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Originally Posted by Table 5
Yeah, QC sucks, but even overall it's disheartening when you compare it to the US. 2024 GDP per capita in Canada was around $54K USD...hanging down there with the lowest US state, Mississippi ($53K), the poster child for poverty in that country.
This chart is a bit older (2023) but this map shows a decent general comparison between provinces and states. Alberta and Saskatchewan are the only ones that could hang in the top third. Even Ontario barely beats a few bottom feeders.
https://twitter.com/user/status/1831705145857409472
The prosperity gap just seems to be getting worse:
At least we're not Europe? Mississippi has a higher GDP per capita than 4 out of the Top 5 European economies (UK, France, Italy, Spain)...and almost equal with Germany.
https://www.euronews.com/business/20...%20Mississippi. |
Had me curious so I had to look at what the industries are in Mississippi that help them out, as I couldn't think of what they even do there.
Top 5:
1. Hospitals $11.4b
2. New Car Dealers $8.8b
3. Commercial Banking$7.8b
4. Health & Medical Insurance $6.5b
5. Petroleum Refining $6.2b
https://www.ibisworld.com/united-sta...s/mississippi/
Is most of that even generating any real value? How can so many afford new cars?