It’s really not. I would expect most people to know the majority countries that are the richest per capita
So wait, you are telling me that the richest countries in the world are predominantly located in Western Europe, North America and Australia? I’d never have guessed…
Surprised Japan isn’t one of those top countries.
If only GDP built houses.
The only semi-surprising parts are Italy and South Korea beating out Japan, but I think that’d largely due to PPP being helpful to both and not Japan.
But like most of the other countries in the top ten Ireland is a tax haven. This money is not really generated in the country, but is registered as being generated here so as to avoid paying tax in its country of origin.
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It’s really not. I would expect most people to know the majority countries that are the richest per capita
So wait, you are telling me that the richest countries in the world are predominantly located in Western Europe, North America and Australia? I’d never have guessed…
Surprised Japan isn’t one of those top countries.
If only GDP built houses.
The only semi-surprising parts are Italy and South Korea beating out Japan, but I think that’d largely due to PPP being helpful to both and not Japan.
According to [Wikipedia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)_per_capita) Ireland is number 4 in the world with a GDP of $101,509 (usd) (€99,000) per capita.
But like most of the other countries in the top ten Ireland is a tax haven. This money is not really generated in the country, but is registered as being generated here so as to avoid paying tax in its country of origin.