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  ALMANAC   Top Ten Lists    Wealthiest Countries

 
 
Wealthiest Countries
The world's wealthiest countries ranked by gross domestic product per capita

1
 Bermuda   $69,900 (2004 est)

 Bermuda is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the North Atlantic Ocean, situated around 640 miles off the coast of the United States. The oldest remaining British overseas territory, it was settled by England a century before the creation of the British state, and two centuries before the United Kingdom.
 

2
 Luxembourg   $65,900 (2005 est)

 The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is a small landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. Luxembourg has a population of under half a million people in an area of about 2,600 square kilometres . Luxembourg is a parliamentary representative democracy with a constitutional monarchy, ruled by a Grand Duke.
 

3
 Equatorial Guinea   $50,200 (2005 est)

 Equatorial Guinea, officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, is a country in West Middle Africa, one of the smallest in continental Africa. It is bordered by Cameroon on the north, Gabon on the south and east, and the Gulf of Guinea on the west, where the islands of So Tom and Prncipe lie to its southwest.
 

4
 United Arab Emirates   $45,200 (2005 est)

 The United Arab Emirates is a Middle Eastern country situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia on the Persian Gulf, comprising seven emirates: Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah, and Umm al-Quwain.
 

5
 Cayman Islands   $43,800 (2004 est)

 The Cayman Islands are an overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the western Caribbean Sea comprising the islands of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac, and Little Cayman. It is known as one of the largest tax havens in the world.
 

6
 Norway   $42,800 (2005 est)

 Insert non-formatted text here Norway is a Nordic country on the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, bordering Sweden, Finland and Russia. Norway has a very elongated shape; the country's extensive coastline along the North Atlantic Ocean is home to its famous fjords.
 

7
 United States   $41,600 (2005 est)

 The United States of America, also known as the United States, the U.S., the U.S.A., and America, is a country in North America. A federal republic, the United States shares land borders with Canada and Mexico, and extends from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.The United States is also in extremely close proximity to Russia via the state of Alaska; separated only by the Bering Strait.
 

8
 Ireland   $41,100 (2005 est)

 Ireland is the third largest island in Europe. It lies in between the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea. Politically it is divided into the Republic of Ireland, a state which covers five-sixths of the island, and Northern Ireland, part of the United Kingdom, which covers the northeastern sixth of the island.
 

9
 Guernsey   $40,000 (2003 est)

 Guatemala's major diplomatic interests are regional security and, increasingly, regional development and economic integration. The Central American Ministers of Trade meet on a regular basis to work on regional approaches to trade issues. In March 1998, Guatemala joined its Central American neighbors in signing a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement .
 

9
 Jersey   $40,000 (2003 est)

 The Bailiwick of Jersey is a British Crown dependency off the coast of Normandy, France. As well as the island of Jersey itself, it also includes the uninhabited islands of the Minquiers and Ecrhous, the Pierres de Lecq and other rocks and reefs. Along with the Bailiwick of Guernsey it forms the grouping known as the Channel Islands.
 
 
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