Global Finance has come out with a report to rank out the world's richest and poorest countries in 2010, based on their Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) per capita.
The top 20 ranking (richest) are:
- 1. Qatar (90,149)
- 2. Luxembourg (79,411)
- 3. Norway (52,964)
- 4. Singapore (52,840)
- 5. Brunei Darussalam (48,714)
- 6. United States (47,702)
- 7. Hong Kong (44,840)
- 8. Switzerland (43,903)
- 9. Netherlands (40,601)
- 10. Australia (39,841)
- 11. Austria (39,561)
- 12. Canada (39,037)
- 13. Ireland (39,009)
- 14. Kuwait (38,984)
- 15. Iceland (36,750)
- 16. Sweden (36,503)
- 17. Denmark (36,336)
- 18. United Arab Emirates (36,176)
- 19. Belgium (35,825)
- 20. United Kingdom (35,083)
- 164. Haiti (1,212)
- 165. Rwanda (1,195)
- 166. Comoros (1,161)
- 167. Guinea-Bissau (1,081)
- 168. Ethiopia (1,004)
- 169. Afghanistan (996)
- 170. Guinea (996)
- 171. Mozambique (981)
- 172. Malawi (925)
- 173. Madagascar (905)
- 174. Togo (832)
- 175. Sierra Leone (781)
- 176. Central African Republic (764)
- 177. Niger (733)
- 178. Eritrea (676)
- 179. Liberia (434)
- 180. Burundi (410)
- 181. Zimbabwe (365)
- 182. Congo (342)
PPP takes into account the relative cost of living and the inflation rates of countries, rather than using just exchange rates, which may distort the real differences in income.
Under this scheme, China, which ranked the 1st in terms of GDP growth at the same period, only gets a 96th with GDP (PPP) of 7,240. This somehow shows the reality that although the economy in China is blooming, they still have a long way to go to get on top of the list.
The ranking and GDP (PPP) of the BRIC nations are:
- 52. Russian Federation (15,738)
- 73. Brazil (11,066)
- 96. China (7,240)
- 128. India (3,176)
- 4. Singapore(52,840)
- 5. Brunei Darussalam (48,714)
- 59. Malaysia (14,275)
- 90. Thailand (8,479)
- 122. Indonesia (4,380)
- 127. Philippines (3,604)
- 129. Vietnam (3,104)
- 139. Laos (2,401)
- 146. Cambodia (2,084)
- 159. Myanmar(1,244)
Click here to read the Global Finance's report on world's richest and poorest countries. You can also see the full ranking list there.
1 comments:
When Malaysia can achieve top 20 ranking.
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