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Old 05-29-2014, 03:14 AM  
Antonio
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Once again: World Bank is a reliable source. Wikipedia - is not. Trust to the numbers (GDP per capita is the best measure) but not to politically engaged articles like you posted above.
Yes, GDP per capita, PPP. Wikipedia data is pulled from IMF, World Bank, and CIA. The numbers differ, but paint similar picture.

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All these ranks are bullshit. E.g. the USA is a developed country but there is no free higher education nor free medicine. Don't know about you, but I would prefer to live in my developing country and pay only 6% tax for all, rather than there.
Which is why you use HDI (or even better the HDI adjusted for inequality) to measure the quality of life - it takes into account GDP per capita, education, life expectancy, etc.

And here you are:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...elopment_Index

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P.S. You haven't answered to my question. What's your national origin (the country you were born and got a citizenship in) and where do you live now? Answer to my question please to make it clear. Thank you in advance!
Bulgarian living in Bulgaria
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