This is how we rank according to the latest report...I guess this should finally clear some (but not all) things up.

http://beta.finance-on.net/pics/cache_ku/kupna%20moc.1195034563.JPG

***I hope you can read Slovenian;)

So what exactly should this clear up? That consumers have extra money to blow, or that some countries are real cheapskates?

So Slovenia isn't higher than Portugal and Greece?
And why are the Netherlands so low?

This doesn't seem to be a PPP comparison to me

It clears only how little you know about economics.

Well, the report looks to be in Slovenian language so at least you can't attack the guy for a pro-Serb bias or whatever. ;) I definitely don't know much about the economics, but this list appears quite reasonable to me.

Well, the report looks to be in Slovenian language so at least you can't attack the guy for a pro-Serb bias or whatever. ;) I definitely don't know much about the economics, but this list appears quite reasonable to me.

How can you talk about purchasing power when the numbers are not adjusting for purchasing power parity (PPP). This is like comparing oranges with apples.

The fact that the source is Slovenian has nothing to do with it, rather it is its accuracy.

they seem pretty far off for many countries

The fact that the source is Slovenian has nothing to do with it, rather it is its accuracy.

It's not Slovenian it's from Gfk.

http://www.gfk.com/group/press_information/press_releases/001824/index.en.html

Netherlands 15 never it must be a joke:lol:

The report is legit, it came out yesterday but the calculations are flawed.

Is this that PPP everyone talks about? It doesn't seem to fit at all with gdp ppp numbers from imf, how are these calculated?

This list is not GDP!!!

It's a purchasing power of people, meaning "net annual income including state benefits".

Thank you, Paku. Some people here apparently never learned to read.
I wrote Purchasing Power, not GDP , not PPP, OPP or MPP....or whatever other PP there is.

And yes, this DOES clear up some things - like the fact that Serbia is better off then either Romania or Bulgaria:lol:
Though i'm disappointed that Montenegro is not ahead of Serbia by now. I think that will change by 2010:yes:

How is this related to average penis size in Eastern Europe?

How is this related to average penis size in Eastern Europe?

The heaven's kingdom penis is the largest , didn't you get it ? :nuts:

Where is that?

Should be Bulgaria after I take it over :)

How is this related to average penis size in Eastern Europe?

Every other post you write is about penises. Issues?

Ukrajina lower then Albanija ?

Netherlands 15 never it must be a joke:lol:

True. Purchasing Power in 2005 was around 21000. Should be a couple percent higher now.

Purchasing Power per socio-economic group in 2005.
http://www.cbs.nl/NR/rdonlyres/3D25F49E-D22A-4B0C-BF59-7F8386D2F9D9/0/2203g1.gif
First number is the total population.

http://www.gfk-geomarketing.de/presse/pressemeldungen.htm#kk_europa

The heaven's kingdom penis is the largest , didn't you get it ?

What is that? Is that in Albania? I believe it must be...

Every other post you write is about penises. Issues?

Yes. I'm sick and tired of people trying to compare their measily pensies with mine. We already estabished a long time ago that mine was the biggest penis of all the penises...further comparisons are futile.

I can also pee the furthest.

I hope this explonation will lay to rest all further dick-measuring threads in this forum. All issues have now been resolved...I win.

What is that? Is that in Albania? I believe it must be...

You presumed wrong....
Think twice ;)

No, it's Bulgaria under my rule as a benevolent dictator :)

^^ All hail King Drusenec the 2nd ;) :bow:

The first :)

You should be one of my best fans...cause noone else would show you what's like having the island of Belene packed with communists :)

Ukrajina lower then Albanija ?

Albania's GDP/capita has been higher than Ukraine's for a very long time.

However, Ukraine's GDP PPP/Capita has been higher than Albania's.

It doesn't really matter though, cos both of them are too low. Beating one another with our current GDP rates is not exactly an amazing achievement. :tongue2:

I do not deny the official numbers ... they're about right. However, Romanians working abroad are sending home ~ 5 billion Euro this year alone. So the reality about PPP is different. And I am sure this applies to other countries ...

The first :)

You should be one of my best fans...cause noone else would show you what's like having the island of Belene packed with communists :)

^^ Wow ! If you move over there also the flying soucer from Buzludza and the statue of the drunken young man in the center of Sofia with a child in his hand , a Shmaizer bigger than a car in the other and a smile on his face from his meetings with the bulgarian mothers ... along with his replica from one of Plovdiv's hills i sware i would be your biggest FAN ever ! :)

Bulgarians with penises?? You people have some wild fantasies...

Well, sooner or later you're gonna surrender to my Bulgarian empire. But first we have to deal with the EU (we'll conquer it from inside)...and Russia (this would be tough...but some day we'll cut their alchohol supplies and they'd surrender themselves).

Anyway, we will not invade you, you'll join all by yourself. Cause the ancestor of the retrogard backward EU will be the....Bulgarian Union.

For all the enemies of the new world order....en garde!
:)

^^ Your highness king Drusenec :) ... I have a proposal what the commies gathered over there in Belene can do ... they would be forced to built the biggest and glorious monument in BG - "3 in 1" ...a combination of Basil II Bulgarslayer , Bayazid , and the Red Army :D ...All those "good" guys that we have met with over the years :) How about that idea ? :)

BTW I have an idea...it seems that politics are more and more involved in the SSC threads...why don't we all just create our own nation in http://www.nationstates.net and compare them each month...I mean all the dick measuring thingies?

I bet my bgrs' Great Bulgarian empire will be more successful than yours hehe :)

but some day we'll cut their alchohol supplies

But Bulgarian raki sucks...

Haven't tried the right one :) Don't drink Parcuca or anything connected with Peshterska and those commercial ethanol chemical factories, ugh :(

But Bulgarian raki sucks...

yeah, it's for seasoned drinkers only ;) no lightweights.

And yes, this DOES clear up some things - like the fact that Serbia is better off then either Romania or Bulgaria:lol:

and this is the main reason you posted the chart.:lol:

http://dreal.net/wiki/index.php/%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BA%D0%B0

Certainly we can overtake the Russians, hehe! :)

and this is the main reason you posted the chart

OK, we could arrange the unemployment charts, the GDP charts, the FDI charts, the political situation so that anyone around is pleased, anyway...my Great Bulgarian empire will overtake Serbia first so what's the point :D

I'm sure this thread will turn to a bash between countries...

Anyways, I agree with nebunul, the amounts being sent home are substantial but that's a whole other subject.

Why are penises involved in an economic themed thread?!:shifty:

Why are penises involved in an economic themed thread?!:shifty:

It's always so much easier to use male genitalia as an economic factor rather than the actual economic factor.

Why are penises involved in an economic themed thread?!

Because...

Haven't tried the right one Don't drink Parcuca or anything connected with Peshterska and those commercial ethanol chemical factories, ugh

I don't know...I bought some online from some Bulgarian store since I couldn't find any being sold in stores here. Delivery time and price was amasing...but the product....sucked. Our raki is colorless...and rocket fuel...this thing was some plum brandy at best.

It'll do the job...but I just had to point out...that our raki and penises...are still the best.

I'm surprised to see Norway near the top of the list. GDP per capita there is like 50 grand, yet prices are very high, a bottle of coke costs like 11 euros, which basically means that if you make 18 dollars an hour you're living on subsistence wages.

With albania i'm not surprised, prices were very high for the wages there, but then again we got our big penises to console us.

country comparison are very fictional if u understand economics and accounting

Albania's GDP/capita has been higher than Ukraine's for a very long time.

However, Ukraine's GDP PPP/Capita has been higher than Albania's.

It doesn't really matter though, cos both of them are too low. Beating one another with our current GDP rates is not exactly an amazing achievement. :tongue2:

It is wrong !!! CIA -WORLD FACT BOOK 2006

GDP rer cap Ucraine 7800 usd

Albania 5700 usd

And how Montenegro could be better with 3800 usd GDP per cap than Ukraine with 7800 usd and Belarus with 8100 usd ??????

Personally I find the HDI to be the best way to compare nations
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/HDImap_spectrum2006.png

It is wrong !!! CIA -WORLD FACT BOOK 2006

GDP rer cap Ucraine 7800 usd

Albania 5700 usd

It's not wrong. Those numbers you are typing there are correct, but they are GDP (PPP)/capita. I did say in my post that Ukraine has a higher GDP (PPP)/capita, didn't I? ;)

Here is a link to the IMF that compares both GDP/Capita and GDP (PPP)/Capita:
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/weodata/weorept.aspx?sy=2000&ey=2008&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=subject&ds=.&br=1&pr1.x=58&pr1.y=19&c=914%2C926&s=NGDPDPC%2CPPPPC&grp=0&a=

Personally I find the HDI to be the best way to compare nations
Me too, but since dick measuring based on HDI is not that cool, it's not that popular.:)

Ukrajina lower then Albanija ?

i thought the same..and btw HDI is really important.

It sucks that there is no Data for Serbia and Montenegro there.

Personally I find the HDI to be the best way to compare nations


Not really, since I see countries like Bosnia and Cuba as a little over-represented. HDI does not seem to match low per-capita well.

i thought the same..and btw HDI is really important.

Well, Albania also has a higher HDI score than Ukraine. Though, the difference is negligible...

Albania-----0.784
Ukraine-----0.774

Albania-----0.784
Ukraine-----0.774


Dude thats like a whole inch longer...

Well, Albania also has a higher HDI score than Ukraine. Though, the difference is negligible...

Albania-----0.784
Ukraine-----0.774

good for Albania:okay:--i thought Ukraine was more developed than Albania,i have to re consider maybe?Or those stats tell half the story?