The Media Has Neglected Puerto Rico

Re:The Media Has Neglected Puerto Rico by rayiner on Monday October 02, 2017 @09:43PM (#15389448)

Puerto Rico isn’t “poor.” It’s GDP per capita is higher than Spain, and just below Italy.

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Re:The Media Has Neglected Puerto Rico by emodendroket on Monday October 02, 2017 @10:10PM (#15389584)

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)...

According to these sources it also beats South Korea, New Zealand, and Israel, which frankly surprised me a bit.

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Re:The Media Has Neglected Puerto Rico by jpatokal on Monday October 02, 2017 @10:35PM (#15389694)

The PPP ranking reflects local cost of living, which is comparatively low in PR. In nominal terms, it's below NZ and Israel and just ahead of South korea.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nomi...

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Re:The Media Has Neglected Puerto Rico by emodendroket on Monday October 02, 2017 @10:36PM (#15389701)

Well, still, nobody thinks of South Korea as a poor country, right?

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Re:The Media Has Neglected Puerto Rico by rayiner on Monday October 02, 2017 @11:38PM (#15389930)

Also, in nominal GDP per capita, Taiwan is ranked right next to Slovenia. Which doesn't accurately represent the real standard of living in the two places.

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Re:The Media Has Neglected Puerto Rico by philipov on Tuesday October 03, 2017 @09:38AM (#15392292)

Is this number adjusted for cost of living?

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