Cost of building the `Burj Khalifa` skyscraper in Dubai (2010)

Cost of building the `Burj Khalifa` skyscraper in Dubai (2010) ($1.5billion)

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If Cost of building the `Burj Khalifa` skyscraper in Dubai (2010) ($1.5billion) was a standard unit ...

  • GDP in Turkey (2019) (760 billion USD p/a)...more would be 500 x Cost of building the `Burj Khalifa` skyscraper in Dubai (2010)
  • GDP in Poland (2019) (596 billion USD p/a)...more would be 400 x Cost of building the `Burj Khalifa` skyscraper in Dubai (2010)
  • GDP in Philippines (2019) (377 billion USD p/a)...more would be 250 x Cost of building the `Burj Khalifa` skyscraper in Dubai (2010)
  • GDP in Singapore (2019) (372 billion USD p/a)...more would be 250 x Cost of building the `Burj Khalifa` skyscraper in Dubai (2010)
  • Turnover of PetroChina (2015) ($368billion)...more would be 250 x Cost of building the `Burj Khalifa` skyscraper in Dubai (2010)
  • Turnover of General Electric (2015) ($148.6billion)...more would be 100 x Cost of building the `Burj Khalifa` skyscraper in Dubai (2010)
  • Turnover of Sony (2015) ($75.3billion)...more would be 50 x Cost of building the `Burj Khalifa` skyscraper in Dubai (2010)
  • GDP in Croatia (2019) (60.7 billion USD p/a)...more would be 40 x Cost of building the `Burj Khalifa` skyscraper in Dubai (2010)
  • GDP in Tanzania (2019) (60.6 billion USD p/a)...more would be 40 x Cost of building the `Burj Khalifa` skyscraper in Dubai (2010)
  • GDP in Albania (2019) (15.27 billion USD p/a)...more would be 10 x Cost of building the `Burj Khalifa` skyscraper in Dubai (2010)
  • GDP in Malta (2019) (14.99 billion USD p/a)...more would be 10 x Cost of building the `Burj Khalifa` skyscraper in Dubai (2010)
  • GDP in Mozambique (2019) (14.96 billion USD p/a)...more would be 10 x Cost of building the `Burj Khalifa` skyscraper in Dubai (2010)
  • GDP in Monaco (2015) (6.01 billion USD p/a)...more would be 4 x Cost of building the `Burj Khalifa` skyscraper in Dubai (2010)
  • Cost of building the `One World Trade Center` in New York City (2013) ($3.8billion)...more would be 2.5 x Cost of building the `Burj Khalifa` skyscraper in Dubai (2010)
  • GDP in Burundi (2019) (3.027 billion USD p/a)...more would be 2 x Cost of building the `Burj Khalifa` skyscraper in Dubai (2010)
  • GDP in Antigua and Barbuda (2017) (1.524 billion USD p/a)...more would be about as big as Cost of building the `Burj Khalifa` skyscraper in Dubai (2010)
  • Construction cost of Wembley Stadium (London, UK) (2007) ($1.5billion)...more would be about as big as Cost of building the `Burj Khalifa` skyscraper in Dubai (2010)
  • Construction cost of Yankee Stadium (NYC, USA) (2009) ($1.5billion)...more would be about as big as Cost of building the `Burj Khalifa` skyscraper in Dubai (2010)
  • Price of an Gulfstream G700 private jet (2024) ($75million)...more would be 1/20 of Cost of building the `Burj Khalifa` skyscraper in Dubai (2010)
  • Price at 2001 auction of Shakespeare's First Folio ($6.1million)...more would be 1/250 of Cost of building the `Burj Khalifa` skyscraper in Dubai (2010)

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