Definition: Bridge country

Category: Purchasing power parities

A country that provides the link or bridge between two or more separate comparisons involving different groups of countries. The bridge country participates in all comparisons and by doing so enables the countries in one comparison to be compared with the countries in the other comparisons and vice versa (2012 Methodological manual on purchasing power parities).

A country that provides the link or bridge between two separate comparisons involving different groups of countries. The bridge country participates in both comparisons and by doing so enables the countries in one comparison to be compared with the countries in the other comparison and vice versa (2005 Methodological manual on purchasing power parities). http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/product?code=KS-RA-12-023&mode=view Eurostat and Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), "Eurostat - OECD Methodological manual on purchasing power parities (2005 Edition)", Methods and Nomenclatures, Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg, 2006European Union, Regulation (EC) No 1445/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2007 establishing common rules for the provision of basic information on Purchasing Power Parities and for their calculation and dissemination, Official Journal of the European Union No L 336, 20.12.2007, p. 1 - 24