Five Richest Countries by Continent

For each continent, name the five richest countries by per-capita income.
2022 estimates. Purchasing power parity. More info here.
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Africa
$35,300
Seychelles
$25,000
Mauritius
$19,300
Botswana
$19,000
Equatorial Guinea
$18,300
Libya
 
 
Asia
$132,000
Singapore
$113,000
Qatar
$78,300
United Arab Emirates
$75,000
Brunei
$68,700
Taiwan
Europe
$203,000
Monaco
$141,000
Luxembourg
$134,000
Liechtenstein
$125,000
Ireland
$84,700
Switzerland
 
 
North America
$76,000
United States
$57,800
Canada
$40,300
Bahamas
$36,100
Panama
$29,900
Trinidad and Tobago
Oceania
$61,900
Australia
$50,400
New Zealand
$13,700
Palau
$13,600
Fiji
$10,800
Nauru
 
 
South America
$38,300
Guyana
$28,500
Chile
$26,700
Uruguay
$25,800
Argentina
$18,200
Colombia
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Level 37
Jul 19, 2017
How is Venezuela on there when they're starving?!!
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Level 71
Sep 14, 2017
A few people are making a LOT OF MONEY and that skews the average.
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Level 82
Mar 6, 2018
wow and I thought Chomsky was deluded...
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Level 84
Mar 6, 2018
Agreed Kal. Chavez was unequivocally a disaster for Venezuela.
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Level 82
Mar 7, 2018
The comment I was responding to was deleted. It was off the rails. Even Chomsky eventually came to see he was wrong about Chavez and it takes a lot to knock that guy off his political biases.
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Level 43
May 8, 2020
Venezuela is getting worse every day. Millions of Venezuelans come to Brazil in search of jobs, food, peace, and a better life. But until Maduro softens, that country will be fucked up...
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Level 82
May 2, 2021
::eyeroll::... my god you people...

Relations between the USA and Venezuela were very positive for decades. The US was the first country in the world to recognize the independence of Gran Columbia, and relations with Caracas were consistent when Venezuela later declared its own independence. In the early 1900s the US stopped European powers from invading and reacquiring Venezuela, as the country spent decades in various international incidents due to their wrong-headed trade policies. In the latter half of the century it was American expertise, ingenuity, and capital that allowed for the exploitation of the country's oil resources, turning it into by far the wealthiest nation in South America.

Hugo Chavez came to power, probably just as brainwashed as our friend above here, and started taking Venezuela in the direction of a belligerent rogue nation. He unilaterally worsened the relationship between the two countries, some would say with obvious and deliberate intent.

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Level 82
May 2, 2021
Chavez went on to become close friends with such bastions of humanitarianism and civil rights as Fidel Castro, Saddam Hussein, and Khamenei. He nationalized (stole) billions in the oil infrastructure others had brought to his country, so greatly enriching it. In 2000 during the Vargas tragedy, the US sent large amounts of much-needed supplies and personnel to help; Chavez turned it away after talking to Castro, deciding that maintaining his image as a belligerent twonk opposed to all things American was more important than getting aid to his people that desperately needed it. Even though the man got elected paying lip service to helping the common man, and even as the years of his leadership dragged on it became more and more apparent just how corrupt he and his cronies were, and how much of the stolen wealth from international assets were making their way into their own pockets.
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Level 82
May 2, 2021
Despite all of this, economic relations between the two countries remained strong. The USA remained Venezuela's most important trading partner. Venezuela made tens of billions of dollars exporting the oil from its recently stolen properties to the US. What kept these billions of dollars from reaching and having a positive impact on the Venezuelan economy certainly had nothing to do with the US. In 2005 president Bush acknowledged that Venezuela had failed completely to honor its international agreements when it came to fighting drug trafficking, and there's credible speculation that, much like Bolivia's Morales who did so completely in the open, Chavez's neglect to combat the illegal drug trade in his country was probably willful, and it's not far fetched to think he and his party were profiting from their complicity. But.. in spite of there being international law and precedent that would allow for sanctions in this situation, the US at the time imposed none.
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Level 82
May 2, 2021
It's pretty sad when you can stand next to George Bush and make Bush seem like the more reasonable, more intelligent, more deliberate person by contrast. Not long after Bush's refusal to impose sanctions in 2005, Chavez was at the UN where he complained about the whiff of sulfur and literally called Bush the devil. Even while trade was booming between the two countries, in spite of all of Chavez's diligent efforts to make himself an enemy, sanctions did begin but that was to limit arms sales to Venezuela given their lack of interest in cooperation with counter-terrorism efforts, was entirely warranted, and had no economic impact. As the years ticked on, Chavez became progressively more paranoid, racist, and unhinged, leading to a further degradation in relations. By the 2010s, things were unraveling fast in Venezuela, but this was still before any proper economic sanctions had been imposed.
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Level 82
May 2, 2021
Opposition to Chavez's corrupt, inept, and internationally adversarial and unproductive leadership within Venezuela continued to grow. Sanctions against those in Chavez's circle of power began then, as a response to corruption and human rights abuses. .... not because of resistance to American empire. Seriously how does that Kool Aid taste? ... this was decades after the various steps that were taken to nationalize the oil industry and had nothing to do with that. at all. The sanctions imposed targeted specific individuals in the Chavez/Maduro government, not the Venezuelan economy generally.

Decades of corruption, incompetence, failed policies, paranoid delusion, and a willfully and needlessly belligerent stance toward foreign policy led to the stagnation of Venezuela's economy. The fact that they failed to diversify their industries and then there was a sharp drop in the price of oil led to economic collapse.

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Level 82
May 2, 2021
and through this, of course, Chavez and Maduro, phony populists and deeply corrupt as they both were, human rights abuses increased sharply.

By 2016 when America would elect its own version of Chavez (a deeply corrupt, ignorant, racist, needlessly belligerent, inept, isolationist, friend-to-dictators, enemy-of-democracy, faux populist narcissist with terrible policy ideas who had no business being in charge of anything)... the country was already in freefall and none of Trump's bluster or insults mattered.

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Level 82
May 2, 2021
Meanwhile, canada dry, speaking of empire, your favorite country Russia is still in occupied Ukraine, isn't it? With more troops being amassed on the border. I'm sure they're just trying to build up an adequate supply of fresh-baked cookies before knocking on the door, right?
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Level 76
Jun 14, 2021
Wow, that's an impressive amount of brainwashed murican propaganda. What would us poor ignorant latinamericans do without good ole' US of A. Monroe doctrine was for our benefit, of course. Opening markets for US interests and profit was also for our benefit. If only we were all neoliberal free market capitalists, we would all be living the good life. We should model ourselves after you. After all, the US is the bestest country in the whole of ever, right?
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Level 82
Oct 15, 2021
Ferbin: you're as intelligent, informed, and unbiased as Chavez was good for his own country and people.
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Level 82
Oct 16, 2021
point out even a single thing I said that isn't historically accurate. Everything you wrote was a ridiculous strawman. And who do you think is brainwashing me? The average American knows nothing about any of this. It's not something you see on the news, in movies, or in history text books. Brainwashed propaganda? Pure projection.
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Level 82
May 13, 2022
When you've got on your side a guy who called Pol Pot's Cambodia one of the coolest countries ever, this should be a wake up call.
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Level 67
May 13, 2022
"OmG AMEricA BAd tHEy LittERalY OnLY cArE AbouT ThE WEalThY"

*a l s o s i m p s f o r c h i n a a n d r u s s i a*

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Level 37
Jan 8, 2024
So true girl!!!
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Level 37
Jul 19, 2017
It's probably the poorest country in all the Americas
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Level 37
Mar 6, 2018
Not quite. Haiti remains #1 in poverty.
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Level 66
Jun 8, 2019
Having poverty and having the lowest income per capita is not the same unfortunately. The average can be high(er) when there are several people with tons of money while the rest of the population hardly has anything.
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Level 45
Aug 31, 2017
i missed United arab emirates ,Norway And botswana.Cool Quiz!
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Level 65
Sep 14, 2017
Would like to know the tax in all these countries haha.
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Level 52
Sep 17, 2017
Equatorial Guinea???
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Level 62
Jan 22, 2018
Oil. Crude petroleum and liquid hydrocarbons make up nearly 90% of Equatorial Guinea's exports. Lots of income inequality though
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Level 82
Mar 6, 2018
It's also a very small country. Nigeria has more oil than Equatorial Guinea, but a much larger population so per capita it's not as wealthy.
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Level 57
Nov 29, 2017
Didn't even think about botswana
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Level 40
Dec 6, 2017
100% with 9 seconds lefy
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Level 66
Jun 8, 2019
I learned this week (from jetpunk) that Dublin lies on the rover Liffey ;)
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Level 85
Jan 22, 2018
I think Uruguay passed Argentina on the list but you didn't change their ranks.
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Level ∞
Jan 23, 2018
Fixed
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Level 72
Jan 23, 2018
Five of the six continents are fairly get-able with a little logic, but Africa threw me totally. I got one of the five and that was purely from random guesses.
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Level 75
Jan 28, 2018
Well, you can get Africa with logic too. Maybe you just don't know as much about Africa.
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Level 72
Aug 9, 2018
You think Africa is gettable too? Really? I've not heard any of those countries described as being particularly well off, bar possibly the second answer.
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Level 82
May 8, 2019
Yeah it's gettable: Gabon and Equatorial Guinea have oil, Mauritius and Seychelles have tropical tourism and Botswana has diamonds, all combined with small population unlike others in/near top10: Algeria, Nigeria or Angola for oil (+war in Libya), Tunisia, Morocco and Egypt for tourism, South Africa for diamonds and gold.

Cape Verde is an option as small and touristy, Namibia has natural resources and small population, but other than that there are not many good options left.

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Level 70
Nov 11, 2020
Mauritius is also high because of its tech industry as well as agriculture. They are one of the main vanilla producers in Africa.
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Level 35
Jan 27, 2018
I always forget Brunei on all these quizzes!!!
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Level 59
Feb 22, 2018
Took me two minutes just to type out "equatorial guinea"
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Level 59
Feb 22, 2018
There goes another two minutes.
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Level 89
Aug 9, 2018
Equatorial Gui. Aw, crap. Time's up.
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Level 66
Jun 8, 2019
hahah somehow that really made me laugh
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Level 38
Mar 6, 2018
missed Mauritius,Botswana & Ireland
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Level 72
Mar 6, 2018
29/30

missed only Bostwana.

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Level 88
Mar 6, 2018
Never thought Ireland would score higher than Switzerland
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Level 65
Mar 6, 2018
Didn't expect the richest South American countries to be the poorest of all the continents
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Level 82
Mar 6, 2018
It's the opposite on the Five Poorest Countries by Continent quiz. The 5 poorest in South America are the richest amongst the poorest from all the other continents.

There aren't that many countries in South America and they all tend to hover around the middle in terms of income. None that are exceptionally wealthy and none that are exceptionally poor.

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Level 43
May 8, 2020
Did you talk about poverty? It is with Brazil. Violence, inequality, misery, sadness, slums, people turning into fagots, carnival and everything! It sucks even this Brazil...
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Level 43
May 8, 2020
Unfortunately
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Level 82
May 8, 2020
What's wrong with Carnival? And "people turning into faggots?" Really? This is an effect of poverty, now?

Anyway Brazil is not exceptionally wealthy but it's also far from being as poor as places like Afghansitan, Haiti, or Uganda.

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Level 43
May 9, 2020
For me, everything is wrong. From poverty it turns into misery in my opinion. It's okay if you don't agree with me, but if God made you a man, you shouldn't be a woman, right (setting an example)? Brazil's carnival also does that. Afghanistan is only poor because of the civil wars between the Middle East and West Asia (if I'm wrong, please correct me). Haiti is really sad, many come to Brazil too. Natural disasters are horrible when they pass through there. Uganda, too. It is in Africa, it has a low HDI and GDP should be even lower. I do not judge for being in Africa, because it also has good points. The biggest of them must be the Seychelles, which has a very high HDI, even higher than Brazil, and we have just seen that GDP is among the largest in Africa, if not the largest.
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Level 82
May 9, 2020
You're wrong. About the effects of poverty, the source of poverty in Afghanistan, and several other things. But you asked to be corrected, so, there you go.
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Level 43
May 9, 2020
Hmm, right. I'm a child so I won't know so many things. Thank you
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Level 71
Mar 6, 2018
So I guess Monaco must've fairly recently overtaken Qatar as it had the highest GDP for a while.
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Level 37
Mar 6, 2018
That's thanks to the multi-millionaires escaping to Monaco to avoid paying taxes in their own countries.
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Level 66
Jun 8, 2019
but thats not a recent thing
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Level 76
Mar 8, 2018
What about the Vatican? The Catholic Church must be one of the richest organisations in the world. But maybe that doesn't count as per capita income
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Level 89
Aug 9, 2018
They blow every island nation tax hole out of the water.
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Level 40
Mar 12, 2022
Delusional person believes that the Catholic Church is relevant money-wise with the likes of the oil industry
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Level 20
Mar 23, 2018
Africa really surprised me on this one. I was expecting Nigeria or South Africa to be on there at least.
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Level 89
Aug 9, 2018
I'm pretty sure Tupelo, Mississippi has more total money than Lagos.
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Level 48
Mar 24, 2019
Lots of foreign powers and corporations make money from Nigeria. Nigerians don't get squat.
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Level 45
Oct 20, 2018
Great quiz, Quizzer6794! I like this series, keep it up!
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Level 41
Feb 10, 2019
Never thought Monaco is that rich
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Level 70
Aug 6, 2020
Monaco is a tax evasion heaven. I live close to it and I can tell you it's a really weird place with 5 star hotel skyscrapers populated by Russian millionaires.
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Level 36
Feb 21, 2019
29/30 I forgot Canada *facepalm*
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Level 48
Mar 24, 2019
USA! We're ahead of Canada! #1 again!
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Level 71
May 12, 2019
Good to see that Australia is treated as an Island and part of Oceania the Continent instead of a Continent in itself (otherwise the five richest countries would all be Australia)
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Level 67
Jun 8, 2019
Tax havens! These stats don't tell much about the quality of life for ordinary citizens of these countries.
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Level 66
Jun 8, 2019
If you look quickly it seemed like you wrote Thank heavens! Instead of tax havens.
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Level 61
Jul 25, 2019
effectively, the smaller you are, the richer you are. damn it, short people!!!
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Level 70
Aug 3, 2019
26/30! I've beated the average score by 7!
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Level 24
Oct 24, 2019
Ireland wtf
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Level 82
Feb 3, 2020
they got that lucky charms money
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Level 66
Feb 4, 2020
Lots of pots of gold to be found, just follow the rainbow (but beware of the leprechauns.. )
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Level 43
May 8, 2020
Hahahahahahah
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Level 47
Feb 6, 2020
Ireland, Luxembourg, Monaco and Liechtenstein don't belong on this list. The reason they are on the list, is that huge amounts of capital rest in their banks, for the "chosen few".

Norway is the richest country in Europe measured by wealth per capita according to the World Bank, see this in many ways very interesting report; https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/29001/9781464810466.pdf

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Level 82
Feb 24, 2020
The richest in Africa is a long way short of making the lists for Europe and Asia. That says something about how divided the world is on wealth.
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Level 57
Dec 4, 2020
Astute observation.
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Level 27
Apr 4, 2020
trinidad and tobago is in south americaaaaaa
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Level 43
May 8, 2020
Its territory is formed by two main islands (Trinidad and Tobago) and several islets. Although the islands are a geological extension of South America (northeast of Venezuela), the country belongs to Central America.
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Level 66
May 13, 2020
why has this not been debated with an intensity that at least comes close to cyprus? Nobody cares? Come people, a point to argue about.. free of charge!
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Level 43
May 23, 2020
I don't understand you. Cyprus is one of the great islands of the Mediterranean Sea (along with Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica and Crete), the most eastern of all, located between the southern coast of Anatolia and the Mediterranean coast of the Middle East. Geographically, it belongs to Asia, although culturally it is a mixture of European and Asian elements, with Europeans predominating, given its Greek past and the current two thirds of the population of Greek origin.
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Level 34
May 8, 2020
Africa was the hardest to figure out. Asia was the easiest.
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Level 43
May 8, 2020
I as a Brazilian would never imagine seeing Suriname on the list!
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Level 78
Nov 4, 2020
It's the per capita comparisons that skew the data and therefore the orders of so-called "richness".
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Level 82
May 2, 2021
"PPP" is the most obvious culprit and should *never* be used when comparing the relative size of different countries' economies. But also I think the data here is based on GDP... the "income" of the entire country... not income as most people usually think of it which is the paycheck people are taking home. Often, having a high per capita GDP equates to having a wealthy populace; but not always. For that you might want to look at average wages or average wealth among citizens... and, depending on how you calculate the above, sometimes using PPP for that actually would make some sense. Some. Not a lot. It really only makes *good* sense when you are looking at things like the average wages of poor people or hourly minimum wage. Really falls apart when looking at the entire wealth of a nation and then comparing it to other nations.
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Level 39
Feb 19, 2021
Africa is hard.
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Level 56
Mar 19, 2021
I was confused why none of the more well known countries weren't on there, then I read the 'per capita'.
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Level 68
May 2, 2021
30/30 with... 1 second left. Feeling great! Numbers 4 and 5 for Africa/Europe were tough!
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Level 67
Aug 29, 2021
Nice
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Level 57
Jul 23, 2021
Hard.
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Level 67
Aug 29, 2021
Missed Mauritius and Palau
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Level 76
Dec 22, 2021
Can't believe I went 5/5 on Oceania...complete guesses after the first two.
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Level ∞
Apr 19, 2022
Guyana hit a gusher! Think $38,000 is high? It's projected to increase to over $65,000 by 2027. Could be even more if oil continues to run.
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Level 67
Apr 19, 2022
It is a surprise to me...
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Level 79
Apr 19, 2022
Botswana for the last one with 4 seconds to spare!
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Level 62
May 13, 2022
I feel like the income of ireland rises with 20k a year
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Level 27
May 13, 2022
70%... interesting quiz. plus, i learned something new.
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Level 40
May 13, 2022
I'm sorry, I have a hard time comprehending the fact that Guyana is the richest South American Country. <----(I'm having a hard time buying the veracity, of that claim.)
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Level 53
May 14, 2022
Wasn't expecting Libya to be on there lol.

Seems that they are doing pretty well for themselves regarding what just recently happened there.

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Level 60
May 15, 2022
Haha I tried all the small African countries, but I moved on after getting 4. When I came back with 29/30 answers, I braced myself for a long ordeal of spamming African countries. I started with the Southern area (I had already tried S. Africa, Eswatini, and Lesotho) so I typed in Botswana... not such a long ordeal after all
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Level 27
May 17, 2022
Where is Norway?
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Level 14
Apr 28, 2023
how the hell is monaco the richest country in the world?
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Level 63
May 8, 2023
..you do know that more than a third of Monacan citizens are millionaires, right?
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Level 63
May 8, 2023
According to the IMF, Guyana is expected to be the EIGHTH richest country in the world in 2024, and FIFTH in 2028.
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Level 53
Jun 28, 2023
Nauru made it both in the top five richest AND poorest in Oceania.