For the World Bank, Argentina becomes a high-income country again

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Argentina was once again ranked as a high-income nation in a World Bank (WB) report corresponding to 2017. This is the second time that the agency gives this note to our country. The first took place in 2014, but then fell into the middle-high income category.

The measure corresponds to last year, but it is likely that after the economic recession that affects the level of GDP and the devaluation of this Indeed, according to the World Bank report, the Argentina had an average per capita income of US $ 14,402 in December of last year. while Switzerland, the country with the highest income, had an average of $ 80,000 per year

In this ranking, the agency badigns four categories to the world economies: high income, high income, low income and low income. per capita GDP calculated using the Atlas method. The units of measurement are the dollar, and the high-income countries are those with a per capita GDP of US $ 12,056 or more.

Argentina is only surpbaded by Uruguay, which has a per capita income of $ It is higher in Chile with US $ 14,346, in Brazil at US $ 9.82, in Peru at 6 US $ 571, Paraguay US $ 4,365 and Bolivia US $ 3,394 annual individual income.

] In the high-income category of the 2017 ranking, among countries with per capita incomes above $ 12,000, Panama entered for the first time and returned to Croatia, which had fallen. Last year. Other countries have aggravated their position: Syria, Tajikistan and Yemen, which have gone from below downwards.

Norway, with 75,504 dollars, Luxembourg with 70,260 dollars. , Qatar with 61,670 dollars, the United States with 58,270 dollars, Ireland with 55,290 dollars, Denmark with 55,220 dollars, Singapore with 54,530 dollars and Sweden with 52,590 dollars of annual individual income . ] Source: Ambito