# How are the numbers at Globalrichlist.com?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 27, 2003, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-the-numbers-at-globalrichlist-com/204139 "2003-09-27T08:18:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![kimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f0a364/32.png) [@kimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kimera)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2003, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-the-numbers-at-globalrichlist-com/204139/1 "2003-09-27T08:18:55Z")

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At [http://www.globalrichlist.com/](http://www.globalrichlist.com/) you can enter the amount of money you make and it tells you how much you make compared to the rest of the world. I entered in my small sum and was startled to see that I am in the top 12%. Here’s how they calculate it: [http://www.globalrichlist.com/how.html](http://www.globalrichlist.com/how.html)

So are these numbers correct?

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**Author:** ![Schnitte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/schnitte/32/9033_2.png) [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2003, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-the-numbers-at-globalrichlist-com/204139/2 "2003-09-27T10:23:11Z")

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You may think you’re making little compared to others in the rich first-world country you’re in, but compared to others living in poor countries (and a considerable portion of mankind lives in the Third World), you’re rich.  
Of course the general costs of living in poorer countries are lower, so the absolute amount in dollars doesn’t tell you everything, but all in all you can be sure there are lots of people poorer than you.

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**Author:** ![istara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e79b87/32.png) [@istara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/istara)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2003, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-the-numbers-at-globalrichlist-com/204139/3 "2003-09-27T17:53:33Z")

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Well - as one example - the vast majority of the UAE’s three million residents are subcontinental expatriate workers earning around US$25 per week, and they are considered comparatively **wealthy** back home in northern Pakistan, etc.