The world's wealthiest and poorest.

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Gross domestic product, or GDP, is a way to gauge the wealth of a nation. It represents the market value of the goods and services produced within a country in a year. GDP is the sum of consumer spending, government spending, business spending on things like equipment and buildings, and net exports (the value of total exports minus the value of total imports]. Per capita GDP is GDP divided by the country's population. It's often used as a quick barometer of a country's progress and economic strength.

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1 The per capita GDP of China, the world's most populous country, is $6,600--about -- of the per capita GDP of the U.S.

a one ninth

b one seventh

c one fifth

d one third

2 There are about 68 million people living in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. What is Congo's total GDP?

a $300,000

b $339.7 million

c $20.4 billion

d It's not possible to tell with the information given.

3 Syria's per capita GDP of $4,600 is roughly equal, to the difference between the per capita GDPs of which countries above?

a Qatar and U.S.

b Liechtenstein and Qatar

c Singapore and Brunei

d Norway and Kuwait

4 The wealthiest country's per capita GDP is about -- times that of the poorest country.

a 12

b 120

c 1,200

d 12,000

5 If Japan's per capita GDP of $32,700 doubled, it would take the -- spot on the top graph.

a third

b fourth

c fifth

d sixth

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1 [b] one seventh

2 [c] 20.4 billion

3 [d Norway...