Data for 2003

Comprehensive Wealth per Capita, 2003

2003, as World Bank Group’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Comprehensive Wealth per Capita, 2003 covers 147 countries. Qatar is highest, at 1,421,483; Gambia is lowest, at 3,053. The middle country reads 36,278. Against 2002, 147 values changed (99 up, 48 down), the same countries are covered.

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Comprehensive Wealth per Capita · Data for 2003

HighestQatar

1,421,483

LowestGambia

3,053

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

147countries
1measure
2003the 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, 2003, 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, 2003: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	QatarQATWestern Asia	1,421,483
2	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	1,077,652
3	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	893,779
4	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	878,997
5	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	827,372
6	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	767,704
7	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	693,990
8	United StatesUSANorthern America	675,786
9	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	655,589
10	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	598,168
11	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	536,984
12	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	498,162
13	JapanJPNEastern Asia	476,124
14	CanadaCANNorthern America	473,771
15	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	464,985
16	FranceFRAWestern Europe	420,352
17	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	413,259
18	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	405,952
19	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	400,125
20	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	389,883
21	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	385,808
22	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	355,969
23	IsraelISRWestern Asia	315,735
24	ItalyITASouthern Europe	219,890
25	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	214,508
26	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	192,334
27	SpainESPSouthern Europe	189,051
28	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	186,603
29	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	171,091
30	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	170,703
31	OmanOMNWestern Asia	153,018
32	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	148,859
33	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	136,520
34	UruguayURYSouth America	132,740
35	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	124,647
36	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	123,184
37	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	118,126
38	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	105,284
39	ChileCHLSouth America	104,511
40	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	103,262
41	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	102,960
42	Costa RicaCRICentral America	101,784
43	GuyanaGUYSouth America	98,162
44	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	89,588
45	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	84,299
46	SurinameSURSouth America	83,478
47	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	80,126
48	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	78,925
49	GabonGABMiddle Africa	72,974
50	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	72,402
51	PolandPOLEastern Europe	72,217
52	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	70,394
53	IraqIRQWestern Asia	65,485
54	PanamaPANCentral America	64,212
55	EcuadorECUSouth America	61,901
56	BrazilBRASouth America	60,258
57	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	58,469
58	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	58,283
59	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	56,863
60	ArgentinaARGSouth America	56,300
61	MexicoMEXCentral America	54,810
62	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	53,891
63	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	52,965
64	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	45,357
65	ColombiaCOLSouth America	45,011
66	ParaguayPRYSouth America	44,737
67	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	44,562
68	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	43,853
69	PeruPERSouth America	42,442
70	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	40,186
71	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	39,841
72	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	38,768
73	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	36,864
74	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	36,278
75	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	35,735
76	BelarusBLREastern Europe	35,663
77	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	33,832
78	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	33,190
79	IranIRNSouthern Asia	31,477
80	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	31,234
81	UkraineUKREastern Europe	31,175
82	BelizeBLZCentral America	31,020
83	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	30,416
84	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	29,003
85	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	26,951
86	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	26,802
87	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	26,793
88	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	26,761
89	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	26,432
90	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	26,388
91	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	24,654
92	BoliviaBOLSouth America	24,528
93	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	24,388
94	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	23,815
95	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	23,180
96	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	22,952
97	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	22,856
98	KenyaKENEastern Africa	20,707
99	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	20,484
100	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	19,965
101	BeninBENWestern Africa	19,803
102	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	19,673
103	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	19,454
104	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	18,413
105	TogoTGOWestern Africa	18,242
106	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	17,091
107	MaliMLIWestern Africa	16,919
108	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	16,864
109	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	16,829
110	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	16,628
111	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	16,150
112	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	16,053
113	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	16,029
114	SenegalSENWestern Africa	15,977
115	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	15,546
116	HondurasHNDCentral America	15,053
117	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	14,431
118	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	14,246
119	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	13,835
120	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	12,898
121	JordanJORWestern Asia	12,603
122	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	12,535
123	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	12,180
124	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	11,992
125	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	11,463
126	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	11,281
127	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	10,986
128	GuineaGINWestern Africa	10,884
129	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	10,799
130	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	10,747
131	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	10,571
132	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	10,385
133	NicaraguaNICCentral America	10,333
134	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	10,328
135	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	9,710
136	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	9,355
137	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	9,307
138	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	9,143
139	NigerNERWestern Africa	9,123
140	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	9,088
141	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	7,730
142	HaitiHTICaribbean	7,481
143	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	7,089
144	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	6,892
145	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	6,399
146	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	6,377
147	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	3,053

02In 2003

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar1,421,483
2Switzerland1,077,652
3Norway893,779
4Iceland878,997
5Luxembourg827,372

Lowest

147Gambia3,053
146Burundi6,377
145Central African Republic6,399
144Mozambique6,892
143Madagascar7,089

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 36,278. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

What changed between 2002 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
147values changed, of 147 in both
99 · 48rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Singapore321,548 → 355,969+34,421
Canada440,767 → 473,771+33,004
Norway874,953 → 893,779+18,826
Netherlands521,929 → 536,984+15,056
Mauritius74,654 → 89,588+14,934

Fell most

Bahrain125,755 → 118,126−7,629
Portugal153,606 → 148,859−4,747
Slovenia195,608 → 192,334−3,274
Greece125,583 → 123,184−2,399
Russia104,687 → 103,262−1,425

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 2003.
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 147 countries has every column.

05The files

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World Bank Group (2003). Comprehensive Wealth per Capita, 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/comprehensive-wealth-per-capita/2003

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