Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Measure of a nation’s population wealth

17 out of 30 world’s richest countries are monarchies! (13 constitutional and 4 traditional monarchies)

The gross domestic product (GDP) is one of the measures of national income and output for a given country's economy. GDP is defined as the total market value of all final goods and services produced within the country in a given period
of time (usually a calendar year). It is expressed in US dollars.

Source: CIA World Factbook


Rank

Country

GDP - per capita (PPP)

Year

of est.

1.

Qatar

$ 80,900

2007

2.

Luxembourg

$ 80,500

2007

3.

Malta

$ 53,400

2007

4.

Norway

$ 53,000

2007

5.

Brunei

$ 51,000

2007

6.

Singapore

$ 49,700

2007

7.

Cyprus

$ 46,900

2007

8.

United States

$ 45,800

2007

9.

Ireland

$ 43,100

2007

10.

Switzerland

$ 41,100

2007

11.

Kuwait

$ 39,300

2007

12.

Andorra

$ 38,800

2005

13.

Iceland

$ 38,800

2007

14.

Netherlands

$ 38,500

2007

15.

Austria

$ 38,400

2007

16.

Canada

$ 38,400

2007

17.

Denmark

$ 37,400

2007

18.

United Arab Emirates

$ 37,300

2007

19.

Sweden

$ 36,500

2007

20.

Australia

$ 36,300

2007

21.

Belgium

$ 35,300

2007

22.

Finland

$ 35,300

2007

23.

United Kingdom

$ 35,100

2007

24.

Germany

$ 34,200

2007

25.

San Marino

$ 34,100

2004

26.

Japan

$ 33,600

2007

27.

France

$ 33,200

2007

28.

Bahrain

$ 32,100

2007

29.

Italy

$ 30,400

2007

30.

Spain

$ 30,100

2007

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