The United States is not one of the top five richest countries in the world. Im not sure if we are even in the top ten. Our standard of living is also not in the top ten.
Gross Domestic Product, Billions of Dollars and Year of Survey (Repeated figures are figures from various compilations and sources):
Country | bill$94 | bill$95 | bill$95 | bill$94 | bill$95 | bill$96 | bill$90 | bill$90 |
Algeria | 37 | 38 | 39 | |||||
Argentina | 278 | 285 | 271 | |||||
Australia | 324 | 332 | 342 | 332 | 352 | 373 | 326 | 339 |
Austria | 221 | 226 | 231 | 161 | 166 | 172 | 172 | 176 |
Bangladesh | 27 | 28 | 29 | |||||
Belgium | 262 | 268 | 269 | 208 | 214 | 222 | 204 | 208 |
Brazil | 610 | 626 | 657 | |||||
Bulgaria | 37 | 38 | 38 | |||||
Canada | 517 | 530 | 542 | 594 | 622 | 645 | 598 | 612 |
Chile | 53 | 55 | 59 | |||||
China | 2461 | 2523 | 2759 | |||||
Colombia | 71 | 73 | 76 | |||||
Congo(Kin) | 5 | 5 | 5 | |||||
Croatia | 19 | 20 | 20 | |||||
Cuba | 22 | 23 | 23 | |||||
Czech Rep | 94 | 96 | 101 | 24 | 26 | |||
Denmark | 173 | 178 | 170 | 106 | 112 | 118 | 139 | 142 |
Egypt | 44 | 45 | 46 | |||||
El Salvador | 9 | 9 | 10 | |||||
Ethiopia | 5 | 5 | 5 | |||||
Finland | 121 | 124 | 119 | 83 | 92 | 97 | 125 | 131 |
France | 1452 | 1488 | 1521 | 1116 | 1157 | 1199 | 1234 | 1260 |
Germany | 2079 | 2131 | 2172 | 1608 | 1675 | 1736 | 1750 | 1781 |
Ghana | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||
Greece | 87 | 89 | 91 | 121 | 127 | 134 | 88 | 90 |
Hungary | 64 | 65 | 66 | 31 | 32 | |||
India | 299 | 307 | 326 | |||||
Indonesia | 172 | 177 | 189 | |||||
Iran | 158 | 162 | 158 | |||||
Iraq | NA | NA | NA | |||||
Ireland | NA | NA | NA | 57 | 62 | 69 | 54 | 61 |
Israel | 83 | 85 | 91 | |||||
Italy | 1025 | 1050 | 1082 | 1069 | 1115 | 1148 | 1124 | 1157 |
Japan | 4981 | 5106 | 5153 | 2652 | 2752 | 2925 | 3144 | 3191 |
Kenya | 7 | 7 | 8 | |||||
Korea, N | 21 | 22 | 21 | |||||
Korea, S | 380 | 390 | 425 | 507 | 565 | 619 | 334 | 364 |
Kuwait | 28 | 28 | 30 | |||||
Luxembourg | NA | NA | NA | 12 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 |
Malaysia | 71 | 73 | 81 | |||||
Mexico | 254 | 261 | 237 | 728 | 698 | 751 | 302 | 283 |
Morocco | 33 | 34 | 32 | |||||
Netherlands | 373 | 382 | 391 | 289 | 307 | 325 | 308 | 315 |
New Zealand | 58 | 61 | 64 | 48 | 50 | |||
Nigeria | 94 | 96 | 95 | |||||
Norway | 121 | 124 | 128 | 95 | 99 | 107 | 133 | 138 |
Pakistan | 57 | 59 | 61 | |||||
Peru | 51 | 53 | 57 | |||||
Philippines | 71 | 73 | 77 | |||||
Poland | 188 | 193 | 209 | 61 | 66 | |||
Portugal | 98 | 100 | 103 | 119 | 124 | 130 | 71 | 72 |
Romania | 91 | 93 | 99 | |||||
Russia | 93 | 95 | 76 | |||||
Saudi Arabia | 121 | 124 | 128 | |||||
Serbia-Montenegro | NA | NA | 21 | |||||
Slovakia | 18 | 19 | 19 | |||||
Slovenia | 21 | 22 | 23 | |||||
South Africa | 124 | 127 | 131 | |||||
Spain | 525 | 538 | 554 | 538 | 561 | 587 | 515 | 529 |
Sri Lanka | 12 | 12 | 13 | |||||
Sweden | 207 | 212 | 219 | 155 | 166 | 171 | 226 | 235 |
Switzerland | 302 | 309 | 316 | 170 | 177 | 181 | 226 | 228 |
Syria | 45 | 46 | 50 | |||||
Taiwan | 243 | 249 | 264 | |||||
Tanzania | 4 | 4 | 4 | |||||
Thailand | 147 | 151 | 163 | |||||
Turkey | 153 | 157 | 167 | 320 | 350 | 383 | 165 | 176 |
United Kingdom | 1058 | 1084 | 1110 | 1032 | 1047 | 1096 | 1013 | 1040 |
United States | 6932 | 7106 | 7247 | 6716 | 7030 | 7388 | 6005 | 6147 |
Venezuela | 71 | 73 | 75 |
RANKING, IN ORDER:
Facts are stubborn things, aren't they?
Are you joking? What is your source for that assertion?