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 4:29:14 PM
The wealthiest nation in the world's top ... "3 American Companies Set to Dominate the World" shows you how. Click here to get your free copy before it's gone. Jeff Fischer and team have demystified options. And they can rack up income like ...
Changing per capita energy consumption around the world
Democratic Underground.com - 5/12/2013 12:38:19 AM
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 ... to higher GDP growth than ...
Country Income Shares in PPP
econintersect.com - 5/10/2013 6:31:27 AM
In Chapter 1, Chart 3 suggests that just three countries (Brazil, China and India) together account for around 30 per cent of global GDP already ... around one fourth of the nominal rate. This downward revision of per capita income in China also adds ...
10 Countries Where People Fear For Their Safety: 24/7 Wall St.
The Huffington Post - 5/19/2013 9:29:52 PM
In Venezuela and South Africa ... which were estimated to have among the lowest per capita gross domestic product (GDP) of any nations. Some of the countries where residents feel the least safe, however, have relatively stable governments ...
GCC is 13th largest world economy
zawya.com - 5/20/2013 5:00:51 AM
he said GCC citizens are among the richest in the world, 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 ...
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
The Middle East has amongst the highest average per capita energy consumption of any region in the world, at twice the global average. Consequently, it also has amongst the highest per capita carbon emissions as well. Furthermore, not only is overall ...
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 ... 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 available, was ...
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 ...
World economies
DAWN Group - 5/13/2013 2:38:49 AM
It forecasts the economy to grow by 3.3 per cent in 2014, contrary to the government’s estimates of 4.1 per cent. A growth rate of two per cent effectively means zero growth in terms of GDP per capita ... the country’s GDP. The World ...
Spectacular rise in Malaysia’s per capita income
DAWN Group - 5/6/2013 1:28:23 AM
According to the latest available data from the Statistics Department, Kedah’s GDP per capita (a measure of the standard of living and not an indicator of per-capita income) was valued at 9,557 ringgit, with Kelantan at 6,496 ringgit based on constant ...
The problem with poor countries’ GDP
Today Online - 5/16/2013 8:07:32 PM
Traditionally, one of the guiding factors has been per capita ... by the country’s population. Yet GDP may be an inaccurate indicator in the poorest countries, which is a concern not only for policymakers or people like me who read lots of World Bank ...
Bill Gates: how GDP understates economic growth
The Guardian - 5/8/2013 10:54:30 PM
The answer depends, in part, on how we measure growth and improvements in people's lives. 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 ...
10 countries where people fear for their safety
Marketwatch - 5/20/2013 12:57:28 AM
Last year, more than two-thirds of all people surveyed said they felt safe walking alone at night, according to a Gallup poll conducted in 134 countries. But in 31 countries, less than half the population felt this way. Internal conflict 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 ...
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
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 The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is located in Southwest Asia, bordering the Gulf of Oman and Persian Gulf.
