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by Aerroon 1953 days ago
>Australia is the richest nation (that isn't just a tax dodge) on earth. Sure because the metric used is USD it varies.

I don't think the OECD agrees with you there.[0] Ahead of Australia in GDP per capita PPP according to the OECD are: Luxembourg, Ireland, Switzerland, Norway, the United States, Denmark, Iceland, the Netherlands, Austria, Germany, Sweden, and Belgium. Not accounting for PPP the World Bank still puts several countries ahead of Australia.[1] Looking at incomes, Australia is not at the top either.[2] I don't think Australia has an outsized impact on Google compared to the US. If these numbers are anything to go by, then Australia's impact relative to population would actually be smaller.

[0] https://stats.oecd.org/index.aspx?queryid=61433

[1] https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.CD?most_rec...

[2] https://data.oecd.org/earnwage/average-wages.htm