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November 6, 2008    DOL Home > OASP > A Chartbook of International Labor Comparisons > Chart 1.1


CHART 1.1

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita, 2005
converted at PPP rates

  • Norway, the United States, and Ireland were the countries with the highest GDP per capita among the 21 economies compared.
  • The other economies showed levels of GDP per capita between 82 percent (Denmark) and 24 percent (Mexico) of the U.S. level.

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Chart of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita, 2005 converted at PPP rates

NOTE: Hong Kong SAR stands for Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China. Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) is the number of foreign currency units required to buy goods and services in a foreign country equivalent to what can be bought with one dollar in the United States.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics and World Bank.


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