your link highlights the trouble with using the mean average :> But there is a considerable gap between the richest and poorest – the top 20% of the population earn nearly nine times as much as the bottom 20%.

The wealth gap in Japan is much narrower. I suppose I would want an iphones-per-capita measure to compare whether our buying habits are similar.

I know the OECD is supposedly a respected institution, but I love how nonsensical nearly every item on the list here is.

Just comparing these two, they say the US is below the OECD average lifespan while Japan is significantly above. Yet Japan is near the bottom end of the health chart and the US is near the top. Japan and Korea are below Brazil and Mexico in health. I find that... questionable, to say the least.

Also interesting how Japan has one of the lowest violent crime rates in the world (possibly only Singapore is safer), yet Japan is in the middle of the chart and not far above the US. Somehow the UK is considered safer than Japan.

Makes me wonder how exactly they calculate everything. Loads of wonky results there.