Why warmer countries are poorer
Search Why Warm Countries are poorer Today I bring you what I think is a ground-breaking article. I have never seen this theory anywhere. I hope you find it as exciting as I do! Societies that live closer to the equator are warmer. Why are they also poorer? Press enter or click to view image in full size Source Here’s the average GDP per capita compared to latitude: Press enter or click to view image in full size Source: Tomas Pueyo for Uncharted Territories, with data from The world by latitudes: A global analysis of human population, development level and environment across the north–south axis over the past half century, Kummu & Varis, 2010 And here’s more quantified data: Press enter or click to view image in full size If you look at the countries that are close to the equator and are rich, they are all clearly outliers. They’re almost all microstates. Singapore (SGP) and Hong Kong (HKG) have tons of air conditioning, GNQ (Equatorial Guinea) has plenty of oil, Seychelles (SY...