ireland had highest GDP per capita in 2021

Meanwhile, the largest decreases were recorded in Illes Balears (-15.0% Spain), Algarve (-13.8% Portugal) and Canarias (-13.4% Spain). 79 regions had a higher GDP volume level in 2021 than in 2019. When comparing GDP volume levels in 2021 with the pre-COVID year of 2019, the three regions with the largest increases were all in Ireland: Southern (+28.4%), Eastern and Midland (+15.4%) and Northern and Western (+14.1%). The GDP volume growth rates in 2021 are, in many cases, inversely proportional to falls in GDP in 2020. The COVID-19 crisis strongly impacted all regions, affecting social and economic indicators in 2020. Ireland recorded highest increase in real GDP level compared with pre-pandemic level in 2019 This information comes from data on regional national accounts published by Eurostat today. The regions with the largest growth in GDP volume after the Notio Aigaio region in Greece were the Southern region of Ireland (+16.3%) and Jadranska Hrvatska in Croatia (+16.0%). Brabant wallon (Belgium), Mayotte (-0.7% France) and Tirol (-0.2% Austria). Real GDP increased in all EU regions except three: Prov. In 2021, real GDP changes in individual EU regions ranged from -2.4% in Province Brabant wallon (Belgium) to +16.7% in Notio Aigaio (Greece) compared with 2020.
