Richest Countries with Exceptions

Most of the richest countries in the world are in Europe and North America. Name the 20 countries which are the richest in the world outside these continents.
according to the CIA Factbook and Wikipedia
using GDP per capita PPP
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Last updated: December 6, 2015
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$
Country
102,100
Qatar
81,300
Singapore
77,700
Brunei
71,000
Kuwait
65,000
United Arab Emirates
$
Country
52,800
Saudi Arabia
51,400
Bahrain
46,600
Australia
44,100
Oman
43,600
Taiwan
$
Country
37,800
Japan
35,400
South Korea
35,000
New Zealand
33,400
Israel
32,600
Equatorial Guinea
$
Country
28,000
Cyprus
24,500
Seychelles
24,500
Malaysia
24,100
Kazakhstan
23,200
Chile
20 Comments
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Level 91
Dec 6, 2015
Bahamas are in North America
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Level 81
Dec 6, 2015
yes. and I missed Cyprus because I was thinking of it being in Europe. but I'm shocked that Kazakhstan, Chile and Malaysia have higher GDP per capita than South Korea. Maybe this is PPP? That always makes these sorts of things kind of screwy.
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Level 81
Mar 17, 2018
Was this updated? Bahamas are gone. South Korea is higher than the countries I listed before. There's a caveat about PPP. Though I was still surprised to see Kazakhstan and Seychelles above some other countries like Argentina, Lebanon, and a couple others.
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Level 79
Dec 6, 2015
Nice, perhaps Middle East could be excluded, too
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Level 88
Dec 6, 2015
I typed Bahamas and Gabon appeared.
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Level 46
Dec 6, 2015
Should be all fixed now
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Level 68
Feb 13, 2017
Surprised the China isn't here.
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Level 81
Mar 17, 2018
China has a titanic sized economy but per capita it's still not very much.
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Level 44
Mar 17, 2018
Cyprus is part of European Union...but not Europe?
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Level 81
Mar 18, 2018
Welcome to the site
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Level 53
Sep 29, 2018
same thing withthe overseas regions of france

(french guyana, martinique, guadeloupe, mayotte and reunion)

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Level 80
May 11, 2019
Please update the quiz, thank you :)
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Level 80
Jul 21, 2020
This was last updated in 2015, so the data is a bit outdated.
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Level 35
May 28, 2020
forgot singapore somehow 😔
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Level 62
Jan 23, 2021
It's a shame that "ROK" is a valid type-in for South Korea elsewhere on this site but not in this quiz, would have got 1 more.
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Level 54
Nov 6, 2022
can you accept ROK?? I missed it bc it wasnt accepted
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Level 66
Jun 14, 2023
I forgot Austrlalia & NZ whilst living here :/
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Level 60
Dec 16, 2024
I got all of them except Cyprus because quiz said no European countries
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Level 58
Jun 11, 2025
As per tradition on JetPunk, Cyprus is Asia - it’s closer to mainland Asia than Europe and Asia is also to the north AND east of Cyprus as well.
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Level 58
Jun 11, 2025
Good quiz, nominated. I’m surprised it’s not featured but I guess it’s because it was last updated almost a decade ago, would be good if that was fixed.