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GDP divided by # of people doesn't accurately reflect quality of life... Especially when a good portion of GDP is derived from resources, and not necessarily s
by Mikeb85 11y ago
GDP divided by # of people doesn't accurately reflect quality of life... Especially when a good portion of GDP is derived from resources, and not necessarily spread to the population.
There's plenty of indexes that offer better insight.
http://www.numbeo.com/quality-of-life/rankings_by_country.jsp http://www.numbeo.com/quality-of-life/rankings_by_country.js...
https://www.economist.com/media/pdf/QUALITY_OF_LIFE.pdf https://www.economist.com/media/pdf/QUALITY_OF_LIFE.pdf
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/11/04/these-countries-have-the-best-quality-of-life_n_8470292.html http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/11/04/these-countries-h...
Even indexes that do rate the US highly, generally weight income highly. In life expectancy, health, education, and metrics which don't take into account income, the US doesn't do great.