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But as a measure of wealth in absolute terms, having $50,000 in your bank account is the same no matter where you live in Kansas or Calcutta (Kolkata).
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Unless you extrapolate that into a billion, and then take this (possibility) into account, in which case, it isn't:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billion
The term billion in the US refers to 'one thousand million', whereas, pretty much everywhere else on the globe, it is taken to mean 'one million million', which is a rather significantly larger figure. Now whether or not that is how the above OP calculations were made, I do not know, but if it was a direct comparison of all the nations own reported figures for their GP, it does mean that there could be a rather obvious thing that has been overlooked by the original calculator of the map if he or she was in the US. Not saying that's the case, but it would not be the first time such a mistake has been made.
Chock