Urbanforbes' Country by Country Scorecard
United States Canada France Germany Italy United Kingdom Sweden
G.D.P. (billions of US$) $10.99T $958.7B $1.661T $2.271T $1.55T $1.666T $238.3B
Per capita GDP $37,800 $29,800 $27,600 $27,600 $26,700 $27,700 $26,800
Unemployment 6% 7.8% 9.7% 10.5% 8.6% 5% 4.9%
Poverty 12% NA 6.5% NA NA 17% NA
Public Debt (% of GDP) 62.4% 77% 68.8% 64.2% 106.4% 51% 51.8%
Foreign Reserves and Gold $85.94 B $36.27B $70.76B $96.84 B $102.3B $46.05B $19.99B
External Debt $1.4 T (2001) $1.9B NA NA $101.7B NA  
Fed Govt Expenditures (% of GDP) (1) 19.6% 36% 57% 51.6% 45% 45% 74.2%
Income or Consumption by Richest 10% (1) 30.5% 23.8% 25.1% 25.1% 26.6% 27.7% 20.1%
Income or Consumption of Poorest 10% (1) 1.8% 2.8% 2.8% 3.6% 2.1% 2.3% 3.7%
Gini Index (2) 40.8 31.5 32.7 38.2 36 36 25

 

United States South Korea Taiwan Japan Thailand Iran
G.D.P. (billions of US$) $10.99T $857B $528.6B $3.582T $545.8B $552.8B
Per capita GDP $37,800 $17,800 $23,400 $28,200 $8,300 $8,100
Unemployment 6% 3.4% 5% 5.3% 1.4% 11.4%
Poverty 12% 4% 1% NA 10% 40%
Public Debt (% of GDP) 62.4% 13.8% 30.5% 154.6% 35.9% 27.5%
Foreign Reserves and Gold $85.94B $155.4B $207B $664 B $51.9B $40B
External Debt $1.4T (2001) $130.3B $53.44B NA   $16B
Fed Govt Expenditures (% of GDP)(1) 19.6% 15% 13% 46%    
Income or Consumption by Richest 10% 30.5% 22.55% 41.1% 21.7%    
Income or Consumption of Poorest 10% 1.8% 2.9% 6.7% 4.8%    
Investment (% of GDP)           30.5%
Gini Index (2) 40.8 31.6   24.9 43.2 43

 

United States China India Indonesia Brazil
G.D.P. (billions of US$) $10.99T $7.262 T #3.319T $901.7B $1.375T
Per capita GDP $37,800 $5,600 $3,100 $3,700 $7,600
Unemployment 6% 10.1% 9.2% 10.9% 12.3%
Poverty 12% 10% 25% 16.7% 22%
Public Debt (% of GDP) 62.4% 31.4% 59% 52.6% 58.5%
Foreign Reserves and Gold $85.94B $609.9B $126B $34.7b $49.3B
External Debt $1.4T (2001) $197.8B $117.2B $131B $214.9B
Fed Govt Expenditures (% of GDP)(1) 19.6%       12.5%
Income or Consumption by Richest 10% 30.5%   33.5%   48%
Income or Consumption of Poorest 10% 1.8%   3.5%   .7%
Gini Index (2) 40.8 40.3 37.8 30.3 60.7

 

United States
Mexico
 Argentina
Costa Rica
Peru
 Chile
Venezuela
        
G.D.P. (billions of US$) $10.99T $1.068T $435.5B $39.87B $146B $154.7B $164.1B        
Per capita GDP $37,800 $10,100 $11,200 $9,600 $5,100 $9,900 $6,500        
Unemployment 6% 3.6% (25% underemployment) 17.3% 6.6% 9.7% 8.5% 12.3%        
Poverty 12% 40% 51.7% 18% 54% 20.6% 47%        
Public Debt (% of GDP) 62.4% 39.1% 65.7%   49.2% 14% 32%        
Foreign Reserves and Gold $85.94B $59.02B $14.16B   $10.24B $15.84B $30.74B        
External Debt $1.4T (2001) $159.8B $145.6   $29.95B $43.15B $39.79B        
Fed Govt Expenditures (% of GDP)(1) 19.6%                    
Income or Consumption by Richest 10% 30.5% 35.6%     35.4% (1996) 41%          
Income or Consumption of Poorest 10% 1.8% 1.6%     1.6% 3.7%          
Investment (% of GDP)             23.8%        
Gini Index (2) 40.8 51.9                  

Notes:

  1. Since federal expenditures are based upon exchange rate conversions and GDP based upon purchasing price parity, these percentages may be meaningless.
  2. Gini Index measures the extent to which the distribution of income (or consumption) among individuals or households within a country deviates from a perfectly equal distribution. A value of 0 is perfect equality. A value of 100 is perfect inequality. Most of the values are from 2000 earlier.

Sources:

All statistics are from the CIA Factbook except the Gini Index which is from the Human Development Reports.