>Doug, didn't you post a list of GDP/capita about 6 months ago that had the
>US in fourth place behind Japan, Germany and France? And not by a little.
>Is there more than one way of computing this?
Here are the GNP per capita sorts for 1997, from the World Bank's World Development Indicators 1999 CD-ROM. The first set is by current U.S. dollars, based on 3-year averages of market exchange rates; the second, by purchasing power parity, which uses exchange rates designed to express equivalent buying power, compensating for distortions in market exchange rates. There's no small amount of guesswork involved in computing PPPs, so take these with a grain of salt.
Doug
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current $ --------- 1 Switzerland 43,060 2 Japan 38,160 3 Norway 36,100 4 Denmark 34,890 5 Singapore 32,810 6 United States 29,080 7 Germany 28,280 8 Austria 27,920 9 Belgium 26,730 10 France 26,300 11 Sweden 26,210 12 Netherlands 25,830 13 Hong Kong, China 25,200 14 Finland 24,790 15 United Kingdom 20,870 16 Australia 20,650 17 Italy 20,170 18 Canada 19,640 19 Ireland 17,790 20 Israel 16,180 21 New Zealand 15,830 22 Spain 14,490 23 Greece 11,640 24 Portugal 11,010 25 Korea, Rep. 10,550 26 Slovenia 9,840 27 Malta 9,330 28 Argentina 8,950 29 Antigua and Barbuda 7,380 30 Saudi Arabia 7,150 31 Seychelles 6,910 32 St. Kitts and Nevis 6,260 33 Uruguay 6,130 34 Czech Republic 5,240 35 Chile 4,820 36 Brazil 4,790 37 Malaysia 4,530 38 Hungary 4,510 39 Trinidad and Tobago 4,250 40 Gabon 4,120 41 Croatia 4,060 42 Mauritius 3,870 43 Mexico 3,700 44 Slovak Republic 3,680 45 Poland 3,590 46 St. Lucia 3,510 47 Venezuela 3,480 48 Estonia 3,360 49 Lebanon 3,350 50 Botswana 3,310 51 South Africa 3,210 52 Grenada 3,140 53 Turkey 3,130 54 Panama 3,080 55 Dominica 3,040 56 Thailand 2,740 57 Costa Rica 2,680 58 Russian Federation 2,680 59 Belize 2,670 60 Peru 2,610 61 Fiji 2,460 62 Latvia 2,430 63 St. Vincent and the Gr 2,420 64 Lithuania 2,260 65 Colombia 2,180 66 Belarus 2,150 67 Namibia 2,110 68 Tunisia 2,110 69 Paraguay 2,000 70 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 1,920 71 El Salvador 1,810 72 Tonga 1,810 73 Iran, Islamic Rep. 1,780 74 Dominican Republic 1,750 75 Marshall Islands 1,610 76 Guatemala 1,580 77 Ecuador 1,570 78 Jamaica 1,550 79 Jordan 1,520 80 Swaziland 1,520 81 Algeria 1,500 82 Romania 1,410 83 Kazakhstan 1,350 84 Vanuatu 1,340 85 Suriname 1,320 86 Morocco 1,260 87 Egypt, Arab Rep. 1,200 88 Philippines 1,200 89 Maldives 1,180 90 Bulgaria 1,170 91 Samoa 1,140 92 Syrian Arab Republic 1,120 93 Indonesia 1,110 94 Macedonia, FYR 1,100 95 Cape Verde 1,090 96 Equatorial Guinea 1,060 97 Ukraine 1,040 98 Uzbekistan 1,020 99 Bolivia 970 100 Papua New Guinea 930 101 Kiribati 910 102 Solomon Islands 870 103 China 860 104 Georgia 860 105 Guyana 800 106 Sri Lanka 800 107 Albania 760 108 Honduras 740 109 Zimbabwe 720 110 Cote d'Ivoire 710 111 Lesotho 680 112 Congo, Rep. 670 113 Turkmenistan 640 114 Cameroon 620 115 Armenia 560 116 Guinea 550 117 Senegal 540 118 Azerbaijan 510 119 Pakistan 500 120 Kyrgyz Republic 480 121 Moldova 460 122 Mauritania 440 123 Bhutan 430 124 Nicaragua 410 125 Comoros 400 126 Lao PDR 400 127 Ghana 390 128 Mongolia 390 129 Benin 380 130 Haiti 380 131 India 370 132 Zambia 370 133 Bangladesh 360 134 Gambia, The 340 135 Kenya 340 136 Togo 340 137 Tajikistan 330 138 Uganda 330 139 Central African Republ 320 140 Vietnam 310 141 Cambodia 300 142 Sao Tome and Principe 290 143 Sudan 290 144 Nigeria 280 145 Yemen, Rep. 270 146 Angola 260 147 Mali 260 148 Burkina Faso 250 149 Madagascar 250 150 Chad 230 151 Eritrea 230 152 Guinea-Bissau 230 153 Nepal 220 154 Malawi 210 155 Rwanda 210 156 Tanzania 210 157 Niger 200 158 Sierra Leone 160 159 Burundi 140 160 Mozambique 140 161 Congo, Dem. Rep. 110 162 Ethiopia 110
PPP --- 1 Singapore 29,230 2 United States 29,080 3 Switzerland 26,580 4 Japan 24,400 5 Hong Kong, China 24,350 6 Norway 24,260 7 Denmark 23,450 8 Belgium 23,090 9 France 22,210 10 Austria 22,010 11 Canada 21,750 12 Netherlands 21,300 13 Germany 21,170 14 United Kingdom 20,710 15 Italy 20,100 16 Finland 19,660 17 Australia 19,510 18 Sweden 19,010 19 Israel 17,680 20 Ireland 17,420 21 New Zealand 15,780 22 Spain 15,690 23 Portugal 14,180 24 Korea, Rep. 13,430 25 Malta 13,380 26 Greece 12,540 27 Chile 12,240 28 Slovenia 11,880 29 Saudi Arabia 10,540 30 Czech Republic 10,380 31 Argentina 10,100 32 Mauritius 9,230 33 Uruguay 9,110 34 Venezuela 8,660 35 Antigua and Barbuda 8,650 36 Mexico 8,110 37 Slovak Republic 7,860 38 St. Kitts and Nevis 7,770 39 Malaysia 7,730 40 Botswana 7,430 41 South Africa 7,190 42 Hungary 6,970 43 Panama 6,890 44 Colombia 6,570 45 Gabon 6,560 46 Costa Rica 6,510 47 Poland 6,510 48 Thailand 6,490 49 Turkey 6,470 50 Trinidad and Tobago 6,460 51 Brazil 6,350 52 Lebanon 6,090 53 Iran, Islamic Rep. 5,690 54 Namibia 5,100 55 Estonia 5,090 56 Tunisia 5,050 57 St. Lucia 5,030 58 Croatia 4,930 59 Belarus 4,820 60 Grenada 4,760 61 Ecuador 4,700 62 Dominican Republic 4,690 63 Peru 4,580 64 Russian Federation 4,280 65 Romania 4,270 66 Algeria 4,250 67 Lithuania 4,140 68 Belize 4,080 69 Guatemala 4,060 70 St. Vincent and the Gr 4,060 71 Dominica 4,020 72 Latvia 3,970 73 Bulgaria 3,870 74 Fiji 3,860 75 Paraguay 3,860 76 Swaziland 3,690 77 Philippines 3,670 78 Samoa 3,570 79 Kazakhstan 3,530 80 Indonesia 3,390 81 Jordan 3,350 82 Maldives 3,340 83 Jamaica 3,330 84 Vanuatu 3,230 85 Morocco 3,210 86 Macedonia, FYR 3,180 87 Egypt, Arab Rep. 3,080 88 China 3,070 89 Syrian Arab Republic 3,000 90 Cape Verde 2,950 91 El Salvador 2,860 92 Bolivia 2,810 93 Guyana 2,800 94 Armenia 2,540 95 Lesotho 2,490 96 Sri Lanka 2,460 97 Solomon Islands 2,270 98 Honduras 2,260 99 Zimbabwe 2,240 100 Kyrgyz Republic 2,180 101 Albania 2,170 102 Ukraine 2,170 103 Georgia 1,980 104 Nicaragua 1,820 105 Guinea 1,790 106 Cameroon 1,770 107 Cote d'Ivoire 1,690 108 Senegal 1,690 109 India 1,660 110 Mauritania 1,650 111 Ghana 1,610 112 Vietnam 1,590 113 Pakistan 1,580 114 Comoros 1,530 115 Azerbaijan 1,520 116 Mongolia 1,490 117 Togo 1,460 118 Moldova 1,450 119 Gambia, The 1,440 120 Turkmenistan 1,410 121 Sudan 1,370 122 Central African Republ 1,310 123 Lao PDR 1,300 124 Cambodia 1,290 125 Congo, Rep. 1,290 126 Benin 1,260 127 Haiti 1,260 128 Kenya 1,160 129 Uganda 1,160 130 Tajikistan 1,100 131 Bangladesh 1,090 132 Nepal 1,090 133 Eritrea 1,040 134 Burkina Faso 1,000 135 Chad 950 136 Zambia 910 137 Madagascar 900 138 Nigeria 860 139 Niger 830 140 Angola 820 141 Congo, Dem. Rep. 760 142 Mali 720 143 Yemen, Rep. 720 144 Malawi 700 145 Mozambique 690 146 Rwanda 650 147 Burundi 620 148 Tanzania 620 149 Ethiopia 500 150 Sierra Leone 410