In the links below are lists of 20 countries with the highest and lowest GDP per Capita (per person) which is determined by dividing a country's GDP by its population to arrive at the GDP per person.

Lowest GDP Per Capita

Highest GDP Per Capita

Earlier we looked at some data that showed that as a country, the United States had the highest GDP of all countries. Why is the United States not first on the list of the 10 countries with the highest GDP?

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The reason that United States is number 8 on the list even though it has the highest GDP is because of its population. The first 5 countries combined do not have a population as great as the United States.Close Pop Up

Below is a list of 3 of the countries with the highest GDP and 3 of the lowest GDP and their populations and percentage of labor forces employed in agriculture. Use this information to answer the question that follows.

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Qatar $101.4 Billion 775,451.3 37,390.73 >1%
Norway $273.1 Billion 3,578,434 1,044,866 4%
United States $14.3 Trillion 239,499,600 56,910,800 0.6%
Zimbabwe $2.2 Billion 4,670,423 8,339,112 66%
Democratic Republic of the Congo $21.3 Billion 18,473,150 39,075,600 39.9%
Ethiopia $76.7 Billion 11,400,960 59,855,040 80%

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