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Why not do it by gdp pr capita?
by chvid 8y ago
Why not do it by gdp pr capita?
- ju-st 8y agoor PPP https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)
- dibstern 8y agoTotals are interesting. It tells you about things like the US’s power in international trade, reminds is how big the US market is, why people focus on it, etc. It doesn’t mean GDP per capita isn’t interesting either, but they’re different lenses used to view different things.
- lumberjack 8y agoNominal is better if you want to compare the economic might of countries, which is what this is presumably doing.