Making Sense Of The World, One Map At A Time
The map above shows which countries are richer and which are poorer than Kazakhstan’s GDP per capita of $44,446 in PPP $ dollars.
PPP $ dollars measure how far your money goes in a given country rather than official exchange rates.
Here is a list of all countries richer than Kazakhstan based on that measure:
The map above shows the world’s 19 countries with a nominal GDP of over $1 trillion USD including the 13 subnational states/provinces that also have a GDP over that amount in order they are:
And actually, the phenomenon is not limited to the longest day of the year but the weeks leading up it and the weeks after (the map above is actually from June 28th).
Here’s why:
Timeline from the image:
Here are some more facts:
The data comes from Wikipedia which you can see below:
From the article:
The full title reads: THE WORLD According to a Group of AMERICANS who turned out to be unexpectedly good at geography, derailing our attempt to illustrate their country’s attitude toward the rest of the world.
The secret text reads:
While researching my previous post on Is Your Country Richer or Poorer Than Mississippi?, I came across an interesting finding.
Washington DC with a population of 702,250 people and total GDP $185 billion (higher than 15 other states) has by far the highest nominal GDP per capita of any state or district in the United States at $263,220 in 2024.
The map shows which countries (and Canadian provinces) have a higher GDP per capita in nominal terms than Mississippi, the poorest US state with a GDP per capita of $53,061 in 2024.
Here is a full list of countries that made the cut: