Richest Countries

[jazz]

If oil counted, Venezuelan and Saudi would make the cut most likely. There are quite a few gaps and missing countries IMO.

You cant have a bunch of oil and destroyed society like Venezuela and expect to to make that list. Same with Saudi, mostly a single export country. Norway produces a lot of oil, but they dont have a lot of oil like Canada.

The oil sands are a proven resource, no guessing whats going on a couple miles down. Everything is 50 m from the surface. Same with a resource like Potash. Other resources like uranium, forests, farmland, water, hydro, a functioning equities market etc. Look at the infrastructure we have linking what we do. Look at the highways and grid roads we have. What is CP and CN worth in todays dollars?

Net worth can be tied to inflation as well.

[shtferbrains]

Where did you get the list and what do the numbers represent?

Has nothing to do with GDP PPP.

[jazz]

Where did you get the list and what do the numbers represent?

Has nothing to do with GDP PPP.

Not related to GDP PPP simply a net worth snap shot.

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/all-of-the-worlds-wealth-in-one-visualization/

National net wealth, also known as national net worth, is the total sum of the value of a nation's assets minus its liabilities. It refers to the total value of net wealth possessed by the citizens of a nation at a set point in time. This figure is an important indicator of a nation's ability to take on debt and sustain spending and is influenced not only by real estate prices, equity market prices, exchange rates, liabilities and incidence in a country of the adult population, but also human resources, natural resources and capital and technological advancements, which may create new assets or render others worthless in the future.