List of countries by GDP (nominal) per capita

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Countries by 2019 GDP (nominal) per capita[note 1]
  >$60,000
  $50,000 - $60,000
  $40,000 - $50,000
  $30,000 - $40,000
  $20,000 - $30,000
  $10,000 - $20,000
  $5,000 - $10,000
  $2,500 - $5,000
  $1,000 - $2,500
  $500 - $1,000
  <$500
  No Data

The figures presented here do not take into account differences in the cost of living in different countries, and the results vary greatly from one year to another based on fluctuations in the exchange rates of the country's currency. Such fluctuations change a country's ranking from one year to the next, even though they often make little or no difference to the standard of living of its population.

Therefore, these figures should be used with caution. GDP per capita is often considered an indicator of a country's standard of living;[1][2] however, this is problematic because GDP per capita is not a measure of personal income.

Comparisons of national income are also frequently made on the basis of purchasing power parity (PPP), to adjust for differences in the cost of living in different countries. (See List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita.) PPP largely removes the exchange rate problem but not others; it does not reflect the value of economic output in international trade, and it also requires more estimation than GDP per capita. On the whole, PPP per capita figures are more narrowly spread than nominal GDP per capita figures.

Non-sovereign entities (the world, continents, and some dependent territories) and states with limited international recognition (such as Kosovo, Palestine and Taiwan) are included in the list in cases in which they appear in the sources. These economies are not ranked in the charts here, but are listed in sequence by GDP for comparison. In addition, non-sovereign entities are marked in italics.

Note that many of leading GDP-per-capita (nominal) jurisdictions, such as Ireland, are tax havens. Their GDP data are subject to material distortion by the tax planning activities of foreign multinationals. To address this, in 2017 the Central Bank of Ireland created "modified GNI" (or GNI*) as a more appropriate statistic, and the OECD and IMF have adopted it for Ireland.

All data are in current United States dollars. Historical data can be found here.

List of per capita nominal GDP for countries and dependencies[edit | edit source]

International Monetary Fund (2021 estimates)[3] World Bank (2019)[4] United Nations (2019)[5]
Rank Country/Territory US$
1 Template:LUX 131,782
2 Template:CHE 94,696
3 Template:IRL 94,556
4 Template:NOR 81,995
5  United States 68,309
6  Denmark 67,218
7 Template:ISL 65,273
8 Template:SGP 64,103
9  Australia 62,723
10  Qatar 59,143
11 Template:SWE 58,977
 Macau 58,004
12 Template:NLD 58,003
13  Finland 54,330
14  Austria 53,859
15 Template:DEU 51,860
16 Template:BEL 50,103
17 Template:SMR 49,765
18  Canada 49,222
Template:HKG 49,036
19 Template:ISR 47,602
20  New Zealand 47,499
21  United Kingdom 46,344
22  France 44,995
23  Japan 42,928
24  United Arab Emirates 35,171
26  South Korea 34,866
27 Template:BRN 33,097
 Puerto Rico 32,233
 Taiwan 32,123
28 Template:MLT 31,576
29 Template:ESP 30,996
30 Template:BHS 30,070
31 Template:CYP 29,551
32 Template:SVN 28,104
33 Template:EST 26,470
34  Czech Republic 25,732
35 Template:KWT 25,290
36  Portugal 25,065
37 Template:BHR 24,294
Template:ABW 22,852
38 Template:SAU 22,700
39 Template:LTU 22,245
40 Template:SVK 21,529
41 Template:LVA 19,824
42  Greece 19,673
43  Hungary 18,075
44  Poland 16,930
45  Croatia 16,247
46 Template:OMN 16,212
47 Template:BRB 16,036
48  Trinidad and Tobago 15,752
49 Template:URY 15,653
50 Template:CHL 15,617
51 Template:ROU 14,968
52 Template:KNA 14,402
53 Template:ATG 13,824
54 Template:PAN 13,690
55 Template:PLW 12,850
56  China 11,819
57  Costa Rica 11,806
58 Template:MDV 11,801
59  Russia 11,654
60  Malaysia 11,604
61 Template:BGR 11,321
62  Nauru 10,125
63  Kazakhstan 9,828
64 Template:LCA 9,816
65 Template:SYC 9,666
66 Template:MUS 9,639
67  Turkey 9,327
68  Mexico 9,246
69 Template:GUY 9,192
70 Template:GRD 9,171
71 Template:ARG 9,122
72 Template:MNE 9,064
73  Turkmenistan 9,032
74 Template:SRB 8,748
75 Template:GAB 8,601
76 Template:GNQ 8,074
77  Iran 8,034
78 Template:DOM 7,951
79 Template:BWA 7,817
80  Thailand 7,702
81 Template:VCT 7,212
82  Brazil 7,011
83 Template:DMA 6,989
84 Template:BIH 6,728
85 Template:PER 6,678
86 Template:MKD 6,657
87 Template:BLR 6,487
88 Template:ALB 5,991
89 Template:COL 5,753
90 Template:ECU 5,665
91  South Africa 5,444
92 Template:JAM 5,328
93 Template:PRY 5,146
94 Template:TUV 5,116
95 Template:TON 5,081
96 Template:FJI 5,069
97 Template:AZE 4,883
 Kosovo 4,856
98 Template:MDA 4,638
99 Template:IRQ 4,632
100 Template:GTM 4,439
101 Template:NAM 4,371
102 Template:GEO 4,361
103  Jordan 4,358
104  Indonesia 4,256
105 Template:MHL 4,206
106  Mongolia 4,172
107 Template:ARM 4,125
108  El Salvador 4,031
109 Template:SUR 4,030
110 Template:UKR 3,984
111  Belize 3,970
112 Template:EGY 3,832
113  Sri Lanka 3,830
114 Template:FSM 3,821
115  Eswatini 3,710
116  Tunisia 3,683
117 Template:WSM 3,672
118 Template:PHL 8,646
119 Template:BOL 8,624
120 Template:LBY 3,617
121  Vietnam 3,609
122 Template:CPV 3,555
123 Template:MAR 3,415
124 Template:DZA 3,364
125  Bhutan 3,296
126  Djibouti 3,214
Template:Country data Palestine 3,156
127 Template:VUT 2,957
128  Syria (2010) 2,807
129  Lebanon (2020) 2,802
130 Template:LAO 2,773
131 Template:PNG 2,737
132 Template:HND 2,586
133 Template:CIV 2,567
134 Template:COG 2,505
135 Template:SLB 2,455
136 Template:NGA 2,432
137 Template:GHA 2,374
138  India 2,191
139 Template:MRT 2,179
140 Template:STP 2,174
141 Template:KEN 2,129
142  Bangladesh 2,122
143 Template:AGO 2,080
144 Template:HTI 1,943
145 Template:KIR 1,917
146 Template:NIC 1,877
147  Uzbekistan 1,775
148 Template:KHM 1,720
149 Template:ZWE 1,684
150 Template:CMR 1,649
151 Template:SEN 1,622
152 Template:VEN 1,542
153  Myanmar 1,423
154 Template:COM 1,420
155 Template:BEN 1,388
156 Template:TLS 1,285
157  Pakistan (2020) 1,260
158    Nepal 1,236
159 Template:LSO 1,178
160 Template:GIN 1,141
161  Kyrgyzstan 1,123
162 Template:TZA 1,104
163 Template:TGO 1,016
164 Template:MLI 983
165 Template:ZMB 974
166 Template:UGA 972
167 Template:ETH 952
168 Template:GNB 888
169 Template:BFA 876
170 Template:GMB 834
171 Template:RWA 821
172  Tajikistan 810
173 Template:SDN 787
174 Template:YEM 754
175 Template:TCD 741
176 Template:LBR 700
177 Template:NER 633
178 Template:ERI 625
179  Afghanistan 592
180 Template:COD 588
181 Template:CAF 552
182 Template:SLE 542
183 Template:MDG 521
184 Template:MWI 432
185 Template:MOZ 425
186 Template:SOM 347
187 Template:SSD 315
188 Template:BDI 265
188  Italy 200
Rank Country/Territory US$
1 Template:Country data Monaco (2018) 185,741
2  Liechtenstein (2017) 173,356
3  Luxembourg 114,705
 Macau 84,096
4   Switzerland 81,994
5  Ireland 78,661
6  Norway 75,420
7  Iceland 66,945
8  United States 65,281
9  Singapore 65,233
10  Qatar 64,782
11  Denmark 59,822
12  Australia 54,907
13  Netherlands 52,448
14  Sweden 51,610
15  Austria 50,277
 Hong Kong 48,756
16  Finland 48,686
17 Template:Country data San Marino (2018) 48,481
18  Germany 46,259
19  Canada 46,195
20  Belgium 46,117
21  Israel 43,641
22  United Arab Emirates 43,103
23  United Kingdom 42,300
24  New Zealand 42,084
25  Andorra 40,886
26  France 40,494
27  Japan 40,247
 European Union 34,843
28  Italy 33,190
29 Template:Country data Bahamas, The 32,934
 Puerto Rico 32,874
30  Kuwait 32,032
31  Korea, South 31,762
32  Brunei 31,087
33  Spain 29,614
34  Malta 29,416
35  Cyprus 27,858
36  Slovenia 25,739
37  Estonia 23,660
38  Bahrain 23,504
39  Czech Republic 23,495
40  Portugal 23,145
41  Saudi Arabia 23,140
42 Template:Country data Saint Kitts and Nevis 19,897
43  Greece 19,583
44  Lithuania 19,456
45  Slovakia 19,329
46  Barbados 18,148
47  Latvia 17,836
48  Antigua and Barbuda 17,790
49  Seychelles 17,402
50  Trinidad and Tobago 17,277
51  Hungary 16,476
52  Uruguay 16,190
54 Template:Country data Palau 15,859
55  Panama 15,731
56  Poland 15,595
57  Oman 15,474
58  Chile 14,897
59  Croatia 14,853
60  Romania 12,920
61  Costa Rica 12,238
62  Saint Lucia 11,611
63  Russia 11,585
World 11,429
64  Malaysia 11,415
65  Mauritius 11,204
66 Template:Country data Grenada 10,966
67  Maldives 10,791
68  China 10,262
69  Argentina 10,006
70  Mexico 9,863
71  Bulgaria 9,738
72  Kazakhstan 9,731
73  Nauru 9,397
74  Turkey 9,043
75  Montenegro 8,832
76  Cuba (2018) 8,822
77  Brazil 8,717
78 Template:Country data Dominica 8,300
79  Dominican Republic 8,282
80  Equatorial Guinea 8,132
81  Botswana 7,961
82  Thailand 7,808
83  Lebanon 7,784
84  Libya 7,684
85  Gabon 7,667
86 Template:Country data Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 7,464
87  Serbia 7,402
88  Peru 6,978
89  Turkmenistan 6,967
90  Suriname 6,855
91  Belarus 6,663
92  Colombia 6,432
93  Fiji 6,220
94  Ecuador 6,184
95  North Macedonia 6,093
96  Bosnia and Herzegovina 6,073
97  Iraq 5,855
98  Iran 5,701
99  Jamaica 5,582
100  South Africa 5,520
101  Guyana 5,468
102  Paraguay 5,415
103  Albania 5,353
104  Namibia 4,958
105  Belize 4,815
106  Azerbaijan 4,794
107  Georgia 4,769
108  Armenia 4,623
109  Guatemala 4,620
110  Moldova 4,499
 Kosovo 4,418
111 Template:Country data Tonga (2018) 4,364
112  Jordan 4,330
113 Template:Country data Samoa 4,316
114  Mongolia 4,295
115  El Salvador 4,187
116  Indonesia 4,136
117 Template:Country data Tuvalu 4,059
118  Algeria 3,948
119  Sri Lanka 3,853
120  Eswatini 3,837
121 Template:Country data Marshall Islands (2008) 3,788
122  Ukraine 3,659
123  Cape Verde 3,604
124 Template:Country data Micronesia (2018) 3,568
125  Bolivia 3,552
126  Philippines 3,485
127  Djibouti 3,409
128  Tunisia 3,318
129  Bhutan (2008) 3,243
130  Morocco 3,204
Template:Country data West Bank and Gaza (2008) 3,199
131 Template:Country data Vanuatu 3,058
132  Egypt 3,020
133  Angola 2,974
134 Template:Country data Papua New Guinea 2,845
135  Vietnam 2,715
136  Honduras 2,575
137 Template:Country data Laos 2,535
138  Côte d'Ivoire 2,286
139  Nigeria 2,230
140  Ghana 2,202
141 Template:Country data Solomon Islands 2,128
142  India 2,104
143 Template:Country data Syrian Arab Republic (2007) 2,033
144 Template:Country data Congo, Republic of the 2,011
145 Template:Country data São Tomé and Príncipe 1,995
146  Nicaragua 1,913
147  Bangladesh 1,909
148  Kenya 1,817
149  Uzbekistan 1,725
150 Template:Country data Mauritania 1,678
151 Template:Country data Kiribati 1,655
152 Template:Country data Cambodia 1,643
153  Cameroon 1,498
154  Zimbabwe 1,464
155  Senegal 1,447
156  Myanmar 1,408
157  Comoros 1,394
158  Pakistan 1,349
159  Kyrgyzstan 1,309
160 Template:Country data East Timor 1,294
161  Zambia 1,291
162 Template:Country data Benin 1,219
163 Template:Country data Lesotho 1,158
164  Tanzania 1,122
165    Nepal 1,071
166  Guinea 1,064
167  Yemen 968
168  Mali 891
169  Tajikistan 871
170  Ethiopia 858
171  Rwanda 802
172  Uganda 777
173 Template:Country data Burkina Faso 775
174  Haiti 755
175 Template:Country data Gambia, The 751
176  Chad 710
177 Template:Country data Guinea-Bissau 698
178 Template:Country data Togo 676
179  Liberia 622
180 Template:Country data Niger 555
181 Template:Country data Congo, Democratic Republic of the 545
182  Madagascar 522
183 Template:Country data Sierra Leone 505
184  Afghanistan 502
185 Template:Country data Mozambique 492
186 Template:Country data Central African Republic 468
187 Template:Country data Sudan 442
188  Malawi 412
189 Template:Country data Burundi 261
Rank Country/Territory US$
1 Template:Country data Monaco 190,532
2  Liechtenstein 179,258
3  Luxembourg 115,481
 Bermuda 117,768
Template:Country data Cayman Islands 92,692
4   Switzerland 85,135
 Macau 84,097
5  Ireland 81,637
6  Norway 74,986
7  Iceland 71,345
8  United States 65,134
9  Qatar 64,782
10  Singapore 64,103
11  Denmark 60,657
12  Australia 54,763
 Greenland 53,353
13  Netherlands 53,053
14  Sweden 52,896
15  Austria 49,701
 Hong Kong 49,180
16  Finland 48,678
Template:Country data Virgin Islands, British 48,511
17 Template:Country data San Marino 47,313
18  Canada 46,550
19  Israel 46,376
20  Germany 46,232
21  Belgium 46,198
22  New Zealand 43,264
23  United Arab Emirates 43,103
24  United Kingdom 41,855
25  Andorra 40,887
26  France 40,319
27  Japan 40,063
 Puerto Rico 35,791
Template:Country data New Caledonia 34,942
28 Template:Country data Bahamas, The 34,864
29  Malta 33,752
30  Italy 33,090
31  Korea, South 32,143
32  Kuwait 31,999
Template:Country data Turks and Caicos Islands 31,353
33  Brunei 31,086
 Aruba 30,975
34  Spain 29,816
 Europe 28,896
35  Cyprus 28,285
Americas 28,239
36  Slovenia 26,062
Template:Country data Anguilla 25,529
37  Estonia 23,740
38  Bahrain 23,504
39  Czech Republic 23,452
40  Portugal 23,350
41  Saudi Arabia 23,140
Template:Country data Cook Islands 21,603
 French Polynesia 21,567
42 Template:Country data Saint Kitts and Nevis 19,896
43  Lithuania 19,795
44  Greece 19,604
45  Slovakia 19,256
 Curaçao 18,980
46  Barbados 18,149
47  Latvia 17,885
48  Seychelles 17,382
49  Antigua and Barbuda 17,113
50  Hungary 16,879
51  Trinidad and Tobago 16,637
52  Uruguay 16,190
53  Panama 15,728
54  Poland 15,727
55 Template:Country data Palau 15,572
56  Oman 15,343
57  Chile 14,896
58  Croatia 14,627
Template:Country data Montserrat 13,487
59  Romania 12,914
60  Costa Rica 12,238
61  Nauru 12,351
62  Saint Lucia 11,611
63  Russia 11,606
64  Malaysia 11,414
World 11,339
65  Mauritius 11,169
66 Template:Country data Grenada 10,818
67  Maldives 10,626
68  Argentina 10,041
69  China 10,004
70  Mexico 9,849
71  Kazakhstan 9,793
72  Bulgaria 9,703
73  Cuba 9,296
74  Turkey 9,127
75  Montenegro 8,825
76  Brazil 8,755
Central America 8,606
Template:Country data South America 8,238
77  Dominican Republic 8,282
78  Equatorial Guinea 8,130
79  Turkmenistan 8,124
80 Template:Country data Dominica 8,111
81  Botswana 7,961
82  Thailand 7,785
83  Lebanon 7,784
84  Gabon 7,773
85 Template:Country data Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 7,464
86  Serbia 7,359
87  Iran 7,282
88  Peru 6,978
89  Belarus 6,674
90  Guyana 6,610
91  Colombia 6,432
92  Suriname 6,360
93  Fiji 6,185
94  Ecuador 6,184
95  Bosnia and Herzegovina 6,109
96  North Macedonia 6,093
97  South Africa 6,001
98  Iraq 5,730
99  Paraguay 5,406
100  Jamaica 5,369
101  Albania 5,303
102  Namibia 4,957
103  Belize 4,884
104 Template:Country data Tonga 4,865
105  Libya 4,810
106  Azerbaijan 4,782
107  Venezuela 4,733
108  Armenia 4,623
 Kosovo 4,473
109  Georgia 4,439
110  Jordan 4,405
111  Guatemala 4,363
112  Mongolia 4,295
113 Template:Country data Samoa 4,285
114  El Salvador 4,187
115  Indonesia 4,136
116 Template:Country data Marshall Islands 4,038
117 Template:Country data Tuvalu 4,036
118  Eswatini 4,002
119  Algeria 3,976
120  Sri Lanka 3,940
121 Template:Country data Micronesia 3,640
122  Cape Verde 3,604
123  Bolivia 3,552
124  Ukraine 3,496
Template:Country data Palestine, State of 3,424
125  Bhutan 3,361
126  Philippines 3,324
127  Tunisia 3,318
128  Morocco 3,282
129  Djibouti 3,252
130  Egypt 3,161
131 Template:Country data Vanuatu 3,023
132  Moldova 2,957
133 Template:Country data Papua New Guinea 2,845
134  Vietnam 2,715
135  Angola 2,671
136 Template:Country data Laos 2,625
137  Honduras 2,575
138  Nigeria 2,361
139 Template:Country data Congo, Republic of the 2,304
140  Côte d'Ivoire 2,276
Association of Southeast Asian Nations Southeast Asia 2,187
141  Ghana 2,203
142  India 2,116
143 Template:Country data São Tomé and Príncipe 1,961
144 Template:Country data Solomon Islands 1,945
145  Nicaragua 1,913
Africa 1,884
146  Bangladesh 1,846
147  Kenya 1,817
148  Uzbekistan 1,756
149 Template:Country data Mauritania 1,678
150 Template:Country data Kiribati 1,657
151 Template:Country data Cambodia 1,644
152 Template:Country data East Timor 1,561
153  Cameroon 1,534
154  Zimbabwe 1,464
155  Senegal 1,452
156  Myanmar 1,421
157  Comoros 1,370
158  Kyrgyzstan 1,318
159  Zambia 1,292
160 Template:Country data Benin 1,220
161  Syria 1,194
162  Pakistan 1,187
163 Template:Country data Lesotho 1,158
164  Tanzania 1,084
165    Nepal 1,074
166  Guinea 967
167 Template:Country data Togo 899
168  Tajikistan 894
169  Mali 887
170  Yemen 855
171  Ethiopia 828
172  Rwanda 820
173 Template:Country data Sudan 815
174 Template:Country data Burkina Faso 787
175 Template:Country data Gambia, The 776
176  Uganda 737
177  Haiti 715
178  Chad 707
179 Template:Country data Guinea-Bissau 688
180  Korea, North 640
181 Template:Country data Eritrea 567
182 Template:Country data Niger 555
183 Template:Country data Congo, Democratic Republic of the 545
184 Template:Country data Sierra Leone 528
185  Madagascar 523
186  Liberia 523
187 Template:Country data Mozambique 504
188  Afghanistan 470
189 Template:Country data Central African Republic 468
190 Template:Country data South Sudan 448
191  Malawi 435
192 Template:Country data Burundi 260
193 Template:Country data Somalia 105

Distorted GDP-per-capita for tax havens[edit | edit source]

Many of leading GDP-per-capita (nominal) jurisdictions are tax havens whose economic data is artificially inflated by tax-driven corporate accounting entries.

For instance, the Irish GDP data above is subject to material distortion by the tax planning activities of foreign multinationals in Ireland. To address this, in 2017 the Central Bank of Ireland created "modified GNI" (or GNI*) as a more appropriate statistic, and the OECD and IMF have adopted it for Ireland. 2015 Irish GDP is 143% of 2015 Irish GNI*.

A stunning $12 trillion—almost 40 percent of all foreign direct investment positions globally—is completely artificial: it consists of financial investment passing through empty corporate shells with no real activity. These investments in empty corporate shells almost always pass through well-known tax havens. The eight major pass-through economies—the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Hong Kong SAR, the British Virgin Islands, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, Ireland, and Singapore—host more than 85 percent of the world’s investment in special purpose entities, which are often set up for tax reasons.

— "Piercing the Veil", International Monetary Fund, June 2018[6]

Further discussion on this topic can be found in the List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita article.

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. O'Sullivan, Arthur
  2. French President seeks alternatives to GDP, The Guardian 14-09-2009.
    "European Parliament, Policy Department Economic and Scientific Policy: Beyond GDP Study" (PDF). (1.47 MB)
  3. "World Economic Outlook Database, April 2021". World Economic Outlook. International Monetary Fund. April 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  4. Data refer mostly to the year 2018.[1] Selecting all countries, GDP per capita (current US$), World Bank. Accessed on 1st of July 2020.
  5. [2], (Select all countries, "GDP, Per Capita GDP - US Dollars", and 2019 to generate table), United Nations Statistics Division. Accessed on 1 December 2020.
  6. "Piercing the Veil, FINANCE & DEVELOPMENT, JUNE 2018, VOL. 55, NO. 2". IMF Finance & Development. June 2018.
  1. Based on the IMF data. If no data was available for a country from IMF, data from the World Bank is used

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