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 |