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In Norway we distinguish between offshore and onshore GDP [1]. The ool income goes straight into the oil fund and that does not invest in Norway and neither does a large amount of the income generated from it get spent in Norway.

So yes, there is an alternative, just do the statistics properly.

[1] https://www.ssb.no/nasjonalregnskap-og-konjunkturer/nasjonal...

Why do people feel personally offended by these statistics?

It's a GDP per capita with some adjustment ranking.

Don't understand why is it triggering you. The news isn't about average salary or purchasing power.

it's not just Norway, all the oil rich countries float to top on this list. So indeed they are calculating how rich is the country's bank accounts because the money is distributed through social services, which is basically free money.