Which is the world's richest country and poorest country?

To rank the world’s richest and poorest countries for 2016, we consider GDP per capita, adjusted for relative purchasing power. read more

The rankings below were published in Wikipedia from International Monetary Fund's 2011 gross domestic product per capita (GDP per capita) report and reflecting the countries with the lowest purchasing power parity (PPP). read more

Qatar ($124,927 GDP per capita), Luxembourg ($109,192 GDP per capita), Singapore ($90,531 per capita), and Brunei ($76,743 per capita) top the list of the world's richest countries. One way of measuring a country's wealth is through its GDP (Gross Domestic Product). read more