VIVAnews.com: leading U.S. business magazine, Global Finance, has just released a ranking of 182 countries in the world based on the level of gross domestic product (GDP) per capita. From the poorest countries to rich countries most universal.

The method used to determine the country's wealth was to compare the living standard of the country as a whole one by using gross domestic product (GDP) per capita based on purchasing power parity or balance internationally.

This measure of living standards between countries, using indicators of the relative cost of living, inflation, and exchange rate of a country converted into a common currency (international dollars or U.S. dollars).

According to the magazine, the richest state position occupied by Qatar, the Arab countries of the Middle East region. State's largest gas producer and exporter in the world has a GDP per capita of U.S. $ 90,149 or Rp811 million per year in 2010.

Apart from Qatar, top 10 countries most rich countries are Luxembourg, Norway, Singapore, Brunei, the United States, Hong Kong and others (see: List of Super Rich Countries World).

Meanwhile, the position of the poorest countries is held by the Republic of Congo. Country located in sub-Saharan Africa has a GDP per capita was only U.S. $ 342 or Rp 3 million per year. Congo ranked worst among a row of poor countries who are mostly from the continent of Africa (List of World's Poorest Countries.)

So, where the position of Indonesia?
Based on data ranked 182 countries, Indonesia ranks to 122 with a GDP per capita of U.S. $ 4,380 or Rp39, 4 million per year.

Indonesia is known as a country that has abundant natural resource wealth, from plantations, mining, and energy. However, this country has a population large enough, more than 230 million people.

Located not far from the position of Indonesia, is Fiji at position 121, Honduras (123), Iraq (124) and Mongolia (126).

United States
Capitol Building in Washington DC, USA Among the countries with the largest population, Indonesia is far from the United States who occupies a position of world number six with a GDP per capita of U.S. $ 47.7 thousand or Rp429 million per year with a population of 308 million inhabitants. United States known as the country with the largest economies in the world with a total GDP of U.S. $ 14 trillion.



China
Chinese President also lost to China which occupies the position of world number 96. China has a population six times that of Indonesia, namely 1.33 billion inhabitants. China's GDP per capita level of U.S. $ 7,240 or 65 million per year. The total GDP of China recently drove on, even already defeated Germany and Japan in third position in the position of both worlds. In late 2008, China's GDP reached U.S. $ 4,326 billion. China is known as the world's largest exporter countries, particularly for manufacturing products.

India
Angle Slums of Mumbai City, India however, RI was still higher compared to India that occupies position 128. India's population reached 1.1 billion people with GDP per capita level of U.S. $ 3,176 or Rp28, 5 million per year. India's GDP reached U.S. $ 1,217 billion, with the economy relying on industry and services. India's economy also relies on the domestic market and export.



Southeast Asia
Malaysia's Petronas Towers In Southeast Asia, Indonesia is still inferior to Singapore, which occupies the position of number five of the world, Malaysia is ranked 59 and Thailand (90). In this region, Indonesia is better than the Philippines ranked 127, Timor-Leste 134, Papua New Guinea (142), Cambodia (146) and Myanmar (159).