[mpweiher]

How is this "misleading"?

We want the poorer countries to get richer faster in order to close the gap. Accomplishing precisely this is a large part of EU policy. And it is working.

[aapl88888]

If the US had its eastern part communist, it too would have a higher average GDP from decades ago. It is basic economics.

[mpweiher]

GDP per capita in the US ranges from $200k (DC) to $38K (MI).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_and_territories...

Lots of ways to catch up there as well.

And that doesn't change the fact that that is the actual data, nothing "misleading" about it.