Definition: This entry shows GDP on a purchasing power parity basis divided by population as of 1 July for the same year.
Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2012
See also: GDP - per capita (PPP) mapRelated News
The 5 Richest Countries in the World
The Motley Fool - 5/19/2013 1:01:38 PM
here are the richest five nations among the world's 50 largest economies, sorted by GDP per capita and adjusted for purchasing-power parity. While at least one expected name makes the list, a few may surprise you. No. 5: Switzerland, $46,474 per ...
Changing per capita energy consumption around the world
Democratic Underground.com - 5/12/2013 12:38:19 AM
815 to .415 kg CO2 per 2005 $ PPP. As a stand-in for the EU, Germany went from .445 in 1991 to .283 in 2008. So as not to loose sight of who's screwing the pooch with the most enthusiasm, here are a few waypoints in per capita energy consumption ...
Country Income Shares in PPP
econintersect.com - 5/10/2013 6:31:27 AM
The 2005 PPP-adjusted per capita income for China in US $ terms showed a ... that reflects greater poverty of the majority of wage earners in an economy. In other words, a country’s exchange rate tends to be “low”, or the disparity between the ...
Spectacular rise in Malaysia’s per capita income
DAWN Group - 5/6/2013 1:28:23 AM
MALAYSIA is well on its way to achieving high-income status by 2020 or earlier, going by official data and its economic performance thus far. While there has been much debate over how effective the various measures and initiatives under the Economic ...
12:58 Peru is now Latin America’s 8th richest country
andina.com.pe - 5/7/2013 5:47:53 PM
The Latin American average of GDP (PPP) is $12,818 and Chile tops the ranking with $19,475 per capita followed by Panama and Uruguay. On the other hand, the country with the lowest GDP (PPP) of the region is Haiti with $1,358 per capita, followed by ...
GCC is 13th largest world economy
emirates247.com - 5/19/2013 4:11:55 AM
with the group’s combined GDP per capita standing at about $30,000 in 2011, nearly triple the global average per capita of $10,000. His figures showed the GCC’s trade with the other countries stood at around $1.2 trillion during that year ...
Coming soon: Europe’s biggest economy will be U.K.
MarketWatch - 5/16/2013 11:24:59 AM
It has always been Europe’s largest economy, partly because Germans are very good at making stuff, but also because there are lot of Germans —- 82 million of them compared with 62 million in the U.K. Germany has a GDP of $3.6 trillion ...
10 Countries Where People Fear For Their Safety: 24/7 Wall St.
The Huffington Post - 5/19/2013 9:29:52 PM
Among these is South Africa, which is one of the world’s largest emerging economies. Additionally, Botswana has been led for decades by a well-functioning, democratically elected government. Yet, government stability and prosperity do not ...
Kuwait court ruling may threaten economic recovery
Reuters - 5/15/2013 2:10:48 PM
One of the world's richest countries per capita, Kuwait has struggled for years to get ... which aims to draw private and foreign investment and diversify the oil-reliant economy. That optimism, which has helped to fuel a more than 30 percent ...
The problem with poor countries’ GDP
Today Online - 5/16/2013 8:07:32 PM
The answer depends, in part, on how we measure growth ... in terms of GDP, depending on which authority you consult. It is not only the relative rankings that differ. Sometimes, one source will show a country growing by several percentage points, and ...
World economies
DAWN Group - 5/13/2013 2:38:49 AM
THE Egyptian economy ... high per capita income, most of its people are still quite poor. The main problem is the high rate of unemployment, especially among youngsters. Since oil production is the only viable industry, most of the country ...
Research and Markets: UAE's Economy Is Likely To Grow To $447.46 Billion at Current Prices by 2018 with Good Growth over 2013-2018
Reuters - 5/15/2013 6:42:49 PM
This will affect the debt repayment capability of the country. The study encompasses the major drivers of the nation's economy. UAE ranks eighth in terms of per capita income in the world. This has a major impact on the country's development ...
Bill Gates: how GDP understates economic growth
The Guardian - 5/8/2013 10:54:30 PM
Traditionally, one of the guiding factors has been per capita GDP – the value of goods and services produced by a country in a year divided by the country's population. Yet GDP may be an inaccurate indicator in the poorest countries ...
A revealing map of the world’s most and least ethnically diverse countries
Washington Post - 5/17/2013 10:48:00 AM
Ethnicity, like race, is a social construct, but it’s still a construct with significant implications for the world. How people perceive ethnicity, both their own and that of others, can be tough to measure, particularly given that it’s so ...
South Korea: The little dynamo that sneaked up on the world
The Christian Science Monitor - 5/19/2013 4:29:14 PM
Yet even after the sinking of the Cheonan, Ms. Park's predecessor, President Lee Myung-bak, was optimistic enough to propose a "reunification tax" to prepare ... its unemployment rate never rose above 3.7 percent while income per capita soared ...
