Below are the list of Top 30 Richest Countries By GDP-PPP 2017 as released by The Global Finance Magazine.The Global Finance Magazine used a special method to rank these countries.
The factors adopted by GFM to rank these Richest Countries in the world include the Gross Domestic Product (GDP- the total value of goods and services produced by the nation) and the Purchasing Power Parity (PPP- which takes into account cost of living and inflation rates).
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The small countries that dominate the top ten have small populations compared to countries that lead the world purely in terms of GDP — such as the United States, China, or Germany. Check below for full list of Richest Countries By GDP.
List Of Top 30 Richest Countries By GDP-PPP 2017
Note: The GDP per capita listed in this post represents the amount of wealth the country produced in 2016 and is expressed in international dollars.
| S/N | Countries | GDP Per Capita |
| 1 | Qatar | $129,726 |
| 2 | Luxembourg | $101,936 |
| 3 | Macao | $96,147 |
| 4 | Singapore | $87,082 |
| 5 | Brunei | $79,710 |
| 6 | Kuwait | $71,263 |
| 7 | Ireland | $69,374 |
| 8 | Norway | $69,296 |
| 9 | United Arab Emirates | $67,696 |
| 10 | San Marino | $64,443 |
| 11 | Switzerland | $59,375 |
| 12 | Hong Kong | $58,094 |
| 13 | United States | $57,293 |
| 14 | Saudi Arabia | $54,078 |
| 15 | The Netherlands | $50,846 |
| 16 | Bahrain | $50,302 |
| 17 | Sweden | $49,678 |
| 18 | Australia | $48,806 |
| 19 | Germany | $48,189 |
| 20 | Iceland | $48,070 |
| 21 | Austria | $47,856 |
| 22 | Taiwan | $47,790 |
| 23 | Denmark | $46,602 |
| 24 | Canada | $46,239 |
| 25 | Belgium | $44,881 |
| 26 | Oman | $43,737 |
| 27 | United Kingdom | $42,513 |
| 28 | France | $42,384 |
| 29 | Finland | $41,812 |
| 30 | Japan | $38,893 |