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This article is from the soc.culture.australian FAQ, by Stephen Wales with numerous contributions by others.

8.8.1 Economic Information: Comparative GDP etc [TvR]

Some time ago there was a debate on s.c.a about GDP at purchasing
power per head expressed in US $ ... the Economist has compiled a
list in its christmas issue . to set the records straight a lot of
countries that would be high on the list Norway, Denmark, Netherlands,
Belgium are not included in the sample.. here are some of the data.

            GDP per  Pollution Cars Second Doctors Murders
            head at  CO2 per   per  school  per      per
            $PPP     head      1000 rate % 100.000 100.000
            1991
   
USA         22300     19.7     589   92      238     13.3
Switzerland 21780      5.9     447   85      159      1.4
Germany     19770     10.5     490   97      270      1.0
Japan       19390      8.5     285   96      164      0.7
Canada      19320     17.3     473   99      222      2.5
Hong-Kong   18520      7.0      29   90       93      1.7
France      18430      6.4     418   99      286      1.3
Sweden      17490      7.0     419   91      270      1.7
Italy       17040      6.8     459   79      476      3.6
Australia   16680     15.5     435   83      229      2.7
Britain     16340      9.9     403   84      164      1.0
New Zealand 13970      7.8     455   89      174      3.4
Spain       12670      5.2     308   90      357      1.2

 

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