Years of cohesion of SEE countries with EU Member States

Select SEE country: Albania Bosnia & Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Macedonia Romania Serbia & Montenegro

Select EU Member State: Austria Belgium Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Ireland Italy Luxemburg Netherlands Portugal Spain Sweden United Kingdom

Select GDP growth rate (%): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

 Consider the effect from SEE Free Trade Zone: Yes No

1. The above simulation model is designed to calculate the year when a country within Southeast Europe can reach the current level of GDP per capita (PPP) of a selected European Union Member State.

2. Options for annual GDP growth rates are limited to maximum 10%.

3. The effect from the operation of the Free Trade Zone is estimated at 0.026%, which is added to the selected annual GDP growth rate.

4. The base year is 2003.

5. For more information on the method of calculation, data, sources and author's conclusions, please refer to the research paper.