According to a survey conducted by the Eurostat data agency and released on Thursday, Luxembourgers came top of the EU's 'rich list' last year, with the Irish in second place.
Having undertaken a comparative analysis of gross domestic product (GDP) levels per capita in each of the 25 EU member states, Eurostat revealed last week that Luxembourg's residents enjoyed around 208% of the EU average GDP per capita in 2003.
Citizens of the Republic of Ireland came a not very close second, with 131%, and the Danish were revealed to benefit from GDP per capita levels 123% of the EU average.
According to the Eurostat figures, of the 10 countries which joined the European Union in May, Cyprus had the highest level of GDP per capita, with 83% of the EU average.
However, the data agency went on to reveal that Cyprus's good fortune is not shared by the majority of its fellow new members, and announced that eight of the ten bottom places on the list were taken up by EU newcomers.
