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[-] imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 18 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

Tbf, North Korea is almost certainly wealthier than Haiti. North Korean GDP figures from western sources are completely made up, their economy is a black box. In fact, many GDP estimates of developing economies are inaccurate at best, if not dead wrong. Turns out that people living at the subsistence level, as well as authoritarian dictators and warlords, aren't particularly interested in reporting their earnings for taxation purposes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Informal_economy

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[-] Reddfugee42@lemmy.world 6 points 12 hours ago

Good to see dufus still in the running. Classic.

[-] fxomt@lemm.ee 12 points 15 hours ago

That whole thread was a shitshow... That's what you get when posting tabloids ig :/

[-] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 8 points 16 hours ago

The up and downvote ratios are disappointing, but it's good to see them getting fact checked.

[-] BMTea@lemmy.world 13 points 15 hours ago

It's not strictly a fact check. Due to A) Haiti's governance collapse and B) no reliable estimate of conditions of life across all North Korea

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