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Old 20 April 2010, 11:17 AM   #142
rr-nyc
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Originally Posted by CKLinLA View Post
I suspect that the global per capita annual income is a closer to US$800
than $8000. Of the two biggest countries, China is at $3,200 while
India is at $1000. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...al)_per_capita ]
(Its about $45,000 in the USA.)
Less than 1% over $200K is a pretty safe guess.
Thanks but I was citing the PPP (Purchasing Power Parity) method which is the most widely accepted way of comparing per capita incomes by adjusting them for cost of living, etc. This is used by the CIA Factbook
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