Gallery of the richest and poorest countries

Qatar’s estimated gross domestic product per capita is more than $88,000 for 2010

Luxembourg, with a per capita GDP on a purchasing-power parity basis of just over $81,000

Singapore thrives as a technology, manufacturing and finance hub with a GDP (PPP) per capita of nearly $56,700

Norway is one of the world’s largest gas exporters

Brunei reaps the benefits of extensive petroleum and natural gas fields

The United Arab Emirates looks to its oil and gas for about 25 per cent of its GDP, which is nearly $47,500 per capita (PPP)

Kuwait hold the No. 15 slot

Burundi, Liberia and the Democratic Republic of Congo, where GDPs (PPP) per capita are $400, $386 and $312, respectively, are the poorest nations