Bucharest is the centre of the Romanian
economy and industry, accounting for around 22.7% (2010) of the country's GDP
and about one-quarter of its industrial production, while being inhabited by 9%
of the country's population. Almost one third of national taxes are paid by
Bucharest's citizens and companies. In 2009, at purchasing power parity,
Bucharest had a per-capita GDP of €26,100, or 111% that of the European Union
average and more than twice the Romanian average. After relative stagnation in
the 1990s, the city's strong economic growth has revitalized infrastructure and
led to the
