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The world's richest countries are much more geographically spread out than the poorest, yet there are no African or South American countries on the World Bank's list. It measures GDP (gross domestic product) in USD per capita divided by the population (midyear). The figures are for 2010-2014.
It may come as no surprise that Norway, my own oil rich country, is on the very top - narrowly beating Qatar, another oil country.
- Norway: 97,363 USD
- Qatar: 93,397 USD
- Australia: 61,887 USD
- Denmark: 60,634 USD
- Sweden: 58,887 USD
- Singapore: 56,287 USD
- United States: 54,629 USD
- Ireland: 53,314 USD
- Iceland: 52,111 USD
- Netherlands: 51,590 USD
- Austria: 51,127 USD
- Canada: 50,271 USD
- Finland: 49,541 USD
- Germany: 47,627 USD
- Belgium: 47,517 USD
- United Kingdom: 45,603 USD
- France: 42,736 USD
- United Arab Emirates: 42,522 USD
- Brunei: 40,776 USD
- Israel: 37,032 USD
- Japan: 36,194 USD
- Italy: 34,960 USD
- Spain: 30,262 USD
- South Korea: 27,970 USD
- Cyprus: 27,194 USD
How about the other end of the scale? Very different numbers, as you can see here.
