AmericanAli said:
You are jealous because your country isn't as rich and strong as the United States. We have the money and the power, and that's all that matters in this world. Stop crying! |
Easy now big guy XD
Overall USA is rich compared to countries with smaller populations. E.g. 5.7 mill people (Denmark) vs. 322.4 mill people (USA).
It's a bit different when we look at GDP per capita. List is from The World Bank and numbers are from 2014.
1 | Luxembourg | 116,664.3 |
2 | Norway | 97,307.4 |
3 | Qatar | 96,732.4 |
4 | Macao SAR, China | 96,038.1 |
5 | Switzerland | 85,594.3 |
6 | Australia | 61,925.5 |
7 | Denmark | 60,707.2 |
8 | Sweden | 58,938.8 |
9 | Singapore | 56,284.6 |
10 | United States | 54,629.5 |
11 | Ireland | 54,374.4 |
12 | Netherlands | 52,172.2 |
13 | Iceland | 52,004.5 |
14 | Austria | 51,190.8 |
15 | Canada | 50,235.4 |
16 | Finland | 49,823.7 |
17 | Germany | 47,821.9 |
18 | Belgium | 47,352.9 |
19 | United Kingdom | 46,332.0 |
20 | New Zealand | 44,342.2 |
21 | United Arab Emirates | 43,962.7 |
22 | Kuwait | 43,593.7 |
23 | France | 42,732.6 |
24 | Brunei Darussalam | 40,979.6 |
25 | Hong Kong SAR, China | 40,169.5 |
26 | Israel | 37,208.0 |
27 | Japan | 36,194.4 |
28 | Italy | 34,908.5 |
29 | Spain | 29,767.4 |
30 | Korea, Rep. | 27,970.5 |
What's the point in talking overall wealth? That doesn't always say much about the circumstances for the individual citizen.
Due to their huge populations China and India are projected to overtake the USA in overall wealth within the next 10 and 50 years, respectively. Will you be praising the overall wealth of those countries as well when that day arrives?
Additionally, Indonesia is projected to overtake Japan by 2050, again because of the huge Indonesian population.