Data for 1996

Comprehensive Wealth per Capita, 1996

1996, as World Bank Group’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Comprehensive Wealth per Capita, 1996 covers 139 countries. Qatar is highest, at 1,027,064; Bulgaria is lowest, at 192. The middle country reads 36,023. Against 1995, 137 values changed (106 up, 31 down), 2 countries joined.

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Comprehensive Wealth per Capita · Data for 1996

HighestQatar

1,027,064

LowestBulgaria

192

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end. A higher value is the better result.

139countries
1measure
1996the year it describes
139distinct values12 decimals, as published
Oct 3, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Comprehensive Wealth per Capita, 1996, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Comprehensive Wealth per Capita, 1996: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1	QatarQATWestern Asia	1,027,064
2	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	978,218
3	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	829,985
4	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	806,630
5	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	761,640
6	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	716,733
7	United StatesUSANorthern America	635,333
8	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	632,809
9	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	590,375
10	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	557,807
11	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	467,713
12	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	465,015
13	JapanJPNEastern Asia	450,746
14	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	438,549
15	CanadaCANNorthern America	388,178
16	FranceFRAWestern Europe	384,316
17	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	359,859
18	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	349,185
19	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	347,362
20	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	342,163
21	IsraelISRWestern Asia	305,639
22	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	298,593
23	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	270,471
24	ItalyITASouthern Europe	195,208
25	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	178,933
26	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	176,997
27	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	175,903
28	SpainESPSouthern Europe	157,267
29	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	141,044
30	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	139,929
31	OmanOMNWestern Asia	137,081
32	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	134,526
33	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	127,447
34	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	126,588
35	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	122,782
36	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	114,678
37	UruguayURYSouth America	113,133
38	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	101,186
39	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	98,499
40	GuyanaGUYSouth America	95,737
41	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	92,810
42	ChileCHLSouth America	92,095
43	Costa RicaCRICentral America	86,707
44	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	74,237
45	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	73,077
46	PolandPOLEastern Europe	69,706
47	GabonGABMiddle Africa	68,945
48	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	66,504
49	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	66,404
50	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	66,369
51	SurinameSURSouth America	60,363
52	PanamaPANCentral America	58,167
53	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	55,818
54	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	53,361
55	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	51,442
56	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	51,338
57	ArgentinaARGSouth America	49,602
58	BrazilBRASouth America	49,292
59	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	45,685
60	MexicoMEXCentral America	44,951
61	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	44,032
62	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	43,947
63	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	41,694
64	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	41,304
65	ColombiaCOLSouth America	41,048
66	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	39,692
67	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	38,143
68	EcuadorECUSouth America	37,044
69	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	36,262
70	ParaguayPRYSouth America	36,023
71	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	35,183
72	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	34,923
73	PeruPERSouth America	34,558
74	BelizeBLZCentral America	34,485
75	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	33,241
76	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	32,201
77	UkraineUKREastern Europe	31,200
78	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	28,636
79	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	28,003
80	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	26,960
81	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	24,559
82	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	24,172
83	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	23,872
84	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	23,571
85	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	22,668
86	BoliviaBOLSouth America	22,411
87	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	21,789
88	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	21,775
89	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	21,530
90	KenyaKENEastern Africa	20,294
91	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	20,033
92	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	19,458
93	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	19,251
94	BeninBENWestern Africa	19,221
95	IranIRNSouthern Asia	18,260
96	TogoTGOWestern Africa	18,185
97	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	17,708
98	MaliMLIWestern Africa	17,409
99	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	17,067
100	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	16,596
101	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	16,082
102	SenegalSENWestern Africa	15,835
103	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	14,493
104	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	14,308
105	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	13,723
106	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	13,687
107	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	13,627
108	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	13,538
109	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	12,944
110	HondurasHNDCentral America	12,861
111	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	12,617
112	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	12,491
113	JordanJORWestern Asia	12,230
114	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	11,965
115	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	11,941
116	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	11,906
117	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	11,392
118	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	10,283
119	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	10,147
120	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	9,993
121	NigerNERWestern Africa	9,986
122	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	9,714
123	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	9,621
124	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	9,367
125	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	8,973
126	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	8,808
127	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	8,601
128	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	8,408
129	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	8,355
130	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	7,287
131	NicaraguaNICCentral America	7,061
132	HaitiHTICaribbean	6,595
133	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	6,569
134	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	6,483
135	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	6,265
136	GuineaGINWestern Africa	5,965
137	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	5,305
138	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	3,046
139	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	192

02In 1996

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar1,027,064
2Switzerland978,218
3United Arab Emirates829,985
4Iceland806,630
5Norway761,640

Lowest

139Bulgaria192
138Gambia3,046
137Mozambique5,305
136Guinea5,965
135Malawi6,265

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 36,023. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031995 → 1996

Since 1995

What changed between 1995 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
137values changed, of 137 in both
106 · 31rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Norway741,073 → 761,640+20,566
Iceland791,019 → 806,630+15,611
Singapore257,196 → 270,471+13,275
Switzerland965,308 → 978,218+12,910
Ireland286,146 → 298,593+12,447

Fell most

Luxembourg851,376 → 716,733−134,643
Qatar1,053,649 → 1,027,064−26,585
United Arab Emirates835,976 → 829,985−5,990
Croatia75,422 → 73,077−2,346
Sweden560,064 → 557,807−2,257

+ Bulgaria

+ Bosnia and Herzegovina

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

One year of the 2024 release
Every year in this series comes from World Bank Group’s 2024 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1996.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.
Which end is better
A higher value is the better result.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 139 countries has every column.

05The files

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World Bank Group (1996). Comprehensive Wealth per Capita, 1996 [data set], describing 1996. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/comprehensive-wealth-per-capita/1996

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