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==Overview== Greenland's per capita disposable income is the lowest in the Arctic other than Russia's, and less than one third that of the American state of [[Alaska]].<ref name="denning20250107">{{Cite news |last=Denning |first=Liam |date=2025-01-07 |title=Why Would Trump Buy Greenland When He Can Rent It? |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-01-07/why-would-trump-buy-greenland-when-he-can-rent-it |access-date=2025-01-09 |publisher=Bloomberg |language=en}}</ref> GDP per capita is close to the average for European economies, but the economy is critically dependent upon substantial support from the Danish government, which supplies about half the revenues of the [[Naalakkersuisut|self-rule government]], which in turn employs 10,307 Greenlanders<ref>StatBank Greenland. "[http://bank.stat.gl/pxweb/en/Greenland/Greenland__AR__AR30/ARXBFB1.px/table/tableViewLayout1/?rxid=10a372f7-5557-44a2-9c36-36b27fa4ddb0 Main employment for permanent residents by time, industry, gender, age, place of residence, place of birth and inventory]". Accessed 19 Jan 2017.</ref> out of 25,620 currently in employment (2015). Unemployment nonetheless remains high, with the rest of the economy dependent upon demand for exports of shrimp and fish.<ref>{{cite web | title = The Economy of Greenland is Dependent on Fishing | url = http://www.danishexporters.dk/scripts/danishexporters/economyGreenland.asp | publisher=Danish Exporters | access-date = 20 February 2011 }}</ref>
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