The GDP per capita of those countries are skewed because most of the workers live outside the city state and commute in. You’re just seeing the GDP benefits that cities have over rural areas.
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FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Interestingly - North Korea exists, but also many of the most successful countries only take a minute number of immigrants, and only very highly skilled or very rich ones. E.g luxembourg, switzerland, monaco(?) and Singapore.
This is because they don’t tend to have “gaps to fill” in the economy/workforce and are very small.
mushroomman_toad@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
zaphod@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
There is still freedom of movement for workers between the EU and Switzerland.
bossito@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Lol Luxembourg city population is 70% foreigner.
skisnow@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Likewise Singapore is mostly immigrants. This guy is wrong by such a huge degree that I don’t think it’s even a mistake, I think he knows he lying.
Mirodir@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
I wonder if they’re talking in absolute values (not smart in this case, obviously). All those listed countries are rather small, so the same % immigrants would just be a lower number…
wieson@feddit.org 2 months ago
Switzerland has about 25% foreigners and in Luxembourg the Portuguese minority alone is 15-20%