Oil is a blessing and a curse. It’s a foreign policy problem. It’s a national defense problem. But for some country’s, it’s a source of wealth for everyone living there. Here are the wealthiest oil nations per capita. And a look at what their real per capita and poverty level is despite that wealth. Source: Ria Rating, IMF, OPEC, United Nations, BP, Russia’s Economic Development Ministry.

via Forbes – Energy http://www.forbes.com/pictures/ejmj45k/oil-wealth-not-always-a-blessing/