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 5:26:30 PM
Compiled from data from the International Monetary Fund's 2013 estimates, 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 ...
Changing per capita energy consumption around the world
Democratic Underground.com - 5/12/2013 12:38:19 AM
Since 2002, China has shifted away from energy intensive exports, largely because of lack of supply and growing domestic use, as well as the realization that foreign investment was more lucrative and could lead to higher GDP growth than manufacturing for ...
Country Income Shares in PPP
econintersect.com - 5/10/2013 6:31:27 AM
The UNDP’s latest Human Development Report 2013 (entitled “The rise of the South”) has one particularly striking chart that it uses to make the point about the recent growing economic significance of some “emerging” nations. In Chapter 1, Chart 3 ...
10 Countries Where People Fear For Their Safety: 24/7 Wall St.
The Huffington Post - 5/19/2013 9:29:52 PM
But in 31 countries, less than half the population felt this way ... By comparison, among developed countries at least 53% trust the government. Some of the nations where residents do not feel safe are among the world’s poorest, including ...
GCC is 13th largest world economy
zawya.com - 5/20/2013 5:00:51 AM
Gulf hydrocarbon producers emerged as the 13th most powerful economy in the world in 2011 while strong oil prices allowed them to become the fifth largest exporter with the highest trade surplus, according to a Bahraini minister. Hassan Fakhru, minister of ...
New Energy Policies in the Middle East Must Go Hand in Hand With Subsidy Reform
The Huffington Post - 5/19/2013 7:13:52 PM
Indeed cutting energy demand by increasing energy efficiency would actually boost economic output as for the ... Shell and Sinopec have all committed to look for natural gas in the country and subsequently exited without success -- while leading to ...
Coming soon: Europe’s biggest economy will be U.K.
MarketWatch - 5/16/2013 11:24:59 AM
Western Europe is always going to have some small, very wealthy countries. Switzerland has ... Italian gross domestic product per capita is only $30,136. The total size of its economy in 2011, the latest year for which World Bank figures are ...
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 ...
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 ...
World economies
DAWN Group - 5/13/2013 2:38:49 AM
Meanwhile, the IMF has added that demand for the country’s export is set to improve, as Europe emerges from a recession and growth in China fuels demand for ... And this lack of investment has forced the government to levy high taxes, and ...
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 ...
10 countries where people fear for their safety
Marketwatch - 5/20/2013 12:57:28 AM
less than half the population felt this way. Internal conflict and repressive regimes are marked problems in many of countries where citizens feel unsafe. Some of the nations are among the world’s poorest. Others have relatively stable ...
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 ...
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 ...
Accurate GDP estimates mean we can help poor countries better
Lebanon Daily Star - 5/13/2013 9:29:50 PM
Traditionally, one of the guiding factors has been per capita gross domestic product – 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 ...
