Richest Countries

[jazz]

Something to ponder into the new yr. Little ole Canada and Australia, countries only a few hundred years old and a fraction of the population of other countries including some with 2000+ yrs of history, and our net worth is right there with them.

China and india have 30 times our population and have had endless growth in the past 25 yrs and yet their net worth is only 7.5 times and 1.5 times respectively greater than our net worth. Our net worth exceeds even Russia.

I can only assume this valuation is due abundance of natural resources because we arent tech power houses, or old established societies nor are we seeing the capital influx of someplace like china building massive infrastructure or the US which is a magnet for capital as well.

Per capita;

Switzerland $484,625
HK $408,800
USA $330,187
Australia $288,080
Canada $231,703
Netherlands $218,765
UK $214,045
France $204,910
Japan $198,349
Italy $189,300
Germany $176,627
Taiwan $176,609
Spain $165,362
SK $143,176
China $46,251
Mexico $21,268
Russia $21,194
Brazil $16,675
India $9,141

[malleefarmer]

Spain and italy?

Wonder how they come about the figures.

Yep agree can oz resource rich tapped and untapped and small population

[sumdumguy]

I suspect the reason that commies are targeting The Western World, destroying the very resources that make our standard of living a possibility. If they stop use of coal, oil, uranium in US, the monster nation will be crippled beyond our their wildest dreams. Go Greta.

[Sodbuster]

I’m surprised that Mexico and India made the list. I don’t see Norway, Sweden, Saudi Arabia and probably few more that don’t come to mind right now.

[GDR]

Wow to Switzerland.

Not sure what metrics are used in the calculation and if it's just individual net worth or includes more than that but would be interesting to see if you took the top 1% out if the rest would still rank the same.

[makar]

Thank you gido for getting on that boat.

[sumdumguy]

Goog one, Makar. 😂

[burnt]

Thank you gido for getting on that boat.

Ya, I guess.

That boat took my ancestry out of Switzerland and the Palatinate.

But then the ones that stayed likely ended up getting burned alive, beheaded or drowned.

So, ya, Thank you Great, Great Grandpa. Thank you very, very much!

I wonder though, if we might err in assessing our fortunate place in life by using a material yardstick only.

And by focusing on only that which we see.

Is the New Year going to perhaps shake that perception up a bit?

[SASKFARMER]

Funny if my Grandfather never left Germany way way back would he have fought against my other grandfather in Europe and each could have been taken out.

[Old Cowzilla]

According to history books my clan spent a fare bit of time fighting off Vikings and Englishmen. So who do i have as neighbors now, Icelanders ( ranchers ) dairy farmers ( English ) Huts and Amish ( German- Russian ). Seems we would just miss each other if living apart!