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Gross Domestic Product Per Capita: 1998
This map indicates Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at a country-level. GDP is the highest in the US, EU, Canada, Australia, and Japan, and is the lowest in most African and Asian countries. GDP values using purchasing power parity (PPP) are estimates based on the purchasing power of currencies rather than on exchange rates. GDP in PPP terms is derived by applying the ration of GDP to gross national product (GNP) in local currency to the World Bank's estimates of GNP in PPP terms. PPP estimates tend to lower per capita GDPs in industrialized countries and raise per capita GDPs in poor countries. 
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