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208    CHAPTER 7                Global Stratification


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          FIGURE 7.3         Global Stratification: Income  of the World’s Nations




        The Most Industrialized Nations
                                                                                                     12
                        Income per
            Nation       Person                             11
          1  Luxembourg  $80,700
          2  Singapore   $60,900
          3  Norway      $55,300
          4  Hong Kong   $50,700
          5  United States  $49,800
          6  Switzerland  $45,300                          5
          7  Austria     $42,500
          8  Australia   $42,400
          9  Netherlands  $42,300
         10  Sweden      $41,700
         11  Canada      $41,500                       44
         12  Iceland     $39,400                                      132
         13  Germany     $39,100                               71  52   67
         14  Taiwan      $38,500                            90  95  68
         15  Belgium     $38,100                             76  103        34
         16  Denmark     $37,700
         17  United Kingdom  $36,700                           49  58     47  74
         18  Finland     $36,500                                     62        60
         19  Japan       $36,200
         20  France      $35,500                                   69
         21  Korea, South  $32,400
         22  Israel      $32,200
         23  Italy       $30,100                                     64          50
         24  New Zealand  $28,800
         25  Slovenia    $28,600                                          92
         26  Czech Republic  $27,200
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          The Industrializing Nations
                        Income per                                          37  57
            Nation       Person
         27  Ireland     $41,700
         28  Spain       $30,400
         29  Greece      $25,100
         30  Slovakia    $24,300
         31  Portugal    $23,000
         32  Estonia     $21,200
         33  Poland      $21,000
         34  Trinidad    $20,400
         35  Lithuania   $20,100                                      The Least Industrialized Nations
         36  Chile       $18,400                                       Income per             Income per
         37  Argentina   $18,200                              Nation     Person       Nation    Person
         38  Croatia     $18,100
         39  Latvia      $18,100                           54   Botswana  $16,800  71   Belize  $8,400
         40  Russia      $17,700                           55   Belarus  $16,000   72   Bosnia  $8,300
         41  Gabon       $17,300                           56   Lebanon  $15,900   73   Albania  $8,000
         42  Malaysia    $16,900                           57   Uruguay  $15,800   74   Guyana  $8,000
         43  Mauritius   $15,600                           58   Panama  $15,300    75   Namibia  $7,800
         44  Mexico      $15,300                           59   Kazakhstan  $13,900  76   El Salvador  $7,700
         45  Turkey      $15,000                           60   Suriname  $12,300  77   Ukraine  $7,600
         46  Bulgaria    $14,200                           61   Azerbaijan  $10,700  78   Algeria  $7,500
         47  Venezuela   $13,200                           62   Colombia  $10,700  79   Egypt   $6,600
         48  Romania     $12,800                           63   Macedonia  $10,700  80   Bhutan  $6,500
         49  Costa Rica  $12,600                           64   Peru    $10,700    81   Angola  $6,200
         50  Brazil      $12,000                           65   Thailand  $10,000  82   Paraguay  $6,100
         51  South Africa  $11,300                         66   Tunisia    $9,700  83   Sri Lanka  $6,100
         52  Cuba          $9,900                          67   Dominican          84   Jordan  $6,000
         53  China         $9,100                                 Republic    $9,600   85   Georgia  $5,900
                                                           68   Jamaica    $9,100  86   Armenia  $5,600
                                                           69   Ecuador    $8,800  87   Mongolia  $5,400
                                                           70   Turkmenistan    $8,500  88   Morocco  $5,300
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