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National net wealth is the total amount of the value of a nation’s assets minus its debts. It refers to the total value of net wealth owned by a nation’s residents at a set point in time. National net wealth is a significant indicator of a nation’s capability to take on debt and support spending. It is affected not only by real estate prices, investment market prices, exchange rates, and mortgages in a country of a grown-up population but also by human and natural resources, capital, and technological improvements.
The maps below show blue areas of developed countries with larger wealth than the red area in 2018.
Netherlands
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Countries by total wealth (billion USD): Netherlands – 3,357 Russia – 2,240 Romania – 317 Hungary – 294 Bulgaria – 138 Serbia – 73 Estonia – 60 Lithuania – 57 Ukraine – 55 Latvia – 53 Bosnia – 40 Albania – 37 North Macedonia – 20 Montenegro – 12 Belarus – 11 Kosovo – 4
Germany
Countries by total wealth (billion USD): Germany – 14,499 Russia – 2,240 Sweeden – 1,920 Austia – 1,637 Denmark – 1,276 Norway – 1,181 Greece – 975 Poland – 974 Portugal – 916 Ireland – 806 Finland – 697 Czech Republic – 524 Romania – 317 Hungary – 294 Luxembourg – 188 Bulgaria – 138 Iceland – 138 Slovenia – 133 Croatia – 120 Cyprus – 91 Liechtenstein – 81 Serbia – 73 Estonia – 60 Lithuania – 57 Ukraine – 55 Latvia – 53 Malta – 49 Bosnia – 40 Albania – 37 North Macedonia – 2 Montenegro – 12 Belarus – 11 Kosovo – 4
asic history question..
How did the US become so wealthy?
(mostly) unfettered growth and a can-do culture of innovation?
Post-WWII reconstruction (i.e., only nation left standing). Also, the war itself was an economic boom for the U.S.
https://eh.net/encyclopedia/the-american-economy-during-world-war-ii/