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Each state is represented by a foreign country with the same GDP. Not sure how accurate those are, interessting nevertheless...

 

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/phot...ntriesmap_2.jpg

 

...for example Austria (my home country) has therefore roughly the same GDP then Virginia and New Hampshire shares one with Bangladesh...

 

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What's the name of that state that has the same GDP with Romania? Delaware?

 

Yep, that looks like Delaware.

 

Heh, New York got Brazil, a biggie.

 

-- Nephele

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Where's Britain? Catalina Island? :)

Oddly enough, I think Britain didnt get on because its GDP, like that of Germany and Australia (Also absent) is slightly greater than that of France which gets California, the richest US state.

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Australia it's Ohio. Japan, Rusia, China and India are also absent.

Ahh yes - just spotted Australia. Russia is there too (surprisingly) - New Jersey.

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The comparison of the U.S. states with foreign nations' GDP was so much fun, I thought I'd do a comparison of my own.

 

I chose to compare the individual U.S. states with various nations' (including the U.S. itself) Human Development Index.

 

The HDI, under the auspices of the United Nations, purports to provide a comparative measurement of individual nations' "human development" by factoring in statistics for life expectancy, literacy, education, and standard of living (based on GDP per capita). Whether or not the HDI provides a realistic comparative measure for nations is debatable.

 

The American Human Development Report has modified the HDI in order to apply it to the individual states of the U.S. Below is a listing of the states of the U.S., from highest ranking to lowest ranking, according to the Human Development Index. Next to each state is its corresponding nation(s). An = sign means that the state and the nation(s) share the same HDI ranking. A > sign means the state is slightly higher in ranking than its corresponding nation(s), and a < means that the state is slightly lower. I have followed this with the HDI difference in parentheses.

 

Here's a fun coincidence: Two of our UNRV Administrators live in a state (Michigan) and nation (Austria) that share the same HDI ranking!

 

Caldrail and Northern Neil, you'll find your U.K. on this list -- your nation is ranked slightly higher than Kansas. Presumably, that's the state in the U.S. in which you should feel most at home. Mind the tornadoes!

 

Connecticut > Ireland (.002)

Massachusetts > Ireland (.001)

New Jersey > Ireland (.001)

District of Columbia = Ireland

Maryland = Ireland

Hawaii = < Ireland > Netherlands and Sweden (.001)

New York = < Ireland > Netherlands and Sweden (.001)

New Hampshire = Netherlands and Sweden

Minnesota = Netherlands and Sweden

Rhode Island = Netherlands and Sweden

California = Netherlands and Sweden

Colorado = Netherlands and Sweden

Virginia < Netherlands and Sweden > Japan and Luxembourg (.001)

Illinois = < Netherlands and Sweden > Japan and Luxembourg (.001)

Vermont = Switzerland and France

Washington = Switzerland and France

Alaska = Switzerland and France

Delaware < Finland > Denmark (.001)

Wisconsin = Denmark

Michigan = Austria

Iowa = United States

Pennsylvania = United States

Nebraska = < Greece > Italy (.001)

Kansas = < United Kingdom and Hong Kong > Germany (.001)

Arizona < Germany (.001)

North Dakota < Germany (.004)

Oregon = < Germany > Israel (.005)

Maine > Israel (.002)

Utah > Israel (.002)

Ohio > Israel (.002)

Georgia = South Korea

Indiana = South Korea

North Carolina > Slovenia (.002)

Texas > Kuwait and Cyprus (.002)

Missouri = Kuwait and Cyprus

Nevada < Kuwait and Cyprus (.001)

South Dakota = Bahrain

Florida < Qatar > Czech Republic (.001)

Wyoming = Czech Republic

New Mexico > Malta (.001)

Idaho > Barbados (.001)

Montana < Barbados (.004)

South Carolina = Estonia

Kentucky = Lithuania

Tennessee < Lithuania > Latvia (.003)

Oklahoma < Uruguay (.001)

Alabama = Cuba

Arkansas > Mexico (.002)

Louisiana = Antigua & Barbuda and Saint Kitts & Nevis

West Virginia > Belarus (.001)

Mississippi > Turkey (.001)

 

Reference Links

List of States by Human Development Index

List of Countries by Human Development Index

 

-- Nephele

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Mississippi

 

That's a pretty miserable result, is it really that bad?

 

Yep, Mississippi is notoriously the poorest state in the U.S.

 

-- Nephele

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Mississippi

 

That's a pretty miserable result, is it really that bad?

 

Yep, Mississippi is notoriously the poorest state in the U.S.

 

-- Nephele

 

Well yes but that's only one part of the HDI.

Life expentancy and literacy are the others, I can't imagine they are that much off the American average. :lol:

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Wow Neph. This results are pretty shocking. I had no idea that there are so big differences among US states. They look as big or even bigger then among the EU members.

Of course, this HDI it's even less telling then a GDP/capita measurement. See the high scores of dirt-poor and dictatorial Cuba and Belarus. Probably communist mass education and health care are responsible for that regardless of the low quality of this services.

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Well yes but that's only one part of the HDI.

Life expentancy and literacy are the others, I can't imagine they are that much off the American average. :no2:

 

A lower life expectancy and low literacy rate often go hand-in-hand with poverty, as I'm sure you already know. As is the case with poor Mississippi, which has close to the lowest life expectancy among the U.S. states, along with the dismally lowest literacy rate among the U.S. states.

 

Wow Neph. This results are pretty shocking. I had no idea that there are so big differences among US states. They look as big or even bigger then among the EU members.

 

Well, a lot of U.S. states are as big or even bigger than some EU members. For instance, even though your own country of Romania is the largest country in southeastern Europe, eleven U.S. states are larger: Alaska, Texas, California, Montana, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, Oregon, Wyoming, and Michigan.

 

-- Nephele

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