For reference here's the 1999 through the end of 2017 GDP per capita figures and relevant chart, with the US (and $USD) as a baseline, and I've included some ot

For reference here's the 1999 through the end of 2017 GDP per capita figures and relevant chart, with the US (and $USD) as a baseline, and I've included some other side countries below. The biggest gains: China, Russia, Romania, the Baltics, Czech, Slovakia, Poland The worst: Japan, Greece, Italy, France https://i.imgur.com/uLfuhXA.png https://i.imgur.com/uLfuhXA.png Lithuania $3,113 -> $16,680 (436%) | Latvia $3,151 -> $15,594 (395%) | Estonia $4,119 -> $19,704 (378%) | Slovakia $5,636 -> $17,604 (212%) | Ireland $26,284 -> $69,330 (164%) | Slovenia $11,442 -> $23,597 (106%) | Spain $15,678 -> $28,156 (80%) | Finland $26,178 -> $45,703 (75%) | Austria $27,174 -> $47,290 (74%) | Netherlands $27,951 -> $48,223 (73%) | United States $34,620 -> $59,531 (72%) | Belgium $25,444 -> $43,323 (70%) | Portugal $12,474 -> $21,136 (69%) | Germany $26,795 -> $44,469 (66%) | France $24,673 -> $38,476 (56%) | Italy $21,936 -> $31,952 (46%) | Greece $13,245 -> $18,613 (41%) China $873 -> $8,826 (911%) | Russia $1,330 -> $10,743 (708%) | Romania $1,610 -> $10,813 (572%) | Czech $6,307 -> $20,368 (223%) | Poland $4,389 -> $13,811 (215%) | South Korea $10,409 -> $29,742 (186%) | New Zealand $15,322 -> $42,940 (180%) | Australia $20,521 -> $53,799 (162%) | Canada $22,167 -> $45,032 (103%) | Switzerland $40,581 -> $80,189 (98%) | Sweden $30,577 -> $53,442 (75%) | Denmark $33,440 -> $56,307 (68%) | Japan $36,026 -> $38,428 (6.6%)