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
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 gross domestic product (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 ...
Megatrend: China's GDP Will Exceed U.S. GDP in the 21st Century -- Deal With It
The Business Insider - 5/6/2013 10:53:53 AM
Chart 1: China vs. US Real GDP Growth Rates 1980-2011 ... Whoever wins the election, our president in 2013 will face the economic and political challenges presented by the Great Convergence. We need to begin a serious national dialogue ...
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
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.
A revealing map of the world’s most and least ethnically diverse countries
Washington Post - 5/16/2013 4:39:57 PM
They gauged this by asking an elegantly simple question: If you called up two people at random in a particular ... that this part of the world is much less monolithic than we sometimes think. North African countries include large Berber ...
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: The Austrian Economy Is Expected To Reach $427 Billion by 2018 with A CAGR Of 1.7% from 2013 Through 2018
FinanzNachrichten.de - 5/17/2013 4:38:45 PM
Labor wages in Austria are also high affecting labor-intensive industries and the flow of FDI into the country. Lucintel's study discusses the major drivers of the Austrian economy. High per capita income is a key component of Austria's economy.
Ethiopia: A World Without GDP Is No Better
AllAfrica - 5/14/2013 10:01:27 AM
And, by using purchasing power parity, which measures the cost of the same basket of goods and services in different countries, economists can adjust GDP to gain better insight into living standards. Yet, it is clear to me that we need to devote greater ...
Nigeria: Reactions Trail World Bank's Economic Rating of Nigeria
AllAfrica - 5/13/2013 7:10:50 AM
Reactions has continued to trail the new economic rating of Nigeria by the World Bank, which moved the country from a low income nation to a medium income one. The bank had hinged Nigeria's new rating on the reduction of poverty rate per capita in the ...
