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Article: THE HFN LIST; THE TOP 15 ECONOMIES BY GDP PER CAPITA.(gross domestic product)
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- HFN The Weekly Newspaper for the Home Furnishing Network
- Article date:
- September 8, 2003
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Country/Gross Domestic Product Per capita Economic Status
1) Luxembourg $35,106
This small nation has the richest economy in the world, as measured by gross domestic product per capita. It owes its wealth in large part to its status as Europe's principal center for mutual funds, and as a major player in banking and insurance. Nearly 200 banks, about 90 percent of which are owned outside of Belgium and Luxembourg, have operations in the country, a number that has increased by more than 70 percent in the past 20 years.
United States $32,042
2) The world's largest economy, still unable to pull itself fully out of a recession that began in ...