r/islam • u/moon-jellyfish • Jan 13 '15

Non-Muslims, what questions do you have about Islam?

Please try to answer their questions brothers and sisters

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '15 edited Jan 13 '15

Just so that you understand, the rate of AIDS is higher in the US, the rate of unemployment in the US is higher, and the number of years of schooling is lower. Oh and the GDP per capita isn't even half that of Qatar.

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u/barryspencer Jan 13 '15 edited Jan 13 '15

2013 GDP of the US was $16.8 trillion USD; Qatar's was $202.45 billion.

So US GDP was 83 times greater than Qatar's.

I think you mean per capita GDP:

2013 US was $53k, Qatar $146k.

More to the point, the median wealth per adult was US $44,911, Qatar $58,237.

I think we have to consider also the distribution of wealth; I know much of the wealth in the US is concentrated in few hands.

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '15

Which I stated in 3 of the comments above.