Data for 2005

Comprehensive Wealth per Capita, 2005

2005, as World Bank Group’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Comprehensive Wealth per Capita, 2005 covers 147 countries. Qatar is highest, at 1,307,376; Gambia is lowest, at 3,127. The middle country reads 37,729. Against 2004, 147 values changed (109 up, 38 down), the same countries are covered.

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Comprehensive Wealth per Capita · Data for 2005

HighestQatar

1,307,376

LowestGambia

3,127

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

147countries
1measure
2005the 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, 2005, 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, 2005: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	QatarQATWestern Asia	1,307,376
2	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	1,090,140
3	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	920,326
4	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	811,745
5	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	776,551
6	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	726,518
7	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	705,204
8	United StatesUSANorthern America	699,853
9	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	681,519
10	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	601,946
11	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	534,155
12	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	513,840
13	CanadaCANNorthern America	488,708
14	JapanJPNEastern Asia	483,735
15	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	476,705
16	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	436,235
17	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	429,742
18	FranceFRAWestern Europe	426,112
19	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	400,765
20	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	399,863
21	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	376,950
22	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	376,619
23	IsraelISRWestern Asia	331,720
24	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	241,047
25	ItalyITASouthern Europe	225,034
26	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	203,333
27	SpainESPSouthern Europe	199,027
28	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	188,350
29	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	179,615
30	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	177,128
31	OmanOMNWestern Asia	154,349
32	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	147,016
33	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	143,745
34	UruguayURYSouth America	136,447
35	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	130,469
36	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	122,300
37	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	119,312
38	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	118,247
39	ChileCHLSouth America	111,526
40	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	107,971
41	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	106,570
42	Costa RicaCRICentral America	106,347
43	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	102,844
44	GuyanaGUYSouth America	99,510
45	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	94,658
46	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	88,790
47	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	83,886
48	SurinameSURSouth America	81,756
49	PolandPOLEastern Europe	74,876
50	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	74,481
51	GabonGABMiddle Africa	70,185
52	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	70,042
53	IraqIRQWestern Asia	67,702
54	ArgentinaARGSouth America	67,309
55	PanamaPANCentral America	66,067
56	BrazilBRASouth America	64,330
57	EcuadorECUSouth America	61,070
58	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	60,092
59	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	58,977
60	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	57,438
61	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	57,411
62	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	56,702
63	MexicoMEXCentral America	56,162
64	ParaguayPRYSouth America	47,831
65	ColombiaCOLSouth America	45,853
66	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	45,168
67	PeruPERSouth America	43,792
68	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	43,039
69	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	41,836
70	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	41,315
71	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	41,144
72	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	39,451
73	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	38,015
74	BelarusBLREastern Europe	37,729
75	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	37,424
76	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	37,324
77	IranIRNSouthern Asia	36,592
78	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	35,305
79	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	31,696
80	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	31,100
81	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	31,034
82	BelizeBLZCentral America	30,186
83	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	30,058
84	UkraineUKREastern Europe	30,030
85	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	28,856
86	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	27,786
87	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	26,998
88	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	26,763
89	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	26,135
90	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	25,916
91	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	25,782
92	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	25,569
93	BoliviaBOLSouth America	25,119
94	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	24,980
95	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	24,469
96	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	23,632
97	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	23,573
98	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	21,663
99	KenyaKENEastern Africa	20,661
100	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	20,001
101	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	19,826
102	BeninBENWestern Africa	19,454
103	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	18,993
104	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	18,250
105	TogoTGOWestern Africa	18,201
106	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	17,629
107	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	17,581
108	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	17,331
109	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	17,095
110	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	16,818
111	MaliMLIWestern Africa	16,338
112	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	16,172
113	SenegalSENWestern Africa	16,062
114	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	16,015
115	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	15,836
116	HondurasHNDCentral America	15,651
117	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	14,656
118	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	14,648
119	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	14,075
120	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	13,108
121	NicaraguaNICCentral America	12,949
122	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	12,450
123	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	12,443
124	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	12,049
125	GuineaGINWestern Africa	11,887
126	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	11,419
127	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	11,383
128	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	11,334
129	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	11,065
130	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	10,764
131	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	10,593
132	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	10,480
133	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	10,319
134	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	10,036
135	JordanJORWestern Asia	9,995
136	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	9,655
137	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	9,620
138	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	9,285
139	NigerNERWestern Africa	9,260
140	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	9,115
141	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	8,927
142	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	7,862
143	HaitiHTICaribbean	7,788
144	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	7,196
145	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	6,233
146	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	6,211
147	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	3,127

02In 2005

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar1,307,376
2Switzerland1,090,140
3Norway920,326
4Iceland811,745
5Luxembourg776,551

Lowest

147Gambia3,127
146Central African Republic6,211
145Burundi6,233
144Mozambique7,196
143Haiti7,788

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 37,729. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

What changed between 2004 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
147values changed, of 147 in both
109 · 38rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Norway900,670 → 920,326+19,656
Mauritius99,692 → 119,312+19,620
Ireland412,292 → 429,742+17,450
Denmark666,486 → 681,519+15,034
United States685,288 → 699,853+14,565

Fell most

Qatar1,389,676 → 1,307,376−82,300
Iceland856,003 → 811,745−44,258
United Arab Emirates754,010 → 726,518−27,492
Netherlands539,816 → 534,155−5,661
Ecuador63,882 → 61,070−2,812

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 2005.
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 (2005). Comprehensive Wealth per Capita, 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/comprehensive-wealth-per-capita/2005

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