sandy wrote:
Global GDP (Gross Domestic Product) was $69.97 trillion in 2011. If the world population for 2011 was best estimated at 6,973,738,433, approximately what is the global GDP per person?
(A) $10
(B) $100
(C) $1,000
(D) $10,000
(E) $100,000
We can approximate GDP as $70 trillion or 70 x 10^12 dollars. We can approximate the world population as 7 billion or 7 x 10^9. Thus the global GDP per capita is:
(70 x 10^12)/(7 x 10^9) = 10 x 10^3= $10,000
Answer: D