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When you talk about the richest country in the world, are you referring to Qatar or Luxembourg? According to the IMF and CIA World Factbook, Qatar has the high
by jeffb 16y ago
When you talk about the richest country in the world, are you referring to Qatar or Luxembourg?
According to the IMF and CIA World Factbook, Qatar has the highest GDP (PPP) per capita. According to the World Bank, it's Luxembourg:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)_per_capita http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)_...
- pero 16y agoNah, neither, I was using raw GDP. Those countries don't have politico-economic systems which funnel large chunks of their populations into either incarceration or the military. Forbes list also seems appropriate for the discussion given the 'very rich' theme going on. Care to dig up those rates/expenditures per capita?