Europe in Perspective
January 12, 2010
Hats off to another fine Blog from Carpe Diem showing Europe's "economic success." It certainly puts it into perspective.
1. Portugal would rank #51 as a U.S. state, below Mississippi in per capita GDP.
2. Italy and Greece as U.S. states would rank between the two poorest U.S. states–West Virginia and Mississippi.
3. If France became a U.S. state it would rank #48 out of 51 by per capita GDP, just barely ahead of America's two poorest states–West Virginia and Mississippi.
4. Belgium, Finland, U.K. Germany and Spain would rank in the bottom 20 percent of U.S. states by per capita GDP, just barely ahead of Arkansas but below Kentucky.
5. Although Netherlands, Sweden and Denmark are among Europe's wealthiest countries, as U.S. states they would be between 14.5 percent and 18 percent below the U.S. average.
Source: Carpe Diem
