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GDP per capita determines the level of economic development of the country: the higher the GDP per capita in a country the higher the economic wealth of its citizens. Since the beginning of the century, Luxembourg, Switzerland, and Norway have the sustainable high positions of GDPs per capita at current prices with Luxembourg being the leader. In 2017, Luxembourg's GDP per capita has grown by $3,613 compared to 2016 to reach a level of approximately $110,000. At that, the real GDP growth of Luxembourg is estimated at 3.5 percent in 2017 which is 2.6 percentage points more than in the previous year. GDP per capita based on purchasing power parity (PPP) is a more accurate characteristic determining the level of economic development and economic growth. Based on this approach, Qatar has the highest GDP per capita in the world while Luxembourg ranks the second. According to the definition given by Global Purchasing Power Parities and Real Expenditures International Comparison Program,...

Since January 2016, when the price of coal reached a 10-year low, coal prices have rebounded by about 100 percent. Several factors have contributed to this price rebound. First, as part of China's effort to reduce harmful emissions the world's largest coal consumer and producer, reduced its domestic production and increased its imports. Second, the Indian coal industry faced hard times as miner strikes led to a crisis within the domestic industry, sending coal prices soaring. Leading international agencies have contributed contrasting perspectives on the future of coal prices:The World Bank in its October 2017 commodity forecast report estimated that the price of coal will decrease in 2018 to $70/mt from $85/mt in 2017, with slow price growth beyond 2018.The IMF in July 2017 detailed an alternate scenario under which prices would decline in 2018 to $78.8/mt and still further in 2019 to $74/mt. Read on to explore other energy sector statistics and visualizations, including the...