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CHART 5.4 |
GDP per capita, 2005 |
- Among the five large emerging economies, the Russian Federation and Brazil had the highest GDP per capita, onequarter to one-fifth of the U.S. level; India and Indonesia had the lowest, at less than one-tenth of the U.S. level.
- China was in the middle of the group, with a GDP per capita at nearly 16 percent of the U.S. level.
NOTE: Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) is the number of foreign currency
units required to buy goods and services in a foreign country equivalent to what
can be
bought with one dollar in the United States.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics and World Bank.
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