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So, all non-EU states are poor? And Greeces and Italy are a classic examples of nations making it big under EU cover. GUY, come on.

• dane-pgp 5y ago
  > So, all non-EU states are poor? No, but the ones oppressed by Russia tend to be. > And Greeces and Italy are a classic examples of nations making it big under EU cover. GDP (US$ PPP) per capita (IMF 2021 estimate): Italy 43,376 Greece 30,495 Belarus 20,578 Moldova 13,879 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_%28PPP%29_per_capita https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_%28PP...
  • ejanus 5y ago
    Stack them where they were before entering EU and where they are now.
    • etcet 5y ago
      It looks like 2004 was a good year to join NATO: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.CD?locations=SK-LT-LV-EE-BY-MD https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.CD?location...
  • forum_ghost 5y ago
    Doesn't seem to add up. Seems like more of a global North vs global south divide. 37 Montenegro 21,390 36 Belarus 21,470 35 Bulgaria 25,850 34 Russia 30,430 33 Croatia 31,110 32 Greece 31,820 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_in_Europe_by_GDP_(PPP)_per_capita https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_in_Eu...
    • dane-pgp 5y ago
      > Seems like more of a global North vs global south divide. Which of the countries in your list do you think are in the global north, and which are in the global south?
      • dragonwriter 5y ago
        “global north/global south” has become (as if it ever was not) a completely pointless circumlocution for what it describes as “first world/third world” is.