I got it off of http://www.aneki.com (Last Updated December 29, 2003) - you should take a look at some of the lists - you'll be suprised where the USA is on some of them...for example...

Countries with the Highest Electrical Consumption per capita:
1 Iceland 25,126.71
2 Norway 24,860.14
3 Finland 15,811.77
4 Sweden 15,678.72
5 Canada 15,665.53
6 United Arab Emirates 14,714.29
7 Kuwait 13,741.49
8 Luxembourg 13,728.10
9 United States 12,877.70

Countries with the Highest Quality of Life:
1 Norway
2 Sweden
3 Canada
4 Belgium
5 Australia
6 United States

Its amazing how people always think the USA is "number one - the biggest the best..blah blah blah" and that it's the "resource hog of the world". People should examine the statistics.

>Hi victor,
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>>Not true - America is not the richest.
>>1 Luxembourg $36,400
>>2 United States $36,200
>>3 Bermuda $33,000
>>4 San Marino $32,000
>>5 Switzerland $28,600
>>6 Aruba $28,000
>>7 Norway $27,700
>>8 Monaco $27,000
>>9 Singapore $26,500
>>10 Denmark $25,500
>>11 Hong Kong $25,400
>>12 Belgium $25,300
>>13 Austria $25,000
>>14 Japan $24,900
>>15 Jersey $24,800
>>-- Iceland $24,800
>>-- Canada $24,800
>>16 Cayman Islands $24,500
>>17 France $24,400
>>-- Netherlands $24,400
>>18 Germany $23,400
>>19 Liechstenstein $23,000
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>When and where was this list published? I suspect with the current position of the dollar the US would not even be on no 2. It surprises me that belgium is above the netherlands in this list. I can't remember this was the case before ?
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>Anyways, I think this list is pretty irrelevant anyways, because the citizen don't case about the average income, but more about: What is the best country to live in from a social point of view ? I know such list does exists and if I remember correctly, the US was not in the top 10 (mostly european countries)
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>Walter,