And the U.S. is not just among the biggest oil producers in the world, it is the biggest oil producer in the world! And the largest producer of a whole host of other natural resources. So by your logic we then need to exclude us, right?Ireland's numbers are artificially inflated due to low tax rates that ensures that every multinational corporation sends their bills from there. For example, all payments for Microsoft licenses or Facebooks ads from all European countries are sent to Ireland, and are counted towards the Irish GDP. If you have ever been to Ireland, it would take you about 2 minutes to realize this.
And for Norway; 5 million people and among the biggest producers of oil in the world.
You do the math.....
Now about that inconvenient fact of what GDP per capita by state shows us when compared to political views....after we take out the confounding factor of oil revenues as you just insisted we do.
BTW, I've spent several months in Ireland over several trips during my lifetime. You? If you have, then I can only assume your point was that the high GDP per capita doesn't trickle down much if most of the wealth is tied up in corporations or the top couple of percent of the population. Where in the first world is this inequality greatest? Of course, here is the great old US of A!
I've rarely seen someone demolish their own arguments so quickly and thoroughly, nice work!