Elon Musk richer than the 8 countries of the Western Balkans, Kosovo the penultimate in the region with Gross Domestic Product

The founder and CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, Elon Musk continues to stay at the top of the list in terms of the world's richest people.

According to Bloomberg Billionaires Index, writes Telegrafi, Musk owns 311 billion dollars of wealth, with an increase of 141 billion dollars in one year.

The debate about his wealth began when the head of the United Nations World Food Program (WFP), David Beasley, said that a small group of multibillionaires could solve the issue of world hunger with just a small percentage of the wealth. , taking Musk as an example.

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Two percent of his wealth is over 6 billion dollars.

"Six billion dollars to help 42 million people who would die if we didn't support them. It's not complicated," Beasley said.

After this reaction, Musk said that if 2 percent of the wealth would solve the problem of hunger in the world, then he would sell the shares of the company.

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"If the WFP can describe this topic on Twitter exactly how $6 billion will solve world hunger, I will sell Tesla shares right now and do it," Musk responded, according to the Telegraph.

However, the head of the WFP himself has stated that this value stated by Musk does not solve this problem, but that it would save 42 million people who are on the verge of survival.

"The description is not correct. Six billion dollars will not solve world hunger, but it will prevent geopolitical instability, mass migration and save 42 million people who are on the brink of survival. "An unprecedented crisis and due to COVID-19/conflicts/global warming," Beasley wrote.

Wealth of Musk and the countries of the Western Balkans

Elon Musk from the latest calculations by Bloomberg, turns out to be the richest man with 311 billion dollars, leaving behind his rivals such as Jeff Bezos from Amazon with 195 billion dollars, the billionaire from France, Bernard Arnault with 167 billion dollars and Bill Gates with 136 billion dollars.

Not only is Musk richer than the eight countries of the Western Balkans combined.

From the data of Trading Economics, it turns out that the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of these countries is 237.29 billion dollars. From this calculation, Bulgaria it is the country that has the largest GDP in the region with 69.11 billion dollars or 8,743 dollars per capita.

Croatia it is the second country in the Balkans that has the highest GDP per capita at $15,204 with $55.97 billion.

It is in third place Serbia with a GDP of 52.96 billion dollars or 7,193 dollars per capita.

It is far from the third place Bosnia and Herzegovina, when its Domestic Product is 19.79 billion dollars or 6,077 dollars per capita.

Albania and Northern Macedonia are the countries that have approximate GDP. Where in Albania, the GDP per capita is 5,064 dollars with a total of 14.8 billion dollars, while in North Macedonia, the Domestic Product per capita is 5,371 dollars with a total of 12.27 billion dollars.

Kosova it is the penultimate country in the Balkans that has the lowest GDP. The Domestic Product of our country is 7.61 billion dollars or 4,230 dollars per capita.

But in the last place, out of the eight calculated places, it turns out to be Montenegro with a GDP of 4.78 billion dollars or 7,293 dollars per capita. /Telegraph/