This doesn't contradict what I said. The OECD defines "upper-middle-income" countries as 4000$-12,000$. This includes major developing countries such as Russia,

This doesn't contradict what I said. The OECD defines "upper-middle-income" countries as 4000$-12,000$. This includes major developing countries such as Russia, Brazil and China, all of which have far lower incomes than the US or most of Europe. For reference: http://datatopics.worldbank.org/sdgatlas/archive/2017/images/figures-png/WLD-income-map.png http://datatopics.worldbank.org/sdgatlas/archive/2017/images...