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Economy > GDP > Per capita: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: This entry gives the gross domestic product (GDP) or value of all final goods and services produced within a nation in a given year. A nation's GDP at purchasing power parity (PPP) exchange rates is the sum value of all goods and services produced in the country valued at prices prevailing in the United States. This is the measure most economists prefer when looking at per-capita welfare and when comparing living conditions or use of resources across countries. The measure is difficult to compute, as a US dollar value has to be assigned to all goods and services in the country regardless of whether these goods and services have a direct equivalent in the United States (for example, the value of an ox-cart or non-US military equipment); as a result, PPP estimates for some countries are based on a small and sometimes different set of goods and services. In addition, many countries do not formally participate in the World Bank's PPP project that calculates these measures, so the resulting GDP estimates for these countries may lack precision. For many developing countries, PPP-based GDP measures are multiples of the official exchange rate (OER) measure. The difference between the OER- and PPP-denominated GDP values for most of the weathly industrialized countries are generally much smaller. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.

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COUNTRY
AMOUNT
DATE
GRAPH
1 Luxembourg $73,305.18 per capita 2006
2 Norway $45,998.20 per capita 2006
3 United States $43,680.67 per capita 2006
4 Ireland $42,974.77 per capita 2006
5 Iceland $38,064.53 per capita 2006
6 Denmark $37,229.27 per capita 2006
7 Hong Kong $36,956.42 per capita 2006
8 Canada $36,275.44 per capita 2006
9 Austria $34,478.03 per capita 2006
10 Switzerland $34,334.59 per capita 2006
Group of 7 countries (G7) average $34,006.01 per capita 2006
11 Finland $33,339.36 per capita 2006
12 Japan $33,065.52 per capita 2006
13 Australia $32,873.74 per capita 2006
14 Belgium $32,663.50 per capita 2006
15 Netherlands $32,349.19 per capita 2006
16 Singapore $32,140.52 per capita 2006
17 Sweden $32,070.39 per capita 2006
18 United Kingdom $31,941.26 per capita 2006
19 Germany $31,937.31 per capita 2006
20 Qatar $31,865.84 per capita 2006
21 France $31,161.17 per capita 2006
High income OECD countries average $31,026.92 per capita 2006
22 Italy $29,980.71 per capita 2006
Eurozone average $29,973.20 per capita 2006
23 Monaco $29,947.85 per capita 2006
24 Taiwan $29,597.04 per capita 2006
25 United Arab Emirates $27,930.58 per capita 2006
26 Macau $26,992.48 per capita 2006
27 European Union $26,878.06 per capita 2006
European Union average $26,452.84 per capita 2006
28 New Zealand $25,912.79 per capita 2006
29 Spain $25,467.15 per capita 2006
NATO countries average $25,406.33 per capita 2006
30 Brunei $25,073.39 per capita 2006
31 South Korea $24,701.52 per capita 2006
Non-religious countries average $24,463.72 per capita 2006
32 Bahrain $24,215.17 per capita 2006
33 Israel $24,195.17 per capita 2006
34 Slovenia $23,533.33 per capita 2006
35 Greece $23,081.10 per capita 2006
Europe average $22,734.69 per capita 2006
36 Czech Republic $22,067.97 per capita 2006
37 Kuwait $21,527.68 per capita 2006
38 Malta $21,032.67 per capita 2006
Cold countries average $20,909.06 per capita 2006
39 The Bahamas $20,040.04 per capita 2006
40 Estonia $20,021.74 per capita 2006
41 Portugal $19,840.13 per capita 2006
42 Puerto Rico $19,298.03 per capita 2006
43 Barbados $19,056.22 per capita 2006
Heavily indebted countries average $18,693.27 per capita 2006
44 Slovakia $18,421.06 per capita 2006
45 Hungary $17,402.11 per capita 2006
46 Oman $16,973.86 per capita 2006
47 Lithuania $16,161.97 per capita 2006
48 Trinidad and Tobago $16,091.44 per capita 2006
49 Latvia $15,957.95 per capita 2006
50 Saudi Arabia $15,687.92 per capita 2006
51 Argentina $15,562.19 per capita 2006
52 Saint Kitts and Nevis $15,002.17 per capita 2006
53 Poland $14,549.07 per capita 2006
54 Antigua and Barbuda $13,694.21 per capita 2006
55 Croatia $13,606.25 per capita 2006
56 Mauritius $13,578.70 per capita 2006
OPEC countries average $12,738.87 per capita 2006
Middle Eastern and North Africa average $12,685.75 per capita 2006
57 South Africa $12,396.90 per capita 2006
58 Chile $12,320.81 per capita 2006
59 Russia $12,264.03 per capita 2006
60 Malaysia $12,155.27 per capita 2006
61 Libya $12,126.98 per capita 2006
62 Costa Rica $11,597.91 per capita 2006
63 Uruguay $11,331.12 per capita 2006
Eastern Europe average $11,176.70 per capita 2006
Former British colonies average $11,046.85 per capita 2006
64 Mexico $11,024.61 per capita 2006
Emerging markets average $10,384.27 per capita 2006
65 Bulgaria $10,267.54 per capita 2006
66 Botswana $10,199.76 per capita 2006
67 Romania $9,386.36 per capita 2006
68 Kazakhstan $9,367.60 per capita 2006
69 Thailand $9,216.00 per capita 2006
70 Grenada $9,080.15 per capita 2006
71 Tunisia $8,985.17 per capita 2006
72 Turkey $8,780.38 per capita 2006
73 Brazil $8,770.80 per capita 2006
74 Turkmenistan $8,748.37 per capita 2006
75 Iran $8,664.90 per capita 2006
76 Tonga $8,560.44 per capita 2006
77 Belarus $8,552.95 per capita 2006
Latin America and Caribbean average $8,522.92 per capita 2006
78 Maldives $8,424.81 per capita 2006
Former Soviet republics average $8,241.60 per capita 2006
79 Colombia $8,218.46 per capita 2006
80 Dominican Republic $8,018.52 per capita 2006
81 Panama $7,964.83 per capita 2006
82 Ukraine $7,822.44 per capita 2006
83 China $7,783.21 per capita 2006
84 Belize $7,761.59 per capita 2006
85 Algeria $7,490.72 per capita 2006
86 Namibia $7,445.80 per capita 2006
Muslim countries average $7,302.93 per capita 2006
87 Gabon $7,248.71 per capita 2006
Former Spanish colonies average $7,241.08 per capita 2006
88 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines $7,221.97 per capita 2006
Hot countries average $7,127.78 per capita 2006
89 Saint Lucia $7,101.81 per capita 2006
90 Azerbaijan $7,045.93 per capita 2006
91 Suriname $6,944.72 per capita 2006
92 Venezuela $6,894.66 per capita 2006
93 Dominica $6,699.36 per capita 2006
94 Peru $6,577.66 per capita 2006
95 Samoa $6,563.10 per capita 2006
96 Fiji $6,554.30 per capita 2006
97 Albania $6,521.11 per capita 2006
98 Bosnia and Herzegovina $6,478.26 per capita 2006
Religious countries average $6,128.90 per capita 2006
99 Cape Verde $6,036.92 per capita 2006
100 Lebanon $5,637.48 per capita 2006
101 Armenia $5,633.16 per capita 2006
102 Serbia and Montenegro $5,565.36 per capita 2006
103 Bhutan $5,414.22 per capita 2006
104 Jordan $5,375.94 per capita 2006
105 Swaziland $5,343.83 per capita 2006
106 Philippines $5,317.43 per capita 2006
107 Paraguay $5,196.14 per capita 2006
108 Guyana $5,001.50 per capita 2006
109 Morocco $5,000.57 per capita 2006
110 Sri Lanka $4,828.21 per capita 2006
111 Jamaica $4,820.30 per capita 2006
112 El Salvador $4,814.26 per capita 2006
113 Guatemala $4,757.23 per capita 2006
114 Ecuador $4,586.62 per capita 2006
115 Egypt $4,435.19 per capita 2006
South and Central Asia average $4,391.63 per capita 2006
116 Indonesia $4,251.67 per capita 2006
117 Cuba $4,095.46 per capita 2006
118 Georgia $4,093.33 per capita 2006
119 Syria $4,002.78 per capita 2006
120 India $3,751.99 per capita 2006
South Asia average $3,561.55 per capita 2006
121 Gaza Strip $3,523.34 per capita 2006
122 Vanuatu $3,431.77 per capita 2006
123 Angola $3,334.07 per capita 2006
124 Iraq $3,281.89 per capita 2006
125 Nicaragua $3,255.56 per capita 2006
126 Vietnam $3,120.98 per capita 2006
127 Lesotho $3,069.91 per capita 2006
128 Honduras $3,064.59 per capita 2006
129 Bolivia $2,982.43 per capita 2006
Former French colonies average $2,942.08 per capita 2006
130 Pakistan $2,751.54 per capita 2006
Sub-Saharan Africa average $2,727.93 per capita 2006
131 Cambodia $2,709.94 per capita 2006
132 Ghana $2,662.81 per capita 2006
133 Sudan $2,626.52 per capita 2006
134 Mauritania $2,575.98 per capita 2006
135 Papua New Guinea $2,570.36 per capita 2006
136 Cameroon $2,555.93 per capita 2006
137 Kiribati $2,386.87 per capita 2006
138 Laos $2,383.35 per capita 2006
139 Moldova $2,359.09 per capita 2006
140 Djibouti $2,331.02 per capita 2006
141 Bangladesh $2,328.45 per capita 2006
142 Mongolia $2,264.13 per capita 2006
143 Guinea $2,160.02 per capita 2006
144 The Gambia $2,140.72 per capita 2006
145 Uzbekistan $2,100.58 per capita 2006
146 Comoros $2,077.88 per capita 2006
147 Kyrgyzstan $2,063.56 per capita 2006
148 Zimbabwe $1,954.71 per capita 2006
149 Senegal $1,805.81 per capita 2006
150 North Korea $1,772.35 per capita 2006
151 Uganda $1,771.75 per capita 2006
152 Haiti $1,706.98 per capita 2006
153 Burma $1,671.83 per capita 2006
failed states average $1,661.82 per capita 2006
154 Chad $1,499.95 per capita 2006
155 Nepal $1,488.89 per capita 2006
156 Rwanda $1,482.00 per capita 2006
157 Togo $1,474.10 per capita 2006
158 Mozambique $1,448.08 per capita 2006
159 Tajikistan $1,431.30 per capita 2006
160 Burkina Faso $1,394.03 per capita 2006
161 Nigeria $1,322.29 per capita 2006
162 Congo, Republic of the $1,226.03 per capita 2006
163 Central African Republic $1,220.47 per capita 2006
164 Kenya $1,180.31 per capita 2006
165 Mali $1,061.76 per capita 2006
166 Eritrea $1,046.87 per capita 2006
167 Benin $1,034.02 per capita 2006
168 Ethiopia $1,014.83 per capita 2006
169 Zambia $981.28 per capita 2006
170 Sierra Leone $966.49 per capita 2006
171 Yemen $945.73 per capita 2006
172 Madagascar $904.81 per capita 2006
173 Niger $857.34 per capita 2006
174 Liberia $834.58 per capita 2006
175 Guinea-Bissau $764.91 per capita 2006
176 Tanzania $750.82 per capita 2006
177 Democratic Republic of the Congo $748.92 per capita 2006
178 Burundi $747.34 per capita 2006
179 Malawi $628.43 per capita 2006
180 Somalia $619.78 per capita 2006

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COUNTRIES COVERED
PPP per thousand people 209
PPP, % of GDP 195

Interesting observations about Economy > GDP > Per capita

  • Qatar ranked first for GDP > per capita amongst Hot countries in 2010.
  • Liechtenstein ranked first for GDP > per capita amongst Christian countries in 2008.
  • Equatorial Guinea ranked first for GDP > per capita amongst Sub-Saharan Africa in 2010.
  • Iraq ranked first for GDP > per capita amongst Failed states in 2010.
  • Kuwait ranked second for GDP > per capita amongst Muslim countries in 2010.
  • Singapore ranked second for GDP > per capita amongst Former British colonies in 2010.
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  • All of the top 2 countries by GDP > per capita are Cold countries'.
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