Ok smarty pants. 7th largest economy in the world in nominal terms and 3rd largest in PPP. Doesn't look small to me or to most people outside China. And, by the way- if you revisit basic mathematics you might realize that the 12000 growing at 20% will eventually overtake the 2 million dollars growing at 5%. Have some patience.so the vietnamese communists and indians are prone to use % to hail for their much smaller economies
Just like if you are earning 12000 rupees pa, 20% is a BIG RAise in salaries
If you are earning 2 million dollars a year, getting a raise of 100 grand or 5% is much paler to the rupee-earners %-wise. You don't need to know who is laughing to the banks, do u?