25 Richest Country in the World (No. 11)

°°Switzerland°°

• GNI per capita: $58,138

• 2017 GDP: $490.2 billion (37th out of 196 countries)

• Population: 8.5 million

• Life expectancy at birth: 83.6 years

One of the richest countries in the world, Switzerland has a GNI per capita of $58,138. Though Switzerland has a fairly diverse economy, gold makes up by far the largest share of its exports. About a quarter of the nation's $285 billion in exports in 2017 was in gold. Despite being a relatively small country of less than 8.5 million people, Switzerland is one of the countries that controls a large share of the world's gold.

Switzerland partially relies on innovation to drive economic growth by investing the equivalent of 3.4% of its GDP in research and development -- the third highest rate in the world.