List of countries by GPD per capita (nominal) according to United Nations

**Deneb** · 02-15-2019, 08:03 AM

2017 data. Top 30. What do you think?

**Dna8** · 02-15-2019, 08:07 AM

First three are as expected.

Re: NZ (NZ is ridiculously expensive)

**Deneb** · 02-15-2019, 02:27 PM

I find the great gap between Ireland and the United Kingdom quite astonishing.

**Dna8** · 02-15-2019, 09:29 PM

Originally Posted by Artabro

I find the great gap between Ireland and the United Kingdom astonishing.

I thought the Irish economy had stagnated recently.

**Grace O'Malley** · 02-16-2019, 02:23 AM

Originally Posted by Dna8

I thought the Irish economy had stagnated recently.

Irish economy is great but they are worried about the effects of Brexit.

https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/pre...08643-Dec2018/

**Dna8** · 02-16-2019, 03:02 AM

Originally Posted by Grace O'Malley

Irish economy is great but they are worried about the effects of Brexit.

https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/pre...08643-Dec2018/

Good to hear (hopefully Brexit is accommodated well enough)

**Not a Cop** · 02-16-2019, 03:36 AM

Originally Posted by Artabro

I find the great gap between Ireland and the United Kingdom astonishing.

While Ireland is doing great, their GDP does not reflect the real situation as it's mostly boosted by large amounts of tax evaders. It doesn't reach the level of wages in Denmark f.e.

**Grace O'Malley** · 02-16-2019, 03:58 AM

Originally Posted by Not a Cop

While Ireland is doing great, their GDP does not reflect the real situation as it's mostly boosted by large amounts of tax evaders. It doesn't reach the level of wages in Denmark f.e.

Are you meaning companies like Google?

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/...-tax-1.3708123

Also Apple.

Ireland’s government has fully recovered more than €14bn (£12.4bn) in disputed taxes and interest from Apple, which it will hold in an escrow fund pending its appeal against a European Union tax ruling.

The European commission ruled in August 2016 that Apple had received unfair tax incentives from the Irish government. Both Apple and Dublin are appealing against the original ruling, saying the iPhone maker’s tax treatment was in line with Irish and EU law.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...xes-from-apple