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Economy > GDP per capita: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: GDP at purchaser's prices is the sum of gross value added by all resident producers in the economy plus any product taxes and minus any subsidies not included in the value of the products. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or for depletion and degradation of natural resources. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Dollar figures for GDP are converted from domestic currencies using single year official exchange rates. For a few countries where the official exchange rate does not reflect the rate effectively applied to actual foreign exchange transactions, an alternative conversion factor is used. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.

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# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 Monaco $163,025.86 2011
2 Liechtenstein $134,617.38 2009
3 Luxembourg $107,475.95 2012
4 Norway $99,557.73 2012
5 Qatar $89,735.68 2011
6 Bermuda $86,071.62 2011
7 Switzerland $79,052.34 2012
8 Macau $78,275.15 2012
9 Channel Islands $73,577.17 2007
Western Europe average (profile) $68,103.69 2007
10 Australia $67,035.57 2012
11 San Marino $62,188.93 2008
12 Denmark $56,210.23 2012
13 Sweden $55,244.65 2012
14 Canada $52,218.99 2012
15 Singapore $51,709.45 2012
16 Kuwait $51,496.93 2011
17 United States $49,965.27 2012
18 Isle of Man $49,817.44 2007
19 Austria $47,226.20 2012
20 Japan $46,720.36 2012
21 Andorra $46,418.42 2008
22 Finland $46,178.59 2012
23 Netherlands $46,054.41 2012
24 Ireland $45,835.75 2012
25 Faeroe Islands $44,317.31 2009
26 Belgium $43,412.53 2012
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) $43,107.69 2012
27 Iceland $42,658.40 2012
High income OECD countries average (profile) $42,380.55 2012
28 Germany $41,514.17 2012
29 Brunei $41,126.61 2012
30 France $39,771.84 2012
31 United Arab Emirates $39,057.84 2011
32 United Kingdom $38,514.46 2012
33 New Zealand $37,749.44 2012
34 Hong Kong $36,795.82 2012
Tourist destinations average (profile) $35,703.82 2009
Eurozone average (profile) $35,134.12 2012
Non-religious countries average (profile) $33,501.35 2012
35 Israel $33,250.09 2011
36 Italy $33,048.75 2012
37 European Union $32,676.48 2012
NATO countries average (profile) $31,190.23 2012
European Union average (profile) $31,020.51 2012
38 Cayman Islands $30,190.67 1996
39 Spain $29,195.38 2012
40 Puerto Rico $27,677.53 2012
Cold countries average (profile) $26,921.43 2012
Europe average (profile) $25,999.84 2012
41 Aruba $25,354.78 2011
42 Saudi Arabia $25,136.21 2012
43 Equatorial Guinea $24,035.71 2012
OPEC countries average (profile) $23,953.95 2011
44 Oman $23,132.94 2011
45 South Korea $22,590.16 2012
46 Greenland $22,507.89 2009
47 Bahrain $22,466.95 2011
48 Greece $22,082.89 2012
49 Slovenia $22,000.51 2012
50 The Bahamas $21,908.28 2012
Heavily indebted countries average (profile) $21,013.76 2012
51 Malta $20,847.59 2012
Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) $20,413.06 2011
52 Cyprus $20,355.25 2012
53 Portugal $20,182.40 2012
54 Czech Republic $18,607.71 2012
55 Trinidad and Tobago $17,934.06 2012
56 Slovakia $16,931.63 2012
57 Estonia $16,316.46 2012
Christian countries average (profile) $15,800.99 2012
Catholic countries average (profile) $15,785.52 2012
58 Chile $15,355.89 2012
59 French Polynesia $14,530.23 2000
60 Uruguay $14,449.50 2012
61 Lithuania $14,096.94 2012
62 Russia $14,037.03 2012
63 Latvia $13,983.96 2012
64 Saint Kitts and Nevis $13,968.58 2012
65 Croatia $13,227.47 2012
66 Antigua and Barbuda $13,207.16 2012
67 Barbados $13,076.46 2011
East Asia and Pacific average (profile) $12,841.77 2012
68 Venezuela $12,728.73 2012
69 Poland $12,707.85 2012
70 Hungary $12,621.74 2012
71 New Caledonia $12,579.60 2000
72 Kazakhstan $11,935.43 2012
73 Seychelles $11,758.04 2012
74 Argentina $11,452.13 2012
75 Gabon $11,430.49 2012
Sparsely populated countries average (profile) $11,375.15 2009
76 Brazil $11,339.52 2012
Former British colonies average (profile) $11,139.13 2012
77 Palau $11,005.87 2012
Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) $10,872.94 2011
78 Turkey $10,666.06 2012
79 Libya $10,455.57 2009
80 Malaysia $10,380.54 2012
Potential Future EU Members average (profile) $10,242.89 2012
81 Mexico $9,747.46 2012
82 Lebanon $9,705.39 2012
Muslim countries average (profile) $9,589.41 2011
83 Panama $9,534.41 2012
Landlocked countries average (profile) $9,398.57 2012
84 Costa Rica $9,396.45 2012
Hot countries average (profile) $9,326.14 2011
Emerging markets average (profile) $9,065.98 2012
85 Suriname $8,864.02 2012
Eastern Europe average (profile) $8,797.11 2012
86 Mauritius $8,124.17 2012
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) $8,020.33 2012
87 Romania $7,942.83 2012
88 Colombia $7,751.68 2012
89 South Africa $7,507.67 2012
90 Grenada $7,485.02 2012
91 Azerbaijan $7,391.97 2012
92 Botswana $7,191.43 2012
Former Soviet republics average (profile) $7,163.81 2012
93 Bulgaria $6,986.04 2012
94 Iran $6,815.57 2011
95 Montenegro $6,813.04 2012
96 Dominica $6,691.02 2012
97 Belarus $6,685.02 2012
98 Peru $6,568.04 2012
99 Maldives $6,566.65 2012
100 Saint Lucia $6,558.44 2012
101 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines $6,515.22 2012
102 Turkmenistan $6,510.61 2012
103 Iraq $6,454.62 2012
104 China $6,188.19 2012
105 Namibia $5,785.75 2012
106 Dominican Republic $5,736.44 2012
107 Angola $5,484.83 2012
Religious countries average (profile) $5,483.97 2012
108 Thailand $5,479.76 2012
109 Jamaica $5,471.72 2012
110 Ecuador $5,424.63 2012
111 Algeria $5,404.00 2012
112 Cuba $5,382.82 2008
113 Serbia $5,189.58 2012
114 Jordan $4,945.13 2012
115 Belize $4,576.64 2011
116 Republic of Macedonia $4,567.57 2012
117 Tonga $4,493.87 2012
118 Bosnia and Herzegovina $4,446.52 2012
119 Fiji $4,437.76 2012
120 Tunisia $4,236.79 2012
121 Albania $4,148.85 2012
122 Ukraine $3,867.02 2012
123 Cape Verde $3,837.68 2012
124 Paraguay $3,813.47 2012
125 El Salvador $3,789.57 2012
126 Tuvalu $3,739.82 2012
127 Mongolia $3,672.97 2012
128 Samoa $3,584.33 2012
129 Guyana $3,583.96 2012
130 Indonesia $3,557.39 2012
131 Marshall Islands $3,556.30 2012
132 Georgia $3,508.41 2012
133 Kosovo $3,453.10 2012
134 Guatemala $3,351.14 2012
135 Armenia $3,337.86 2012
136 Syria $3,289.06 2012
South and Central Asia average (profile) $3,193.07 2012
137 Egypt $3,187.31 2012
138 Vanuatu $3,176.21 2012
139 Federated States of Micronesia $3,164.56 2012
140 Republic of the Congo $3,153.74 2012
141 Swaziland $3,043.50 2012
142 Morocco $2,951.36 2012
143 Sri Lanka $2,923.13 2012
144 Philippines $2,587.02 2012
145 Bolivia $2,575.68 2012
Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) $2,546.37 2012
146 Bhutan $2,398.91 2012
147 Honduras $2,334.77 2012
Former French colonies average (profile) $2,217.12 2012
148 Papua New Guinea $2,184.16 2012
149 Moldova $2,037.94 2012
150 Solomon Islands $1,834.84 2012
151 Nicaragua $1,753.64 2012
152 Kiribati $1,743.39 2012
153 Uzbekistan $1,716.53 2012
154 Ghana $1,604.91 2012
155 Vietnam $1,595.81 2012
156 Sudan $1,580.00 2012
157 Nigeria $1,555.41 2012
158 Yemen $1,494.43 2012
159 India $1,489.24 2012
South Asia average (profile) $1,481.46 2012
160 Zambia $1,469.12 2012
161 Sao Tome and Principe $1,402.08 2012
162 Laos $1,399.21 2012
failed states average (profile) $1,342.82 2012
163 Pakistan $1,290.36 2012
164 Cote d'Ivoire $1,243.99 2012
165 Lesotho $1,193.04 2012
166 Kyrgyzstan $1,159.63 2012
167 Cameroon $1,151.36 2012
168 Mauritania $1,106.14 2012
169 East Timor $1,068.14 2012
170 Djibouti $1,061.64 2007
171 Senegal $1,031.60 2012
172 Cambodia $945.99 2012
173 Chad $885.11 2012
174 Tajikistan $872.34 2012
175 Kenya $864.74 2012
176 South Sudan $861.57 2012
177 Comoros $830.52 2012
178 Zimbabwe $787.94 2012
179 Haiti $770.95 2012
180 Benin $751.92 2012
181 Bangladesh $747.34 2012
182 Nepal $706.65 2012
183 Mali $693.98 2012
184 Sierra Leone $634.92 2012
185 Burkina Faso $634.32 2012
186 Rwanda $619.93 2012
187 Afghanistan $619.59 2011
188 Tanzania $591.19 2012
189 Guinea $591.02 2012
190 Mozambique $578.80 2012
191 Togo $574.12 2012
192 Uganda $547.01 2012
193 Guinea-Bissau $539.45 2012
194 The Gambia $512.10 2012
195 Eritrea $504.30 2012
196 Central African Republic $472.68 2012
197 Ethiopia $470.22 2012
198 Madagascar $447.44 2012
199 Liberia $421.70 2012
200 Niger $382.83 2012
201 Democratic Republic of the Congo $271.97 2012
202 Malawi $268.05 2012
203 Burundi $250.97 2012
204 Somalia $145.06 1990

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STAT
COUNTRIES COVERED
Constant 2000 US$ 183
Constant LCU 190
SUBCATEGORIES
SUBCATEGORIES
STAT
COUNTRIES COVERED
Constant 2000 US$ 183
Constant LCU 190

Interesting observations about Economy > GDP per capita

  • Monaco has had the highest GDP per capita since 1982.
  • Qatar ranked first for GDP per capita amongst Hot countries in 2011.
  • Canada ranked first for GDP per capita amongst Heavily indebted countries in 2012.
  • Australia ranked first for GDP per capita amongst East Asia and Pacific in 2012.
  • Liechtenstein ranked second for GDP per capita amongst Christian countries in 2009.
  • Luxembourg ranked first for GDP per capita amongst European Union in 2012.
  • Saudi Arabia ranked first for GDP per capita amongst Religious countries in 2012.
  • Equatorial Guinea ranked first for GDP per capita amongst Sub-Saharan Africa in 2012.
  • Iraq ranked first for GDP per capita amongst Failed states in 2012.
  • Estonia ranked first for GDP per capita amongst Emerging markets in 2012.
  • Kuwait ranked second for GDP per capita amongst Muslim countries in 2011.
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