How do economists determine the richest countries in the world? Do they add up the average annual wage and bank account value of every citizen? Do they calculate the market value of every home ...

Here is the list of top 10 richest countries in world by GDP per capita ranking 2025.

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GDP per capita is one of the most critical factors in determining the economic health of a country. It simply means dividing a country's total GDP by its population, thereby showing the average ...

A comparison of developed countries in the First World, the rich industrialized countries of the world, and developing countries in the Third World, with low average incomes, is shown in Figure 1. Can ...

Egypt, with vast swaths of desert in its east and west and the rich Nile River Valley at its heart, is site to one of the world’s earliest and greatest civilizations. Its location at the ...

How do rich countries exploit poor countries? Rich nations do utilize more resources in their own territories, however, they are also exploiting resources outside their borders as raw materials for ...

Angola is the second largest oil producer in sub-Saharan Africa and one of the continent’s richest countries. Yet more children under the age of five die there than in most places in the world.­ Most ...

Rich countries are hoarding doses of Covid vaccines and people living in poor countries are set to miss out, a coalition of campaigning bodies warns. The People's Vaccine Alliance says nearly 70 ...

Editor’s note: Data was sourced from Visual Capitalist and is accurate as of Dec. 4, 2024.