2006-09-04 17:21:15 · 14 answers · asked by D 2 1 in Social Science ➔ Economics
Top 3 would be: 1. United States of America 2. Japan
3. Germany
To comment on the previous answer focusing on the debt: Yes it is true - You shouldn't buy into what the B.S. Media puts out there. Also - yes there is a large debt - but really - what does that mean anyways? The real way to be able to see for yourself is to actually go to those countries and see how people are living and how things are. The debt is meaningless because, like the media, it is hard to tell what is behind all of that. Even with a debt like that (being so much) The U.S. is obviously the most power-full. That has a lot to do with it being the richest country. For instance look at Saudi Arabia - said to be one of the U.S.'s money resource - but if you go there you will find that the people are living so poor. Sure the people in the government there are filthy rich but that is less then 1% of 1% of the population. Germany, in 3rd place, have a power resource issue. Japan, in second, has people living in every crack all on top of each other. But in the U.S. everyone is driving Hummers and other SUVs' leaving the lights and t.v.s' on in their over sized homes like it doesn't matter. That should be an obvious clue to which country is the richest.
2006-09-04 17:49:49 · answer #1 · answered by threeeyedshadow 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hi D 2
You will be told by the news media, goverment and others that the United States is the richiest nation in the world. However the federal Goverment owes $8, 499, 867, 894,780.00 Your share toward payoff is $28,463,26 The goverment is borrowing about 5 million a minute. The citizens of this nation owe 40 plus trillion The goverment and the citizens for the most part make loans from Japan and China. I can't tell you who is the richest nation. I sure can't believe it is the one that owes the most. Go on line to: the national debt clock and view for yourself.
What is your thought?
2006-09-05 00:41:55 · answer #2 · answered by popeye 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rank Country GDP
per capita
1 Luxembourg 75,130
2 Norway 64,268
3 Iceland 53,472
4 Switzerland 50,524
5 Ireland 48,351
6 Denmark 48,000
7 Qatar 47,519
8 United States 42,101
9 Sweden 39,658
10 Netherlands 38,333
11 Austria 37,528
12 Finland 37,014
13 United Kingdom 36,599
14 Japan 35,787
15 Belgium 35,750
16 Canada 35,064
17 Australia 34,714
18 Germany 33,922
19 France 33,734
20 Italy 30,450
Rank Country GDP (millions of USD)
— World 44,433,002
— European Union 13,446,050
1 United States 12,485,725
2 Japan 4,571,314
3 Germany 2,797,343
4 People's Republic of China 1 2,224,811
5 United Kingdom 2,201,473
6 France 2,105,864
7 Italy 1,766,160
8 Canada 1,130,208
9 Spain 1,126,565
10 South Korea 793,070
2006-09-05 02:21:17 · answer #3 · answered by Eric Inri 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Saudi Arabia
2006-09-05 00:23:11 · answer #4 · answered by Fleur de Lis 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Depends on how you measure wealth. By sheer size of the economy, the U.S. is still the richest. By per capita income, the richest country in the world is tiny Luxembourg.
2006-09-05 00:24:33 · answer #5 · answered by NC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bahrain
2006-09-05 00:41:32 · answer #6 · answered by lulu 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Gross Domestic Happiness, Bhutan.
2006-09-05 00:27:04 · answer #7 · answered by Billy J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought it was America...United States of America.
2006-09-05 00:26:41 · answer #8 · answered by makeitclap23 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
usa
2006-09-05 00:26:38 · answer #9 · answered by panchobarronr 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
U.A.E.
United Arab Emirates
2006-09-05 00:46:29 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋