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newark nick
Iran= GDP per capita - $8100
Unemployment rate - 11.2 %
Pop. living below poverty - 40%
U.S.= GDP per capita - $41,800
Unemployment rate - 5.1%
Pop. living below poverty - 12%
And the Iranian figure is in PPP isn't it? More of a killer is the exports and imports.
Exports: petroleum 80%, chemical and petrochemical products, fruits and nuts, carpets, caviar
Imports: industrial raw materials and intermediate goods, capital goods, foodstuffs and other consumer goods, technical services, military supplies
In short Iran exports oil and oil-by-products. And some fruits, nuts, carpets and caviar. A Third World country with oil. It imports the modern world.
Compare with South Korea, what could reasonably be called a NIC before China got upset and insisted they call a NIE (a Newly Industrialised Economy) but still not quite a First World country.
Exports: electronics - semiconductors, lcd panel, mobile phone, computers related, television, and others], motor vehicle, steel, ships, petrochemicals,
Imports: machinery, electronics and electronic equipment, oil, steel, transport equipment, organic chemicals, plastics