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Location: Auckland, New Zealand
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Yep. Lies, damn lies, and statistics.
Its not "laughable" to use the country's income. Its not ideal (as you demonstrated - the informal economy issue), but it isn't bad. Basing the assessment on a simple population basis is worse.
If it was per inhabitant, the US would be ahead of NZ (about $40/person vs $30/person). But US GNP/capita is more than double NZ GNP/capita in US$. So percentage of income is less.
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