Vicarius Provinciae
How Poor Is Spain?
I used to think that Spain was a developed and prosperous country just like the rest of Western Europe. But I recently read that they are actually poor asin comparison to other countries in the region.
So how poor are they? Are they comparable to Eastern European countries?
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The Red Menace
Re: How Poor Is Spain?
No not that poor...It depends on the period..for part of the time they were a very wealthy country but under some bad leadership they were very poor...
Vicarius Provinciae
Re: How Poor Is Spain?
What do you mean depends on what period? I didnt post this thread under 'History' section. Obviously Im talking about today not 1492.Originally Posted by Slurricane
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Senator
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lol...
Protector Domesticus
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Its not hard to make an "illegal immigrant joke" in this type of situation, which is painfully ironic.
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Vicarius Provinciae
Re: How Poor Is Spain?
What do you mean?Its not hard to make an "illegal immigrant joke" in this type of situation, which is painfully ironic.
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Re: How Poor Is Spain?
He's probably referring to all the Africans entering Europe trough Spain.
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Re: How Poor Is Spain?
Spain is poor now?
In the lists of countries by GDP :
2007 List by the International Monetary Fund
#8 Spain
2007 List by the World Bank
#8 Spain
2008 List by the CIA World Factbook
#9 Spain
as compared with lets say Indonesia who ranks #20, #20, #22.
When it comes to GDP per capita they rank #24 above countries like New Zeeland, Greece, Israel, Slovenia, Portugal and Indonesias #115 place.
lol
Vicarius Provinciae
Re: How Poor Is Spain?
Always read the first post first before posting or maybe you need to learn better reading comprehension.
Tu tambien. Im talking about Spain in comparison to the rest of Western Europe. I dont care about other regions of the world.I would agree with Haakon. You want poor? Try Albania, FYROM and other small nations in different regions of the world.
Last edited by jankren; February 20, 2009 at 03:46 AM.
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"Feminists are silent when the bills arrive." -- Aetius
"Women have made a pact with the devil — in return for the promise of exquisite beauty, their window to this world of lavish male attention is woefully brief." -- Some Guy
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I would agree with Haakon. You want poor? Try Albania, FYROM and other small nations in different regions of the world.
Vicarius Provinciae
Re: How Poor Is Spain?
Huh?
Its like 5th richest country in Europe.
Not poor exactly...
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Re: How Poor Is Spain?
perhaps this will help:
Spain Poverty and wealth, Information about Poverty and wealth in ...
Spain. Poverty and wealth. Until the 1950s there was only a small industrial working class in Catalonia and the Basque Country, a traditional agricultural ...
There are many rural regions within Spain. In general -- rural areas in any western nation hold more poverty and are in general less wealthy than the urbanized areas. The same is true in the USA. Remember, Spain as is relatively small compared to the the continent as a whole. There may also be some cultural as well as climate reasons that help offset the income variance from northern Europe. People may be willing to make a trade off between income and life style. This also complicates comparisions.
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I think Italy condition is nowadays worse than Spain's !!! (... sadly!!!!!)
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Vicarius Provinciae
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And condition of those two is good.
Dux Limitis
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Spain itself isn't that poor, it's the least rich major country of Western Europe.
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Dux Limitis
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It's an image left-over from Franco. Spain used to be poor compared to the rest but with their growth since the cabron died, Spain has practically caught up with the rest of Europe.
I do feel that the difference between the regions can be very large, but it's just a feeling.
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Senator
Re: How Poor Is Spain?
There was quite a difference. This difference has been diminishing due to the state's "solidarity" policy of autonomy(region) financing. The problem comes when this "solidarity" makes the rich regions poor and the poor regions...get better but stay more or less the same, which is what is starting to happen.
(...) and that unfortunate People were afterwards forced to undergo the utmost Miseries of a Siege, in their Capital City of Barcelona; during which, great Multitudes of them perished by Famine and the Sword, many of them have since been executed; and great Numbers of the Nobility of Catalonia, who, for their Constancy and Bravery in Defence of their Liberties, and for their Services in Conjunction with Her Majesty and Her Allies, had, in all Honour, Justice, and Conscience, the highest Claim to Her Majesty's Protection, are now dispersed in Dungeons throughout the Spanish Dominions.
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Senator
Re: How Poor Is Spain?
Compared to Albania I think it's very very poor. Compared to small countries like Russia, India or China it is very very rich. So rich, in fact Spain could buy them all. Even Albania, although I'm not so sure about the last one.
Vicarius Provinciae
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So Spain is fifth in Western Europe behind what countries?
"When one person suffers from a delusion it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called religion." -- Robert Pirsig
"Feminists are silent when the bills arrive." -- Aetius
"Women have made a pact with the devil — in return for the promise of exquisite beauty, their window to this world of lavish male attention is woefully brief." -- Some Guy
Re: How Poor Is Spain?
I can never understand why people ask these kind of questions in threads. If you want to know, look it up yourself.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...untries_by_GDP
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_European_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_European_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)_per_capita
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