THE WESTERNER

Issues of concern to people who live in the west: property rights, water rights, endangered species, livestock grazing, energy production, wilderness and western agriculture. Plus a few items on western history, western literature and the sport of rodeo... Frank DuBois served as the NM Secretary of Agriculture from 1988 to 2003. DuBois is a former legislative assistant to a U.S. Senator, a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Interior, and is the founder of the DuBois Rodeo Scholarship.

Monday, January 17, 2011

If they were countries

It has long been true that California on its own would rank as one of the biggest economies in the world. At present it would rank 8th, falling between Italy and Brazil on a nominal exchange-rate basis. But how do other American states compare with other countries? Taking the nearest equivalent country from 2009 data reveals some surprises. Who would have thought that despite years of car-industry hardship, Michigan's economy is about the same size as the whole of Taiwan's

The interactive version of this map includes population, as well as GDP, equivalents

1 comment:

Anonymous said...: Take note New Mexicans where we rank. This is thanks to a tax and spend government, run largely by democrats, who has no idea on what can really build wealth for a state or country.
Let's see if the new administration for this state can make a difference.
I have my doubts.; 8:13 AM