Mississippi, the poorest state in the United States, is close to surpassing Europe's largest economy Germany's GDP per capita. Euronews Business compares US states with European countries.

The poorest US state's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita is higher than that of Europe's top five economies, except for Germany. However, Mississippi competes closely with Germany, with a difference of just €1,500. 

GDP per capita, adjusted for Purchasing Power Parity (PPP), in the US also surpasses that of all EU countries, except for Luxembourg and Ireland, which are outliers.

How do GDP per capita figures, both in current prices and adjusted for PPP, in the US's richest and poorest states compare with European countries, specifically the EU and the UK? 

We derived the 2024 country figures from the IMF's Global Outlook report, reflecting data as of October. We made the calculation for US states using seasonally adjusted datasets from the US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) for Q3 2024, and population estimates from the US Census Bureau as of July.

 

https://www.euronews.com/business/2025/01/03/the-poorest-us-state-rivals-germany-gdp-per-capita-in-the-us-and-europe

 

 

3 hours ago, Mike_Hunt said:

 

Mississippi, the poorest state in the United States, is close to surpassing Europe's largest economy Germany's GDP per capita. Euronews Business compares US states with European countries.

The poorest US state's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita is higher than that of Europe's top five economies, except for Germany. However, Mississippi competes closely with Germany, with a difference of just €1,500. 

GDP per capita, adjusted for Purchasing Power Parity (PPP), in the US also surpasses that of all EU countries, except for Luxembourg and Ireland, which are outliers.

How do GDP per capita figures, both in current prices and adjusted for PPP, in the US's richest and poorest states compare with European countries, specifically the EU and the UK? 

We derived the 2024 country figures from the IMF's Global Outlook report, reflecting data as of October. We made the calculation for US states using seasonally adjusted datasets from the US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) for Q3 2024, and population estimates from the US Census Bureau as of July.

 

https://www.euronews.com/business/2025/01/03/the-poorest-us-state-rivals-germany-gdp-per-capita-in-the-us-and-europe

 

 

Say: "thank you Biden" 

 

The US GDP growth under Biden has been Germany's growth multiplied by 57! 🙂

 

https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/grossdomesticproductgdp

They must all have a great quality of life...

16 hours ago, candide said:

Say: "thank you Biden" 

 

The US GDP growth under Biden has been Germany's growth multiplied by 57! 🙂

 

https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/grossdomesticproductgdp

Q4 2019 was 2.1%

Q3 2024 was 2.8%

 

How in the world did they come up with 11.4%.   

 

Or are they comparing the GDP between the two points? 

16 hours ago, JakeC said:

They must all have a great quality of life...

Says the salty euro

Mind you if you are sick or injured in Germany (and any other of the countries shown in blue on the graph) you get treatment.

 

If you are in Mississippi, (or any of the states shown in red) and cannot afford the exhorbitant health insurance premiums, you die.

Typical Yanks.....just like the Ryder Cup team....not playing for their team, only for money.

 

I know where I would rather live.....

 

 

 

5 hours ago, Mike_Hunt said:

Q4 2019 was 2.1%

Q3 2024 was 2.8%

 

How in the world did they come up with 11.4%.   

 

Or are they comparing the GDP between the two points? 

Yes.