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by PaulDavisThe1st 1020 days ago
Per capita consumer spending, Germany 2021: $21,704

Per capita consumer spending, USA 2021: $47915

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Per capita GDP, Germany 2023: $51,383

Per capita GDP, United States 2023: $80,034

If Germany were a US state, it would rank somewhere between Mississippi and West Virginia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nomi...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territ...

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Maybe if what you’re measuring leads to believe that Germany is equivalent to Mississippi, you’re measuring the wrong thing.
It would be interesting to see the median values of such w/COLA