Here is a top 10 list of worlds richest countries according to CIA World Factbook and Wikipedia measured by GDP per capita. For those in the dark – GDP or Gross Domestic Product – is the value of all the goods that a country produces. GDP per capita stands for the value an average person produces.
10. Switzerland – $39,800 (GDP per capita)
This cheese making country is considered to be one of the most neutral countries in the world. During World War 2, people from other European countries deposited their money in the banks of Switzerland, knowing that their money would be safer there than in their home countries. Some well known Swiss companies include Nestle, Logitech, Rolex and Credit Suisse.
9. Equatorial Guinea – $44,100
The Republic of Equatorial Guinea is a country in Central Africa. Most people have never heard of it. This country flew into stardom after 1996 when large oil reserves were found in the nation of only 0,5 million people. While being one of the largest producers of oil in Africa, little has been made to improve the living conditions of the people. Corruption is widespread and ordinary people are mostly living in poverty. The gap between rich and poor is probably the largest in the world.
8. Ireland - $45,600
This member of European Union has been often admired as one of the most modern knowledge economies in the world. Ireland is the largest maker of computer software in the world. A study done by The Economist ranked the Celtic Tiger to have the best quality of life in the world.
7. United States – $46,000
What sets the US apart from most other countries in this list is its size. While most other countries in this list are among the smallest in the world the US has a population of over 300 million and a total land area of 3,79 million square miles (9.83 million sq km). The US is also home to the largest amount of billionaires in the world. It is speculated that as many billionaires live in the US as in the rest of the world.
6. Singapore – $48,900
This tiny country consists of 63 island and some mainland with a total area of only 270 square miles (704 sq km). With Hong Kong, South Korea and Taiwan it is considered one of the Four Asian Tigers. Singapore has the busiest port in the world and is the 4th largest foreign exchange trading center in the world. Singapore is widely believed to be the most business-friendly economy in the world.
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Qatar is the richest country in the world
There is this densely populated, least corrupt,economically stable peaceful country in the Southern of Africa called Botswana, how does it fare in terms of richness.
kuwait is really rich and our per capita is high so were rich a lot
kuwait is the best and richest country no seriously okay we have everything we need
i love kuwait and a lot of indians work 4 us
is KUWAIT exist? i never heard that country and then they are the richest??? LOL
really poor general knowledge!
i really wonder where saudi arabia stands…you got bahrain and kuwait witch are gcc countries and part of saudi arabia ….it is weird that saudi arabia wasnt mentioned the richest country in the world after the US ….make a deep research about saudi arabia and how much the royal family has or maybe spends on a daily basis before you put down critics…
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kuwati i wonder where you got rich from asshole…ahh i wonder what happened when you assholes got bomed…costed us 120 billion to get your shit country out of the saddam hole….and you say your rich? u people can crack nutts compared to us
Its amazing how here in the United States that were the seventh richest country in the world , but Every one I know is out of a job and struggling to get by. From our perspective were pretty poor.
I am from UAE and i do not agree with indians they are really really poor and you indian i bet your living in india for you dont have food to eat. the only thing you have is spices. and guys i wanna say something. INDIANS PRAY FOR ANIMALS!!!!! and if someone kills a cow he goes to jail for they are holy animals heh <.< stupid indians.
now lets speak about usa i really do respect them but still they caused the global financial crisis.and they are teams with israel against arabs why ?? why do you american force s attack palestine and iraq they are poor little countries PLEASE AMERICA STOP THIS !!!!
Hey brother,
we Indians….we have a population of over a billion, still we manage our food, we could be poor according to u but let me tell u….In India if a person has one piece of bread and someones asks for food to him….he would share that damn piece of bread as well…..WE ARE RICH OR INFACT RICHEST IN TERMS OF LOVE AND HUMANITY.
And definitely … we have over a million people here richer than YOU.
I enjoy reading everyone’s comment. I am an American hoping OBAMA brings new idea an that the cost of living in the USA changes. Example: low wages and high cost of living. Transpertation and cloth takes up most of the budget. I want to know if these other country has the same problem.
Hi Navilin, first of all, i’ll say u’r the only american that i have seen so far on this site that has a good sense of reasoning, not all those sentimental bastards.
my dear, so long as heaven and earth is concern, every country in this world also has this same problem u’r complainig about. so the only way for someone to survive in this life is on how hard working that person is, and to focus on what he or she is doing.
when u look on the other side of life, u’ll see that their are also some rich men that dosen’t even know what someone like u is talking about, all they care about is their wealth and nothing else.
never mind about their riches, just keep working harder and harder, and have the believe in u that one day your own door will be open like theirs.
If you believe can i hear u shout a big amen?
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Jamaican sprinter, Usain Bolt
the richest is nigeria not any other come and see
hi…is there any way to make phil.one of the top ten richest country???…can you also post the over all ranking of the countries from the poorest to the richest???…please…i just wanted to know tha rank of the phil….thank you…nyahahaha
Philippines is currently the 132nd richest country in the world!
..hey..this information helps me alot…please continue making nad posting this information…but net time..please post the over all ranking os the countries from poorets to richest…thanks,,,hahahaha
i dont know about poorets, but ive heard of turrets, ITS A DISEASE!!! Alls of utse guys obliviously has its!
Hay it’s stephen. I’m 13 now and its been like a year since i have comented last. I made like the 35th comment i think. Silo said that gas is about 7 dollers a gallon in Norway, is the price still going up? Since I am from the U.S.A., we are still in the money crisis. When i last comented, the avrage price of gas in my region was 4.4 dollers per gallon. Now it is like 2.1 dollers per gallon. So Norway has a lot of oil, so is the price staying the same? Bsaed on what you said and on some graphs i have seen. Norway sells a hell of a lot more oil then they even use. Dose that have to do with the population or there detication to saving the planet?
Ireland average income per working person is 70k euros so around 100+k in dollars which shows that this whole table is bullshit.Wikipedia is th most correct
Wut’s Ireland?
O, nevermind
Ireland is way ahead of USA and a shitload ahead of the UK…Luxemborg is first.Thats due to their tiny population.This table is complet shit because Ireland has been te rihest country in europe for years and thats not based on income per person.Its money in the bank and Ireland were richest.
Yea well… Ireland looks like a bunch of shitheads who like to do men.
“there is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so” shake spear
how about the Philippines you know what it is the richiest in the whole world
What about Saudi Arabia? I don’t live there but its a nice place with plenty of oil like the UAE. Well…. …I think.
go fuck yourself you lazy stupid dog
I’m not so sure about Saudi Arabia. But, it is ranked 23rd in which country makes the most GPD and a lot of college graduates from my country gets employed there. So, I’m guessing that it’s pretty up there as well.
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hi Mr. Don,t forget Pakistn bcoz pakistan is one of the famous country where fresh vegitable and fruits are available of every season, as pakistan has four season, also pakistan is facing crices from the day first due some disturbing elements yet still pakistan is standing on his on feet well known country in the whole world.
HI, My nana(grandma) did live in Luxembourg until she was twenty, and she is not shocked at all at this list! She loves her little country,even though it’s smaller than Rhode Island!She visits every year!
HaHa. Indians are disgusting, greedy and dirty little people. In geneneral I’m sure there’s some nice clean ones.
That was beyond unnecessary, and if you have nothing better to do but insult Indians then, I’m sorry to say but you can go to hell.
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well 4 all of those who dont know the India(Hind)
we have the most rich culture in the world. 4 ur information we r number 1 country having gold
when u other peoples dont know how to wear a cloths at that time we discovered a lots of scientific things.all english countryes r develope in last 150 years.u people r having very poor culture.
i heard that before 1950 ausrteliya was the huge jail of british gov. i think all aussi r ran from jail and make very wild,chip,wolger coutry
good luck 4 aus.
OK MOST IMPORTANT PART IS INDIA IS THE MOST YOUNG COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.OUR 60% POPULATION IS BELOW THE AGE OF 40
THAT MEANS 70 CRORE YOUNGESTERS SO MIND ALL OF U
IN THE RESSETION PERIOD INDIAN GOVEREMENT INCREASE THE PAYMENT OF PEOPLE
GUESS HOW MUCH ?
1%
5%
10%
FRIENDS
GOVERMENT INCREAS 30 % PAYMENT HERE
Nigeria is the best country in the world… in terms of corruption. see ya
How about Philippines?I think it is also one of the richest country in 2008
I thank the Paper
Qatar is already far richer
Electricity and water free of charge
Free housing
The cheap oil
Live in welfare
enjoy yourself man.
what about EAST TIMOR? as i know its still a developing country.. but its kinda few people are working there, we are lacking of people, most of our people are death during the war on 1999..how can there be a development if there is no people..even inteligent people.. i need your comment.. thank you
india is one of the fastest growing economy in d world .we r devloping and devloping at a fast pace i m not sad that my country is not in the list but i am proud that the way we are devloping we will be in that list in 10 years from now.i absolutely agree that 4 indians are there in the list of top 10 richest people and warren buffet’s successor is also an indian. aussies if u close ur eyes earth will not stop moving if u dont realise the power of india now u will in a span of 10 years.those who see indian slum are people of negetive approach our GDP has grown 6% and in couple of years we r eyeing 9% growth.india is the least affected country by the global recession.in terms of power we r 3rd largest millitary
Im a Kuwaiti who is originally from saudi arabia. in this list it shows if the country is rich ( COMPARED TO ITS SIZE) compared to its size Kuwait is richer that USA. the smallest state in the USA is double the size of Kuwait and Kuwait has the 5th most oil in the world… we are a small country with a small population and lots of money. thats how they calculated it. for all indians, india is very rich and has more money than all of the arabian gulf combined together. but dont forget that u have more poor people than rich people and indians work as drivers and maids here. If india can control its population so that ur government can give u money it will be better. but compared to its huge size, india is nothing compared to the Arabian Gulf. in the Gulf, KUWAIT AND QATAR AND SAUDI AND UAE are EXTREEEEEMLY rich…. i dont think think there is a region in the world which is as rich as the arabian gulf.. GOD bless the arabian gulf.. and USA go to hell.. all of ur money is from Kuwait and Iraqi oil u bitches…
“GOD bless the arabian gulf”, how stupid you are. saddam bombed you and if it was not US, you all were killed by mulism. Stupid ass!!
all you people are talking about how great your countries are and then putting down somebody else’s. most likely you’ve never even been there, so that’s not cool. and for all of you pansy asses that put down the U.S. like this pussy above me, just remember if it wasn’t for the U.S., your pissant country probably wouldn’t exist (yes i’ve been to kuwait). if it did exist, you would most likely be speaking another language.
i am a filipino but married to a norweigan and now living in norway..i can say that norway is really rich…the unemployment is very low..salary is high…the medical and health services are free to its citizen..the school is free from kindergarten up to college…children receives support from the government until they are 18 years old…working mothers can avail up to a year leave from work with 80 percent salary…although everything is expensive here because of high taxation but one thing is sure that taxes are well managed and invested..that is why when one retires one receives high retirement pay which is more than enough to live in luxury..
Luxemborg not a small country but a city.
Luxembourg is a country, not only a city. Luxembourg-city is the captial of the country Luxembourg. There are other cities in Luxembourg like Esch, Differdange, Dudelange etc. Inform yourself Dude, before pretending things which are not true.
Dubai,UAE Best than any city!
Nigeria is the best country now and is also the richest among the other country so i pray for Nigeria is my country i love Nigeria so much than any other country. so contact me on NIgeria issues. +234(0)80-329-345-81 +2348032934581
Hey dudes, the philippines is the best and richest when it comes to culture and natural resources. We are the richest country in the world presently.. ang mo-comment kay ma-dead.
all of you guys were all fucking idiots. Why don’t you keep your mouth shut. Just keep yourself be more usefull than arguing who is the best or richest country in the world. !!!!!!!!!!!!
more than half of you have a great sense of respect. i do believe that many/(half) of the Americans doesn’t have good values. I’m very sorry to say that.. but I think its the only way to stop you
Funny but the less educatde, the less polite and the most stupid people in this chat are all comming from the US.
Yes, it is funny, many are opions and emotions. I don’t know how smart are you and where is your country, but who care. I think you are more less educated than other people “Americans” when you say they are stupid. If you think you are smart, please prove it.
I don’t want to attack americans in general. I worked a lot with americans, and most of those I met were really nice people. But I must say that I was a little bit shocked about some comments here in the chat. I think respect is lacking here. And someone who is using the F… word in every line must be stupid or not?
Thanks for responding
I think the F word is just an expression; some people overuse it, some use a few and some don’t use at all. It also depends where you come from and your culture. Sometimes people are shocked when they hear the F word because they never hear it, or they avoid to use it because they think it is a bad word. But, in some countries it is normal to say it when a person is mad at something. Can the F word measure the level of a person intelligent?
I don’t assume that more than half of the posts here are Americans because if I want to assume who you are, such as gender, race, age, or nationality. I think I will get about 40 percent right.
I must tell you this. I was born and raised in this beautiful country (USA), but please take note: The USA would be a great coutry if it were not for the corrution that exist in our Government. It’s plain and simple…..The people that governed this great land especially within the last two decades, have done more to destroy this country from within in such a short time than any of our enemies could do in 100yrs.
I’m still waiting for justice for the American people. I’m waiting for the day that George Bush is tried for the crimes he and his “crony’s” have committed against the citizens of the United States and other countries. He is a criminal and truly should face the same fate as the Iraqi leader did.
It’s true My Country (USA) is filled with greed and hate. I’m very puzzled how we can dictate to other countries about democracy when it truly does not exist here in our country (USA). We preach fair and balanced elections…..yeah right, we have not had a fair and balanced election for decades. Even with the most recent election of President Obama, we had to continue to fight voting discrepancies. This time we prevailed but what about future elections. Our system has been corrupt for many, many decades.
It time to truly change from the previous leaders and their beliefs or this country will destroy itself.
Our Country (USA), is BROKE….. We are issuing bad notes; US currency. The only thing keeping us “afloat” is our military dominance. We will take from others before we let ourselves go down. We will also destroy the world if any attempts are made to destoy us. It’s that plain and that simple.
hi budies, iam from Tanzania, i dont care much debating about wealth of one country compared to another, this is completely wastage of time.
honestly,people should actually concentrate on what they do to improve their lives individually and commulatively that can help their countries in ruins.
visit Tanzania and you will see how rich we are in terms of natural resources.
i dont care whether whose richest or poorest country in this world.. all i know is some americans thinks that they are the most powerful in this world. they think they own the world they cant accept that they are not number one… anyways, your very smart roman.. cheers.. you guys try to listen john lennon’s song “IMAGINE”.
Imagine there’s no heaven
It’s easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today…
Imagine there’s no countries
It isn’t hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace…
You may say I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world will be as one
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world…
You may say I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world will live as one
thats the lyrics..thanks..
Its truly an incredible message!
thanks…your awesome roman..
uhmmm im not indian but pls people stop discriminating, stop being racist.. we are all one.. we all die..we dont have the right to look down. so we have to respect each other so others will respect us also.. weather we came from a rich or poor country lets respect each one another.. peace out.. thanks..
WAKE UP YOU STUPID INDIAN,
YOUR COUNTRIES IS THE POOREST IN THE WORLD. YOU HAVE LIKE BILLION OF BILLIONS OF PEOPLE.. THE RICHEST ARE RICH BECAUSE YOU STEAL MONEY FROM THE POOR….OTHERISE THEY WOULDN’T BE RICH.. FOR THE COUNTRIES THAT LIST ABOVE..THEY ARE RICH AND THE WHOLE POPULATION ARE RICH AND SMARTS…THE WHOLE POPULATION THAT COUNTS NOT A SINGLE IDIVIDUAL…THE SAME THING WITH CHINA TOO- THE RICHEST ARE RICH BECAUSE OF THE MASS POPULATION…THE REST ARE POOR AND DIRTY AND STUPID……NO HOUSING AND NO MONEY IN THE BANK…WHY DON’T YOU ADMIT YOU ARE POOR AND TRY TO GET RICH.- WHY DO YOU HAVE TO PUT UP WITH A RICH FACE OR IMAGE…YOU ARE NOT GOING TO FULL ANY BODY…THAT IS SO PATHATHIC THAT YOU ARE RICHEST OUT OF THE MISERY OF YOU OWN PEOPLE…HAVE SOME GUT AND START GOING TO RICH NATION TO DO BUSINESS AND
BY THE WAY- WHY DO YOU HAVE TO BUILD TECHNOLOGY AND STUFF LIKE THAT FOR. WHEN YOU HAVE MONEY OTHER WILL BUIL STUFF FOR YOU. I REALL Y FEEL BAD FOR THE ASIAN PEOPLE AT THE BOTTOM THEY ARE POOR AND THEY DON’T EVEN KNOW THAT THEY ARE POOR- SO SAD……
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