Richest and poorest countries in the world as of 2010 based on GDP (PPP) per capita

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)

And the bottom 20 ranking (poorest) are:

• 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)

The number in brackets above is the GDP (PPP) per capita of the respective country in current international dollars (a.k.a. Geary-Khamis dollars), which compares generalized differences in living standards on the whole between them.

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)

And the ranking of ASEAN nations are:

• 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)

The report concluded that "Poverty remains extensive throughout the world, particularly in south Asia and Africa. A study by the World Institute for Development Economics Research at United Nations University reports that the richest 1% of adults owned 40% of global assets in the year 2000 (their most recent figures), and that the richest 10% of adults accounted for 85% of the world total. The bottom half of the world adult population owned barely 1% of global wealth. World Bank Development Indicators reported in 2008 that in 2005 (their most recent figures) 1.4 billion people lived on $1.25 a day or less (US$ PPP); almost 15% of the world’s population, or nearly 1 billion people, lived on $1 a day or less."

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.

Migrating everything in SeaMonkey user profiles from one computer to another with MozBackup

If you want to backup/restore the user profiles of a Mozilla application (including SeaMonkey, Firefox, Thunderbird, Sunbird, Flock, Postbox Express, Mozilla Suite, Spicebird, Songbird, Netscape, Wyzo, etc.) or to migrate the user profiles from one computer to another, I've found a free, simple and amazing application called MozBackup.

MozBackup is a freeware (even for commercial use) and works on Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista/7. It is developed in Czech republic.

It can backup a Mozilla user profile into a single file, and restore it to the Mozilla applications in the same or different computer. It works with portable version of Mozilla applications too. You have the option to password protect the backup file too.

It is able to backup/restore everything in the Mozilla user profile, including all the settings, emails, address books, bookmarks, history, sidebars, user styles, extensions, saved passwords, cookies, saved form details, downloaded file list, security certificates , cache, signature files, etc.

It is intelligent enough to detect the Mozilla applications installed in the computer, and the backup/restore operation can be done within a few simple steps only.

I am able to transfer everything in my SeaMonkey from one computer to another within minutes. A big thumb-up for this.

Click here to go to the website of MozBackup. You can download it there.

Workaround for Windows 7 to have multi-panel [All Programs] like Windows XP

The "All Programs" in the Start Menu of Windows XP is expandable to multiple panels to show all the items in it.

However, this behaviour has been changed in Windows 7, and now when you click on "All Programs", the items is listed in a short, single panel listing, and if you have a long list of installed applications, you have to scroll through the list  to reach the one you intend to open.

There is a workaround for this without having to install and make use of 3rd party Start Menu alternative program such as Vista Start Menu.

I'll share with you how to do it.

Firstly, you need to make sure the hidden ProgramData folder is visible. Go to Control Panel > Folder Options and click on View, select "Show hidden files, folders and drives" under Hidden files and folders option.

Now, right click on the round Windows logo of the Start Menu, and click on Properties. Then click the "Customize..." button.

Search for an item that you won't use (eg. Recorded TV) which can be display as a menu, check on Display as a menu for that item.

Now, you should be able to see the Recorded TV item in your Start Menu. Right click on it, and Rename it to "All Programs". After that, right click on it and select Properties.

Next, Remove the item inside the Library locations panel. Then click on "Include a folder..." button.

Then, navigate to "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs" and  click the Include Folder button. No need to share this folder if you're asked about this.

You're done. Check your Start Menu and see it in action! Now you have 2 options of "All Programs", the original one which remains, and the new one you've just made.