not only russian oligarchs.

The coping from some people in here is quite entertaining i have to say.

Good for the Russian people i guess.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_financial_crisis_(2014%E2%80%932016)

i think that plays a part, it was a huge financial crisis due to oil price crash, price crash for some other commodities that Russia exports, sanctions due to Crimea annexation etc.

Japan was growing in the Tech sector until the Usa forced them to strangle their economy. 1 2 3

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1989/05/containing-japan/376337/

https://www.nytimes.com/1982/04/06/us/resentment-of-japanese-is-growing-poll-shows.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1985/07/28/magazine/the-danger-from-japan.html

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-03-28-mn-698-story.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1982/05/14/economic-invasion-by-japan-revives-worry-about-racism/d2b921df-556b-4652-a20b-9f3f6761e339/

Didn't knew Tiger Woods still playing, is he still considered a top golfer?

i agree although wouldn't directly compare the situation of Palestinians (esp. those in Gaza) to Kurds in Turkey, Kurds can move freely, are represented in the Politics, Media, Education system and other important sectors and millions of kurds live in Western cities like Istanbul even though their historical living areas are near Syria, Iraq, Iran and Armenia. Turkey isn't an Apartheid state but some measures that are done in order to prevent further problems with separatism and violence are harmful.

But there has been progress made, in the 80s and 90s the situation was horrific.

Data for Iran is likely untrue, stock market capitalization is around $1.3 Trillion (Ceic data), so according to this graph the GDP is around $250 Billion and in terms of GDP per capita it would be around $2900, far below Iraq where it's over $7000. 2900 is around the average for african countries. The GDP is prob. around 500bn to 700bn.

unfortunately there are different figures that cause confusion, IMF says 2 Trillion but they go by the official exchange rate but the real exchange rate is much worse, but anyway, no way Iran would have a GDP of 2 Trillion anyway, World Bank says 230bn in 2020 which is also ''no way'' territory. UN in 2020 says 940bn, that's more likely but i don't believe Iran's would be higher than Turkey (850bn), both have a similar population, 86.5m in Iran, 85m in Turkey.

World Bank also claimed Iran's GDP PPP in 2020 (Purchase Power Parity) is 5.74x higher than Nominal, at 1.33 Trillion, even in the country with the highest PPP to Nominal Gap, Sudan, it's just 4.85x higher but in Sudan it makes sense as GDP per capita nominal is very low at $920.

ahh.. now i see why this has nearly as much upvotes as comments.

yep surely if we cut out some super wealthy part of the Usa and look at per capita emissions we'd see the same.

would actually be a good idea, Co2 Emissions by County or City in the Usa, probably not possible though..

and in many cultures/religions suicide is a huge no-no and a bigger topic, like Turkey which has a low rate despite people being stressed out for all kinds of reasons, he mentioned 3 countries that are majority muslim so in only 6-7 countries where muslims make up atleast 50% of the population the rate is above world average.

Macao isn't a country though, i'm pretty sure.