Spain has surpassed Italy on GDP PPP per capita and will soon overtake JAPAN.
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Spain’s per capita gross domestic product exceeded that of Italy in 2017, according to IMF data published this week that compare countries on a so-called “purchasing power parity” basis. The IMF also forecast that Spain would become 7 per cent richer than Italy over the next five years. A decade ago Italy was 10 per cent richer on the same basis.
>we are still one of the best countries in the world?
That is pure chauvinism, we are not the best country in the world because of "muh gdp" , you fucking moron. The quality of life is getting worse, half of the country wants to become independent nations and the other half wants to have another civil war, Our debt is increasing every single second, our fiscal policies are a complete hell which makes almost impossible foreign investment, there are all sort of fucking useless taxes to mantain all those fucking useless bureaucrats that do nothing besides watching vids on youtube. Do I need to talk about the corruption? Do I need to talk how most high skilled workers have to move abroad because there is more investment on tourism than fucking science in this shithole of a country?
