Data for 2002

Comprehensive Wealth per Capita, 2002

2002, as World Bank Group’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Comprehensive Wealth per Capita, 2002 covers 147 countries. Qatar is highest, at 1,418,610; Gambia is lowest, at 2,838. The middle country reads 35,737. Against 2001, 146 values changed (99 up, 47 down), 1 country joined.

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Comprehensive Wealth per Capita · Data for 2002

HighestQatar

1,418,610

LowestGambia

2,838

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

147countries
1measure
2002the year it describes
147distinct values11 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, 2002, 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, 2002: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	QatarQATWestern Asia	1,418,610
2	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	1,065,328
3	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	879,546
4	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	874,953
5	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	813,236
6	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	764,875
7	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	688,066
8	United StatesUSANorthern America	670,826
9	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	652,005
10	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	597,398
11	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	521,929
12	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	496,575
13	JapanJPNEastern Asia	472,160
14	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	464,583
15	CanadaCANNorthern America	440,767
16	FranceFRAWestern Europe	417,183
17	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	403,862
18	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	397,738
19	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	393,264
20	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	388,246
21	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	384,591
22	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	321,548
23	IsraelISRWestern Asia	314,213
24	ItalyITASouthern Europe	217,446
25	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	203,504
26	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	195,608
27	SpainESPSouthern Europe	189,388
28	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	186,457
29	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	166,417
30	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	164,251
31	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	153,606
32	OmanOMNWestern Asia	151,368
33	UruguayURYSouth America	134,043
34	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	133,572
35	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	125,755
36	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	125,583
37	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	123,427
38	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	104,687
39	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	103,219
40	ChileCHLSouth America	101,449
41	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	100,300
42	Costa RicaCRICentral America	100,021
43	GuyanaGUYSouth America	97,327
44	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	84,865
45	SurinameSURSouth America	77,531
46	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	76,927
47	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	74,654
48	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	74,605
49	GabonGABMiddle Africa	74,064
50	PolandPOLEastern Europe	72,098
51	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	71,868
52	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	71,428
53	PanamaPANCentral America	63,409
54	IraqIRQWestern Asia	63,151
55	EcuadorECUSouth America	61,220
56	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	59,013
57	BrazilBRASouth America	58,832
58	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	58,605
59	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	56,480
60	MexicoMEXCentral America	54,831
61	ArgentinaARGSouth America	52,890
62	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	52,495
63	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	52,429
64	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	44,979
65	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	44,830
66	ColombiaCOLSouth America	43,518
67	ParaguayPRYSouth America	42,448
68	PeruPERSouth America	40,571
69	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	39,372
70	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	39,287
71	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	39,116
72	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	38,511
73	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	37,122
74	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	35,737
75	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	35,318
76	BelarusBLREastern Europe	33,958
77	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	32,597
78	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	32,524
79	BelizeBLZCentral America	32,220
80	IranIRNSouthern Asia	31,649
81	UkraineUKREastern Europe	31,256
82	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	30,737
83	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	29,739
84	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	28,372
85	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	27,282
86	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	27,145
87	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	26,737
88	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	26,667
89	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	26,125
90	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	25,738
91	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	24,542
92	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	24,302
93	BoliviaBOLSouth America	24,065
94	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	23,307
95	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	23,008
96	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	22,813
97	KenyaKENEastern Africa	20,717
98	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	20,224
99	BeninBENWestern Africa	19,747
100	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	19,564
101	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	19,553
102	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	18,978
103	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	18,680
104	TogoTGOWestern Africa	18,182
105	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	17,763
106	MaliMLIWestern Africa	17,001
107	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	16,862
108	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	16,740
109	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	16,249
110	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	16,200
111	SenegalSENWestern Africa	16,042
112	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	15,345
113	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	15,307
114	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	15,154
115	HondurasHNDCentral America	15,061
116	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	14,341
117	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	14,175
118	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	13,567
119	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	12,994
120	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	12,929
121	JordanJORWestern Asia	12,740
122	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	12,653
123	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	12,306
124	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	11,942
125	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	11,454
126	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	11,204
127	GuineaGINWestern Africa	10,960
128	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	10,911
129	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	10,732
130	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	10,514
131	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	10,470
132	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	10,444
133	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	10,331
134	NicaraguaNICCentral America	10,143
135	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	9,716
136	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	9,356
137	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	9,344
138	NigerNERWestern Africa	9,229
139	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	9,140
140	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	9,021
141	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	7,969
142	HaitiHTICaribbean	7,236
143	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	7,188
144	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	7,138
145	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	6,499
146	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	6,485
147	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	2,838

02In 2002

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar1,418,610
2Switzerland1,065,328
3Iceland879,546
4Norway874,953
5Luxembourg813,236

Lowest

147Gambia2,838
146Central African Republic6,485
145Burundi6,499
144Mozambique7,138
143Madagascar7,188

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 35,737. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

What changed between 2001 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
146values changed, of 146 in both
99 · 47rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Mauritius47,753 → 74,654+26,901
Switzerland1,045,858 → 1,065,328+19,469
Finland384,761 → 403,862+19,101
Norway859,382 → 874,953+15,571
Qatar1,405,515 → 1,418,610+13,096

Fell most

Luxembourg908,687 → 813,236−95,450
United Arab Emirates782,950 → 764,875−18,075
Iceland887,608 → 879,546−8,062
New Zealand501,563 → 496,575−4,988
Romania61,571 → 58,605−2,966

+ Angola

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

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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 2002.
The position is ours
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Which end is better
A higher value is the better result.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 147 countries has every column.

05The files

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World Bank Group (2002). Comprehensive Wealth per Capita, 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/comprehensive-wealth-per-capita/2002

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