Comment 75246

By Egon (anonymous) | Posted March 16, 2012 at 08:42:25 in reply to Comment 75236

The national poverty rate in Jamaica is around 13%; Canada's is around 10%.

The national unemployment rate in Jamaica is around 12.4%; in Canada, it's 7.4%.

Canada's per-capita national debt seems to be 25th largest worldwide (~$29,625USD). For sake of comparison...

Portugal: 46,795USD
Ireland: 519,070USD
Italy: 36,841USD
Greece: 47,636USD
Spain: 47,069USD

Jamaica's equivalent seems to be 52nd worldwide (~$4,660USD).

Admittedly, that's just Wikipedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_external_debt

And also, a lot of those countries are doing just great. Example:

Netherlands: 226,503
Switzerland: 154,063
United Kingdom: 144,338
Norway: 131,220

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