Turkey's National Income Among Europe's Top Ten

ANKARA (AA) - Turkey's national income has recently reached a new level making the Turkish economy one of the top ten in the European Union, said Turkish economic sources.
     According to the Turkish State Planning Organization (DPT), Germany ranks first with its national income of 2,390,000,000 trillion U.S. dollars. Britain ranks second with a national income of 1.8 trillion U.S. dollars. Turkey, as a candidate for full EU membership, had a national income of 238.5 billion U.S. dollars in 2003.
     Turkey's total national income exceeds the combined national income of eight new EU members, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Slovakia, Slovenia and Greek Cypriot administration. Furthermore, Turkey's national income is twice as much as the total combined national incomes of EU candidates Bulgaria, Romania and Croatia.
     Below is a list of European Union and candidate countries' gross national product values in 2003:
    
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     Country Gross National Product in Dollars (Billion)
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     1-Germany 2,390
     2-Great Britain 1,831
     3-France 1,756
     4-Italy 1,452
     5-Spain 829
     6-Netherlands 498
     7-Belgium 308
     8-Sweden 301
     9-Austria 250
     10-TURKEY** 238
     11-Denmark 209
     12-Poland* 189
     13-Greece 172
     14-Finland 160
     15-Portugal 147
     16-Ireland 126
     17-Hungary 82
     18-Czech Rep. 81
     19-Romania 57
     20-Slovakia 32
     21-Croatia** 28
     22-Slovenia 27
     23-Luxembourg 23
     24-Bulgaria** 20
     25-Lithuania 17
     26-Latvia 11
     27-Greek Cypriot administration* 10
     28-Estonia 8
     29-Malta 4
    
     * Data from 2002
     ** Candidate country
    
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2004-12-15