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chica asked in Social ScienceEconomics · 1 decade ago

How come the 'most powerful' country can be not the richest country?

Here's the list I found of the top 10 richest countries:

1. Luxembourg

2. Norway

3. Switzerland

4. United States

5. Denmark

6. Iceland

7. Japan

8. Sweden

9. Ireland

10. United Kingdom

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    it means Gross Domestic Product per capita,or per person...

    so Luxembourg has small population but it make a bunch of money ( in industry, banking...)

  • SDD
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    You're looking at per capita wealth, not total wealth. If you looked at the latter, the US would be at the top of these ten. If you have the single strongest individual arrayed against an army of lesser individuals, what do you think will happen?

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Some are. While others like norway and luxembourg do not use their riches properly, thus they are not as powerful as others.

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