The richest country in the world is rich on scenery too.
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.