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>>Restle+(OP)
The methodology finally addresses a pet peeve of mine to adjust based on prices and hours worked: "we ranked 178 countries using three measures. The first is GDP per person at market exchange rates. It is simple and intuitive, and widely cited. But it ignores price differences between countries. The second measure adjusts incomes for these local costs (known as purchasing-power parity, or PPP). This offers a better guide to living standards but one that takes no account of leisure time: the share of people in work, and how long they work, varies by country. Our final yardstick accounts for both local prices and hours worked"

>>Restle+b
Why measure "rich" at all and just go with life satisfaction surveys?

>>xnx+t6
North Africa countries have very very low suicide rates for the same reason. Many factors can change your self-reporting of events you go through.

>>eastbo+gl
Morocco suicide rate: 7.2/100k Spain suicide rate: 8.4/100k Portugal suicide rate: 11.5/100k

And seems to vary with the economic situation just like everywhere else.

Plus quite a few North African countries ... well, they're just lying. Look at Egypt, even Tunisia ... these figures are just not possible, they're either misclassified or just lies.