1193) PIB por paridade de poder de compra dos paises

Como diz este verbete da Wikipedia (uma fonte tão distorcida, ou tão confiável quanto outras, segundo estudos conduzidos até aqui), o PIB por paridade de poder de compra (PPP na sigla em ingês) dos países pode ser uma medida mais realista da "prosperidade" relativa dos habitantes desses países, uma vez que leva em conta dados relativos a inflação e custo de vida nesses países, e não apenas a conversão nominal do seu valor agregado em dólares correntes, segundo as taxas de câmbio do momento (que podem ser tão distorcidas quanto determinados preços subsidiados).
Nas três estimações, FMI, Banco Mundial e CIA, o Brasil aparece em nono lugar. Selecionei apenas os vinte primeiros lugares, mas a lista completa pode ser consultada no link abaixo indicado.

Abaixo, portanto, um artigo da Wikipedia sobre o assunto, recomendando consulta ao site, neste link, para apreciar as três tabelas completas.

List of countries by GDP (PPP)
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There are three lists of countries of the world sorted by their gross domestic product (GDP) (the value of all final goods and services produced within a nation in a given year). The GDP dollar estimates given on this page are derived from purchasing power parity (PPP) calculations. Using a PPP basis is arguably more useful when comparing generalized differences in living standards on the whole between nations because PPP takes into account the relative cost of living and the inflation rates of the countries, rather than using just exchange rates which may distort the real differences in income. However, economies do self-adjust to currency changes over time, and technology intensive and luxury goods, raw materials and energy prices are mostly unaffected by difference in currency (the latter more by subsidies), despite being critical to national development, therefore, the sales of foreign apparel or gasoline per liter in China is more accurately measured by the nominal figure, but everyday food and haircuts by PPP.

Several economies which are not considered to be countries (world, EU, and some dependent territories) are included in the list because they appear in the sources. These economies are not ranked in the charts here, but are listed in sequence by GDP for comparison.

* The first table includes data for the year 2008 for 179 of the current 185 International Monetary Fund members and the Republic of China (Taiwan), as well as for the following unranked entities: the European Union, China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and the world. Data are in millions of international dollars and were calculated by the International Monetary Fund. Figures were published in April 2009.
* The second table includes data for the year 2007 for 178 of the 193 currently recognized sovereign nations, the two Chinese Special Administrative Regions (Hong Kong and Macau), and for the unranked entities of the world and the Eurozone. Data are in millions of international dollars (rounded to the nearest 100 million) and were compiled by the World Bank. Figures were published in April 2009.
* The third table is a tabulation of the CIA World Factbook GDP PPP data update of 2008. The data for GDP at purchasing power parity (PPP) have also been rebased using the new ICP price surveys and extrapolated to 2007. Final figures are estimates in millions of international dollars.

List by the International Monetary Fund (2008)
Rank Country GDP (PPP) $M
World 68,996,849
European Union 15,247,163
1 United States 14,264,600
2 China 7,916,4291
3 Japan 4,354,368
4 India 3,288,345
5 Germany 2,910,490
6 Russia 2,260,907
7 United Kingdom 2,230,549
8 France 2,130,383
9 Brazil 1,981,207
10 Italy 1,814,557
11 Mexico 1,548,007
12 Spain 1,396,881
13 South Korea 1,342,338
14 Canada 1,303,234
15 Turkey 915,184
16 Indonesia 908,242
17 Iran 819,799
18 Australia 795,305
19 China (Taiwan) 711,418
20 Netherlands 675,375


List by the World Bank (2007)
World 65,973,053
United States 13,751,400
Eurozone 10,611,658
2 China 7,096,671
3 Japan 4,297,171
4 India 3,096,867
5 Germany 2,830,135
6 United Kingdom 2,142,959
7 Russia 2,087,449
8 France 2,077,952
9 Brazil 1,832,983
10 Italy 1,802,177
11 Mexico 1,484,919
12 Spain 1,416,361
13 South Korea 1,201,770
14 Canada 1,180,948
15 Turkey 1,028,897
16 Indonesia 837,612
17 Iran 778,035
18 Australia 733,904
19 Netherlands 633,854
20 Poland 609,420

List by the CIA World Factbook (2008)
World 69,490,000
European Union 14,820,000
1 United States 14,290,000
2 China 7,800,000
3 Japan 4,348,000
4 India 3,267,000
5 Germany 2,863,000
6 United Kingdom 2,231,000
7 Russia 2,225,000
8 France 2,097,000
9 Brazil 1,990,000
10 Italy 1,821,000
11 Mexico 1,559,000
12 Spain 1,378,000
13 Canada 1,307,000
14 South Korea 1,278,000
15 Indonesia 915,900
16 Turkey 906,500
17 Iran 842,000
18 Australia 800,500
19 China (Taiwan) 738,800
20 Netherlands 670,200

Para a lista completa ver o link já indicado.
O mesmo verbete apresenta links para os seguintes temas correlacionados:
* List of countries by GDP (nominal)
* List of countries by GDP growth
* List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita
* List of countries by GDP (nominal) per capita
* List of countries by Human Development Index