[aluket]

The UK is #6 globally in terms of GDP, and at least where I live in the south east there are Teslas everywhere I look.

I think this says more about the problem with averages.

[retrac98]

GDP isn’t a great measure here.

For example, while it’s #6 by GDP it’s #21 by GDP per capita.

The wealth is also very unevenly distributed, 1/7 are skipping meals due to poverty: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/cost-of-livi...

[TheLoafOfBread]

That's London and wider area, rest of UK is on same level like Eastern Europe.

Here is the map based on Eurostat data. Notice that richest area and almost all poorest areas are in UK

https://vividmaps.com/the-top-ten-richest-and-poorest-areas/