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August 25, 2008
GDP and Gold Medals
Here are the top twenty countries in terms of GDP/gold medal at the Beijing Olympics. In other words, this is the list of countries that spent, loosely speaking, the most for the least.
| Country | Golds | GDP/Gold |
| India | 1 | 1,090,000 |
| Turkey | 1 | 663,400 |
| Japan | 9 | 482,889 |
| Canada | 3 | 468,667 |
| Mexico | 2 | 443,200 |
| Belgium | 1 | 442,800 |
| Brazil | 3 | 438,000 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 410,300 |
| United States | 36 | 383,056 |
| France | 7 | 359,286 |
| Iran | 1 | 294,100 |
| Spain | 5 | 283,000 |
| Italy | 8 | 258,500 |
| Finland | 1 | 236,100 |
| Portugal | 1 | 219,500 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 206,950 |
| Germany | 16 | 203,688 |
| Denmark | 2 | 155,350 |
| Great Britain | 19 | 145,947 |
And here is the opposite list: Countries with the lowest GDP/gold medal ratios. Jamaica and Ukraine really stand out.
| Country | Golds | GDP/Gold |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 0 |
| North Korea | 2 | 1,110 |
| Jamaica | 6 | 1,484 |
| Mongolia | 2 | 1,927 |
| Georgia | 3 | 3,184 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 4,225 |
| Kenya | 5 | 5,900 |
| Belarus | 4 | 9,680 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 16,890 |
| Panama | 1 | 19,280 |
| Ukraine | 7 | 20,071 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 20,180 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 20,930 |
| Estonia | 1 | 21,200 |
| Cuba | 2 | 22,550 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 23,857 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 31,070 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 34,540 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 35,490 |
[via Symworld]
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