Echo_419
ELITE MEMBER
- Joined
- Sep 12, 2012
- Messages
- 13,111
- Reaction score
- -4
- Country
- Location
The World Bank is one of the most anti-China organization as it is controlled by the US (since 1946 all 12 terms of presidents are Americans, including famous neo-conservative warhawk Paul Wolfowitz). While combined IBRD/IDA lending to China stand at $1.655B in 2014, the amount to India is $5.211B, and on top there is World Bank Group's Partnership Strategy for India (2013-2017) to help.
Despite these unfavorable factors from WB, China's poverty has reduced significantly to 6.3% (as of year 2011) compared to 1.7% of USA. Regarding India, no comment, the data is self-explanatory.
And if measuring Poverty is "negative", then how about comparing the ability to create wealth among its people? Check this:
By number of millionaire households:
Countries with the Most Millionaires - Yahoo Finance
Top 10 Countries with the Most Millionaires in the World
1) USA - 4,715,000
2) Japan - 1,230,000
3) China - 670,000
4) United Kingdom - 485,000
5) Germany - 430,000
6) Italy - 300,000
7) Switzerland - 283,000
8) France - 280,000
9) Taiwan - 230,000
10) Hong Kong - 205,000
By density of millionaire population:
The countries with the densest millionaire populations
1) Singapore - 17.1%
2) Qatar - 14.3%
3) Kuwait - 11.8%
4) Switzerland 9.5%
5) Hong Kong 8.8%
6) UAE - 5%
7) USA - 4.3%
8) Israel - 3.6%
9) Taiwan - 3.2%
10) Bahrain - 3.2%
Findings:
- Top 10 countries with most millionaires are in USA, East Asia (4 countries) and Western Europe (5 countries)
- The wealthiest population are in USA, East Asia (3 countries), Middle East (5 countries), Western Europe (1 country)
- The countries that appear in both charts are: USA, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Switzerland
- In Asia, Japan and China have large quantity of millionaires, while Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan have the wealthiest population.
Top 10 Weathiest Nations of the World
Finally the Troll is banned