The top economies in the world can be ranked by many different metrics. On an absolute dollar basis, the United States and China have been battling for some time for the top spot in the global economy, as China inches ever closer. However, since China has such a large population, its gross domestic product per capita dwindles in comparison to the United States and other countries. In fact, you won’t find China anywhere on this GDP-per-capita list of the top 50 economies in the world.
Using data from the International Monetary Fund and the Central Intelligence Agency, GOBankingRates ranked the 50 top economies in the world on the basis of GDP per capita. You might be surprised at some of the results — including which nation was named as the richest country.
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