Actual Individual Consumption is a measure of material welfare of households. Across the Member States in 2016, AIC per capita expressed in Purchasing Power Standards varied from 53% of the European Union average in Bulgaria to 132% in Luxembourg.

These data, published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, are based on revised purchasing power parities, and the latest GDP and population figures.

Ten Member States recorded AIC per capita above the EU average in 2016. The highest level in the EU was recorded in Luxembourg, 32% above the EU average, ahead of Germany (more than 20% above). They were followed by Austria, the United Kingdom, Finland, Denmark, Belgium, France, the Netherlands and Sweden which all recorded levels between 10% and 20% above the EU average.

AIC per capita for thirteen Member States lay between the EU average and 30% below.

In Italy, Ireland and Cyprus, the levels were 10% or less below the EU average, while Spain, Lithuania, Portugal and Malta were between 10% and 20% below.

The Czech Republic, Greece, Slovenia, Slovakia, Poland and Estonia were between 20% and 30% below the average.

Five Member States recorded AIC per capita more than 30% below the EU average. Latvia, Hungary and Romania were between 30% and 40% below, while Croatia and Bulgaria had AIC per capita more than 40% below the EU average.