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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hey roman
out of ireland and switzerland which is the better and rich country. And according to the income, development,status of living,enviorment,education ,jobs opportunities which is better.
Well there is a big difference – Ireland is a part of the European Union and Switzerland is not so if you are coming from outside the EU it is probably easier to get into Switzerland.
Otherwise it is a lot easier to get a job in Ireland…
I’m proud to be a Singaporean as Singapore has its own language – Singlish. Singapore’s own English. If you don’t know what’s Singlish, then I will have to ”OI” you lah!!! ”OI” is like ”hey”. And furthermore, I want to ”BO LAYAN” the Indians. ”Bo” means ”Dont” in Chinese and ”Layan” means ”bother” in malay. So I dont bother ( Bo Layan ) the Indians. I give you an example of ”SINGLISH”. ” Oi, you Indians here ( this website ) very irritating leh!!! I want to bo layan you but cannot stand it lah! You Indians lucky to work in here ( Singapore ) leh! Be happy to Singapore lah!!! Singapore is the place in the world where most Indian citizens work. So don’t insult Singapore lah!!! We have our own language and it is Singlish lah you idiot!!! Now I will try to bo layan the irritating Indians.” Now that’s Singlish!!! Here’s the information of Singlish – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singlish.
Now many people start to adapt to ”Singlish” when they visit Singapore leh… The Indians very ”Sen chim ping” . Means crazy. PS: i’m not Chinese, but I love to adapt to Singlish. That’s why when I visit the airport or other countries or talking to a foreigner, I will always speak Singlish! Syok ah??? Very nice…nice….
syok means nice. Like – nice ah?
Funny india people ”whitout us no nasa” whitout our doctors all in world will be sick” hahahaaha bunch of crap, Scandinavia is the real shit, we are top at everything and both Sweden and Norway are top richers is the world and done come whit stone age qutar that lives on oil, stupid counteris whit no sense of working togather.
And Sweden dont produce any oil, still we are top 7 on bnp.
India ? lol so funny to see all u indians that have to defend ur contery im not racist but many medecin from india have been banned in sweden becuse they are makeing people sick,,,,,,not helping…xD hah well well.
lots of ***** ***** from you ***** Scandinavian ***** or some ***** European ***** . Now listen up you all sons of the ***** in next upcoming ten years we Indian will ***** rule the world and will ***** behave like USA . We are one of the super powers right now and we will continue to grow in future. So get prepare to wear a ***** g-String and start ***** in your ***** pants. You ***** like ***** people and your women on the ***** streets. ***** play around with the ***** ***** day ***** night. We are ***** educated and respected people. Yes I admit that we might have some ***** accent problem ***** cause English is not our first language. Man that day is coming soon . You all are just a ***** ***** and with no value brainless mind people like to get ***** uppppppppppppppppppppppppppp! with the ***** that is why i see European is down to ***** every minute cause there lots of ***** who just like to underestimate country that have lots of problem what a ***** *****. ***** man! you guys just ***** take it that all ***** ***** white skin is running the ***** show in the world and behaving like a ***** guardian looking after us. ***** you! all you guys know is how to take an advantage of everyone that is all you are ***** train to do man. Now go and get ***** and stop ***** about Indian and leave us alone . You ***** uneducated who like to claim themselves as literate people by looking down and see themselves superior from everyone.
You kind sir just won the “most bad words in a comment” award.
I replaced all your 43 swear words with *****.
HAha! Nice one
dear roman!!
we should do someting for indians
whats has happened to them!!!
oh my god booby people
they need a good doctor
Hi you all, here I have some interesting news, about Luxembourg the USA depts and so on. Check this out! http://www.truthout.org/081809C
What do you think?
umm…. wh were u all fighting?
and besides if ur callin austraians rowdy, then what about thei ndians living there, we are not rowdy and the people in australia that have places of authority dont go aorund acting as if the should have their feet kissed.
So if Luxembourg is the richest country in the world, how much would a prostitute charge for a BJ?
Lol, its free – she already has enough money…
Nice answer, Roman
sweden is the most democratic country in the world,
I had to take a vote to post this comment!
Glad it turned out well…
I just cant see India ever being the leading world power…1 China already has more people, a better economy and i fully expect them to drop the single child rule when theyre gdp per capita starts to stabilize. 2 because China does actually have a lot smarter people (judging by One Indian and how they dominate the corner shops across europe). Also if the EU was unified by a permanent president and had more contribution from countries like Britain and others that would be the world power for quite a while i imagine. Not that i am really out for the EU to become the next big thing, as i know how pompous people become when they gain the status ‘the world power’.
again come back………………
but you are not change any single bit of information
Lucky I live in the USA!!!
i want to say the wholee world is dying to come to usa
as stude3nts or by work permit
we americans have given whole world inspirations in cinema, tv shows, bodybuilding, money making inventions and discoveries of all electronic products is made here
guys and gals in whole world dream of usa
which is true
no body can neglect
u see cartoons of walt disney.
18% of american are british
around 30 million, thats nearly equal to british population in uk
we have cremes from spain , british, italy, austria, germany, japan
and chionese people aree mad to enter us
there is no other country who has sio much fans
14.3 trillion of gdp
highest production
maximum jobs in asia and africa have been given by us
we have made easy for norway and luxembourg to dig oil
usa
has all kind of people
from europe
africa
asia
or brazil
uno who is ruling peace is here
usa is super usa
only wholive here how much priority to work we give, and how ,much we are managed
we have 4 standard time zone
est
in new england region
cst
pst
,mst
no country ahs 4 time zones
except
canada[6]
obama has done a lot for muslims in pakistan and afghanistan
americans have always good intentions
but still muslim world hate us
they need to understand we are not exploiting u
we have good intentions
se we have given technical facilities to u
yahoo, microsoft evry company is here
if we stop working 4 one day
whole world will stop
per capita income is 46,765$ which is 6th inspite of being 30.7 million
12.7% are black and 4.4 % are asians
2% are native
and 79.8% are europeans
so u can understand creme 4m everyc ountry is here
long live americans and america
even in olympics we are always no.1 or no. 2
schlumberger great oil company is here
best girls and women are here
god bless america
Most of your information is probably true luke, but Russia has 11 time zones… The most anyone has in the world.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_Russia
just like Roman said, most of ur information are true, but i think u’r sick in ur head for saying that the whole world will stop if ur so called country america stops working… are u insane?
I live in Singapore and, not to be offendful, I agree with this web host that India shouldn’t be on the list. Look at their people. The government done nothing to help the poor people living nowhere. Some of the riches there helped the poor but I don’t think it’s enough as there are many ppl in India!
you are just a poor pig , u have no idea what u r talking about , singapore just a bloody place to live , u r talking about your country”s father , so baby go and type the india on google and u will get a whole new idea about what u r trying to say , and i don’t think that i need to explain anything to u because u r just a shit INDIA IS GREAT i think its enough to you MADARCHODE
At least Singapore is a better place to live than in India, stupid Indian Shepard Dog!!!
Hey you Indian, I know you are rich cuz you own a computer, have electricity. And if you decided to live in Singapore, you become like a normal resident cuz you are rich in India, but not rich in Singapore.
problem with india and indians is that they are poor
and they are not ready to believe that they are in BAD condition
instead they say that they are “proud to be an indian”
just bcoz civilization occur there ten thousands of year ago,
they think that inventions have occured there, but fact is that all the inventions have done in either europe or united states
i dont know from where they quote the data from???????
chess was originated in southern europe in countries like turkey
, but they say it was originated there,
if some body go there as a tourist, they exploit and bfool him and if a lady go there they molest her, and it goes on..
british made something out of india else they would have been living certainly like sub sahara region of africa
one of problem in world is that china has made control of their population but indian population is——————-rising and rising—– 115 MILLION
their government is not doing anything
i think UNITED NATIONS OR WHO NEDD TO DO AGAINST THIS
ELSE THERE WILL BE A SITUATION WHEN IN EVERY COUNTRY THEY WILL BE SCATTERED.
Dear Pround Indians,
For your informations, these 4 richest persons you are so pround of, all do not even have a home in India, they all live in Europe, Middle East or other developed countries.
This is really a shame, they can’t smell there own country, where as their wives are not even Indian origin.
Whether it is India, USA, Europe, Middle East, Asian or whatever the country you are from, you have found that the countries with small population have fuck the big one!!!
We must agree that not every people think the same way in this world and if India and Africans are so poor, this is never due to their intelligence, but thats because they are corrupted countries and also have always been in Occidental plots. Occidentals are evil doers thats because they like exploit people, raw materials of other countries and on top of that very tallented to create wars among neighbours so that they meddle and take benefit of it.
Today every people are competing who is the richest country or man in the world, why don’t these people and countries combat poverty? Thing that I see very funny, the G7 where USA, Japan, UK, France, Germany, Russia and Italy are suppose to be the richest but they are not even in the top 7 richest. “LOL”
These counties are simply powerful by their weapons, not by their money and the G7 is like a camouflage to their shame. They are trying to be of not they are not, principally USA which is the most indebted country in the world, people there are being throw out from their home because they are bankrupt like their Government and now you think they’ll be able to find a solution for others? So funny!
I make an appeal of these so call intelligent people who go to Europe or USA for study, you need to work for your country and get blessings from your population instead of trying to escape your responsibility, you have nothing to loose but everything to gain, starting by the blessings of your family, then the people around you and finally the most important one, God!
If every politicians in this world were honest, poverty would have not been consequent as today. Politic have been set-up in order to DISTRIBUTE the revenue among the population, a politician in your national assembly represent the population, not his family or himself. Politicians are not the king of their country but have been delegate/choose as representent/speak-for the population, the population is the real boss of his country, not politicians.
Their job is to develop the country, rise the revenue, standard of living of the population, give adequate services such as education, health, infrastructure, technology and productions.
Believe it or not, EVERY person on this earth will be judge one day by God, even George Bush, Tony Blair, Saddam Hussein, Queen Elizabeth II, a cleaner, a doctor, a lawyer, a court judge, a beggar, illiterate, a scientific, politicians, bricklayer, etc…. in brief, ALL persons, not even a single one will be spared.
We are on earth not to enjoy, just for a moment as a test. Life is a test by God, every action you do or situation is a test. If you are the richest man on earth, its a test, God want to see how far are you going with your arrogance, ignorance, dirty life, exploitations, adultary, extravagance and so on.
If you are poor, its a test, God want to see if you believe in him, if you use your brain how you can develop yourself, be educate because education is a fortune, biggest fortune on earth, God want to see if you choose easiest way to get dirty money(theft, crime, drugs, etc…) or you choose the hardest way to live a honest life(hard work is worship), because the BLESSINGS come from clean money, not dirty.
Those who are poor must not only be proud, but must thank God, you know why? Because they are very far from all sins like adultary, corruption, money laundaring, crime, complots, alcohol, etc…. and very very close to God.
During the judgement day, God will interview every of us and this day you’ll really need a calculator when you’ll take notice how many of these rascal politicians will go to hell. Normally, not a single penny must go in your pocket, because as a Government/politician, they are suppose to govern and serving the nation, which I consider a noble job, but they simply don’t know their value.
Just imagine when God will interrogate your finance minister and will ask him, “I have charge you the treasure of your nation, how much have you distribute & develop and much gone in your pocket?” And the poor human reply, “Half of it My Lord?”, In fact, the Africans will reply “99.99% My Lord”. And they’ll be throw to hell for eternity.
This is not joking my friend, whoever you are, I don’t like racist or pessimist persons, everything is possible, but just purify your heart with prayers & God and you’ll be successful.
If in a country there are several communities, then every communities need to work all together like where I live, in Mauritius Island. Note it down:
United and Honesty is the key of success!
All the best for all countries!
Email: fragrance_breeze@yahoo.com
I disagree, I don’t think each country strives for the top of the “richest-countries” list. The G7 is obviously Not the richest countries, but theirs are the most influential economies with the most impact on the global market. “LOL.” You’re right, to some degree, the US government, has the ability to take homes when one is bankrupt, or by imminent domain (which means if a Wal-Mart is deemed a must for a town, your home can be forcefully bought from you and demolished to make way). It’s not funny. By the way, I am obviously American, we are not all the same, just as in any other nation, and just as not all people of Islam are terrorists (but when I’m ready I’ll be able to move to Europe, do you have any suggestions?)
The influence of gods and churches has, in the past, and will always lead to the evils committed by or against the the country. If god were to be left out of the doctrines of nations, then God’s judgement will be left only to God himself , and almost all faiths preach that only God can assert his judgement – one of America’s many problems, God.
Beautiful island by the way, very respectable government structure.
Roman,
I was really impressed in how you make a non biased analysis and observation. KEep it up!!! As a pinoy i can never say were the richest but we are trying hard to live a beautiful life. I work in a BPO catering other countries shi****! its hard cause your serving them and not your own kind but in a way my country is benefiting. Proud to say were not the richest but when it comes to effort Were numbero uno! i checked wiki, Philippines is already included in the newly industrialized country wheewhh..!!! Atlast when there’s a pain there’s a gain!
In the Philippines and Indonesia, ,ost people who go to the shopping centres and theme parks are rich. They live in big homes and have cars. In Indonesia, if you own a car, you are considered rich.
I dont know who told this vicious lie with regard to the US salary, Neither me, nor my father, nor my wife has EVER earned a salary of 46,000 dollars. I do not have any close friends who have, and I personally have not earned ABOVE 32.000 in one single year( before managers figured out how to cut that in half).
Regardless of what is said in this article, Iam hunting work, and 8-9 dollars per hour is about the best you can get if you are lucky, I have even had to work for 6.50 per hour. This survey MUST have been performed in either an affuent neighborhood, or included someone that made so much he blew the curve beyond reality. (we have the same situation here, billionares and millionares that work in our otherwise poor earning labor pool) A GOOD yearly income around here is 20,000 dollars, do not believe the lies, the average person here does not bring that home.
I think? i dont know, that these figures are the country’s total economy equally divided between its citizens? Anyway, can anyone explain to me in an easy to understand way, what the exact difference between GDP nominal and GDP ppp?
Hi i live in Luxembourg, and the average salary here per year is around 55.000 euros, which are 82.1261 USD, which is an average salary, not the highest. I know people who earn 100.000 euros a year… it is not so difficult to get such a salary in Luxembourg….
So it’s really high, wondering if any of this other countries has such salaries…
my dear british friend james
gdp Nominal is converted to dollars using the official exchange rate used for trade.
PPP is converted to dollars by using the ratio of the price the basket of goods consumed by the typical person of the country and the price of those same goods in the US.
and ya
Purchasing Power Parity GDP is adjusted for the purchasing power of that currency.
all indian are very big ashole….bullshit!!…
Trinidad is the largest producer of Guyanese in the World!!!!
hey listen you all people except indians , india is great not one of the greatest ,
u r right
india is great in ovepopulation,cheapness, vulgarity highest poverty,corruption,bribery,sccoundrals,infant diseases , diseases, terrorism, gender in equity, largest number of poors, water problems,criminals, thefts,aids patients, and more
whole world knows that u r great in all the above and chepness u r best, u molest lady tourist in ur country, shame on you.
its 2nd poorest region with maximum no. of poors after central africa
I think most commentators have lost the focus of this opinion list. It appears to be based on average citizens value to the world. Not how happy your people are. And India, how many people are forced to remain in poverty solely because they’re born into the class of the “Untouchables” their oppression brings down the country’s GDP per capita.
one thing 4 sure
every country has a great improvement in last 2 decades
and ya
guys
nothing is permament in this world-”time is changing”
so u r
good luck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
yes 2012 is the end of the world by the hollywood movie
This is not about 2-3 people being bilionaires, it s about the AVERAGE
Tuhadi maa di lun haram deo goreo…..indians tuhade peo ne saaale gaand andeo, racist kuteo….saale weleo aaapdi maaa ure chudaunde ho pechodo koi kam hi kar lea karo kanu ure aaapni maa nu naga kar k pesh karde o……now translation…….wateva i write above is fuk up and fuk off u fukin racist cunts…….just do some wrk and make sum money instead off posting ur shiyazz fings ova hea ….white cunts…aussie bastardzzz…..fukin gud foa nuffin asses…go and lear how 2 work instead of just putting ua azz on bed and live on doll….now again if u replied then i i know that u reaaly feell my things and fucked up by this comment
Tell me what is the average salary in India, taking in account of poor people living in slums and on the streets. Even if you have quite a few billionaires, it must be very very very low.
hahahah.. Pity on all Indians claiming that they are the best.. If you want to prove you guys are the best than any other country, conquer your vocabulary first! hahahaha… dumbass indians.. you’re all just contact center agents! we can’t understand anything you are trying to tell us!
FACT: the reason why there are more indian doctors and more indian professionals is simply because “We only pay you a quarter of the real professionals salary”.. Face it indians! hahahhahaha…
kahkahkah..no 129??!! is that u call among the richest??
fyi, alot of indians working in my country for us$90 permonth!! i dont blame them..but to claim india as a rich country is nothing than a mere crap! wht r u guys thinking huh?
stupid indians! xD
I think im going to go out and get laid, dont worry guys i’ll tell you all how it goes
Indian people. You guys are nice , intelligent, but please learn to take shower!
Indian people. You guys are nice , intelligent, but please learn to take shower!
Hey Nielson,
Your knowledge is very little, you suggesting Indian people to learn how to take shower you bloody basted improve your knowledge about Incredible India, India has culture that we must weak up early morning and take a bath and pray to good what about you gori chamdi I think you only culture of only f$%k your own mom,
Hey Nielson,
Your knowledge is very little, you suggesting Indian people to learn how to take shower you bloody basted improve your knowledge about Incredible India, India has culture that we must weak up early morning and take a bath and pray to good what about you gori chamdi I think you only culture of only f$%k your own mom
All here who have wrong knowledge about india I suggest them goto on these site it ill improve your knowledge india.gov.in/myindia/facts.php
India never invaded any country in her last 100000 years of history.
India never invaded any country in her last 100000 years of history.
When many cultures were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley (Indus Valley Civilization)
Chess was invented in India.
Algebra, Trigonometry and Calculus are studies, which originated in India.
The ‘Place Value System’ and the ‘Decimal System’ were developed in India in 100 B.C.
Until 1896, India was the only source of diamonds in the world
(Source: Gemological Institute of America).
I am the richest man on the earth because my earning is only 180 us $ per month but Iam satisfied with the present income. Because it is said by the wise people no body in this universe is satisfied with his assets.The desire increases for more and more.
i love all off u i jast see this site first time and its realy good to chat
ello, im new to this whole webpage
but i’m really interested in the poor countries and rich countries and how they effect one another. Although i haven’t read all comments, i don’t appreciate some remarks made. Butit’s not my postition to complain. But my comment oges out to the last one that has been made. I think even though family b has more money to spend, You should also contemplait on their lifestyle, their family and where they are situated in the country.
Actually australia is the richest and best country
dont use ur tomorrow.
Clearly the UK is the best country in the world! Enough said…
WOOO GO IRELAND….A COUNRTY WITH PASSIONATE AND LOVING PEOPLE WHO HAVE BECOME SUCCESSFUL IN THE LAST 50 YEARS….IRELAND DESERVES TO BE IN THE TOP 10 AS IT IS AN AMAZING COUNTRY FILLED WITH CULTURE AND RICH WITHIN THE LAND ITSELF!!!!!!!!
Just a note to all the PROUD INDIANS… OUT THERE WHO KEEP REPEATING SAYING INDIANS ARE VERY SMART, HARDWORKING, ARE NASA ENGINEERS, SCIENTIST SOOON AND SO FORTh…WHERE ARE THOSE INDIVIDUALS….OH YEAH MOST OF THEM LEFT INDIA AND MOVED SOMEWHERE ELSE WHERE THEY COULD BE REWARDED…
IF THESE COUNTRIES WOULD GIVE THEM CITIZENSHIP THEY WOULD TAKE THAT AND BRING THERE RELATIVES AS WELL
‘WORST PROBLEM’ IN IN INDIA CORRUPTION, AND INJUSTICE LIKE SOME OF THE OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD…HUGE NUMBER OF COPS, POLITICIANS, CENTRAL, STATE, LOCAL OFFICIALS WANT BRIBES…
BEING RICH IN CULTURE DOESNOT MEAN BEING RICH FINANCIALLY…EACH HAS ITS STRONG SIDE
Hey you fellow Indians, don’t brag!!! I’m not insulting you but please, everybody hates your braggings!!! I went to India before and there are kids trying to steal my girlfrined’s purse by making cute faces and some steal without notice. But, it didn’t got stolen.
PHILIPPINES POWNS EVERY1 HAHAHHA….IM KIDDING..
PHILIPPINES IS AWSOME
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