I am watching La Jornada streaming internet video in Spanish from Central America about the Egyptian people overwhelming the last Pharaoh, Hosni Mubarak. At 82 after 30 years in power, he and his family accumulated $5B – $50B in family wealth and property, in a country where the $GDP/person is $1430. The Egyptian people cheering [...]

Vermont is the state with the smallest GDP, but it is sparsely populated which raises its $GPD/person. Yemen has a population of 22.5 M, Vermont only has 600,000. It’s 34 times better to live in Vermont than Yemen if money is your only yardstick.
Idaho and Sudan have $GDPs of $54.1 B and $54.6 B. With [...]

The Economist recently compared US States to World Countries by equivalent GDP and Population. But what they didn’t show was the relative GDP per person. It is here. Your world understanding could be changed by facts.