Editing Western Europe (section)

==Economy==
Western Europe is one of the richest regions of the world. [[Germany]] has the highest [[gross domestic product]] in Europe and the largest financial surplus of any country, [[Luxembourg]] has the world's highest GDP per capita, and Germany has the highest [[List of countries by total wealth|net national wealth]] of any European state.<ref>{{Cite web|title=GDP (current US$) - European Union {{!}} Data|url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.CD?locations=EU|access-date=12 March 2021|website=data.worldbank.org}}</ref>

[[Switzerland]] and Luxembourg have the highest [[List of countries by average wage|average wage]] in the world, in nominal and [[Purchasing power parity|PPP]], respectively. [[Norway]] ranks highest in the world on the [[Social Progress Index]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.socialprogress.org/index/global/results|title=2020 Social Progress Index|publisher=The Social Progress Imperative|access-date=29 December 2020}}</ref>