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International Business Strategy

US magazine Forbes compiled a new list of world’s richest countries and Qatar has been ranked in the first place. To do that Forbes looked at GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power for 182 nations. It used IMF data from 2010.   

Thanks to a rebound in oil prices and its abundant natural gas reserve the gulf emirate of 1.7 million people topped the list as the world’s richest country with a per capita GDP of more than $ 88.000 (for 2010).

Then in the list we find:

- Luxembourg          ($ 81,466)

- Singapore             ($ 56,694)

- Norway                 ($ 51,959)

- Brunei                   ($ 48,333)

- UAE                       ($ 47,439)

- USA                       ($ 46,860)

- Hong Kong            ($ 45,944)

- Switzerland           ($ 41,950)

- Netherlands          ($ 40,973)