PPP per capital is not a measure of living standard. It's a measure of the satisfaction of basic needs within a region, such as food and transportation. Indicators of living standard include the "Human Development Index" which incorporates economical, environmental, as well as political factors. (eg. GDP per capita, air/water pollutants, and human rights)
Indians are just over PPP per capita because the Rupee which is the determinant for GDP per capita is worth S*H*I*T compared to the Yuan as countries around the world have no interest to import Indian made products. A better measure of economical welfare that includes the poor (PPP per capita) as well as the rich is GDP per capita (nominal), which India peforms not so well in...
Canada: 45,888
PRC: 4,283
India 1,176
I'm sorry, but for the year 2010, Candians are 11x richer than Chinese and 39x richer than Indians.
The worth of 1 Canadian life = the worth of 39 Indian lives.