Länder mit einem höheren Pro-Kopf-BIP als Alabama, dem viertärmsten Bundesstaat

Extremely common American victory

I like Alabama.

This is indeed important to note within proper context. Alabama indeed generates more wealth than even most western countries. But generating wealth is not the same as median income, nor quality of life. It is a good measure for some aspects of an economy, but an extremely roundabout way to measure prosperity of the people.

Edit: I am calling out the use of GDP numbers by many to try to justify claims of prosperity. I don’t know enough about Alabama’s economy to make specific claims regarding that state

Is this normalized for cost of living ?


New Mexicans seeing this.

Every EU country has a higher life expectancy than Alabama.

When Americans brags its always about thru country’s always boil down to “look how rich our oligarchs are”

Now do a HDI comparison

now do median income

Many of the problems in America is due to the state governments.

Very misleading map, you divided the US into states to display each state’s gdp per capita but didn’t do that for any other country. For Canadian provinces, Alberta and Saskatchewan both have higher GDP per capita than Alabama, and Newfoundland and Labrador is about the same. For the UK, the Isle of Mann and the Channel Islands have higher GDP per capita.

I am amazed it is higher than Germany and Japan

charts like this don’t radicalize americans because they think because their overlords are hoarding the products of their sweat, that they’re somehow wealthy as well

this hsit is so sad to see

although GDP isn’t an accurate representation of wealth production, even still. just so sad

This isn’t apples and apples. Alabamians dont have portable healthcare. They don’t have universal healthcare. They don’t get several weeks of paid vacation per year. Alabama parents don’t split two years of parental leave, per kid. They don’t have unions, for the most part. They don’t have free transit. They don’t have a truly multiparty democracy either. And is this an average? Or the median? Averages mean nothing anymore in an America where 1% of us now own 36% of all wealth. Or where a poor Alabamian is now hundreds of times more likely to get audited than even a rich Alabamian. And look at how dangerous American states are for children. When was the last time Norway or even Nigeria had more than two school shootings in a year? What a joke “statistic”.

GDP per Capita is a flawed parameter because it makes no difference to ordinary folks‘ economic prosperity; use GNI per Capita (PPP) as it provides more accurate reflection of living standards.

in 2024 Alabama’s GNI per Capita was 56.684 (https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/ALPCPI) and if we use World Bank Data on GNI per Capita (PPP) then 36 countries are ahead of it.

I love how GDP is a perfect example of a fallacious measure of wealth, yet Americans are too ignorant to know it. Perfect circle lol.

This makes it look like the average person in Alabama is financially better off than the average person in most other developed countries.

What I’d like to see if the **median** income in Alabama vs. other countries.

I’m not sure the average Alabama resident is better off than, say, the average Swede when it comes to standard of living, healthcare, education and retirement coverage.

I could be wrong but I’m just curious.

People clown it but there’s a lot of engineering work done in Alabama.

I’m surprised Australia is higher than UK.

Most other developed countries spread their wealth more evenly among their people, so the average person is doing much better than GDP per capita might suggest. Fewer super yachts per capita, but that’s a sacrifice they’ve chosen to make.

Now do PPP

Now why is my home being called out?

At a certain point these numbers are just divorced entirely from reality. The value of the dollar alone is doing all lifting, really doubt anywhere in Germany looks anywhere as impovrised and the whole of Alabama.