Data for 2008

Comprehensive Wealth per Capita, 2008

2008, as World Bank Group’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Comprehensive Wealth per Capita, 2008 covers 149 countries. Switzerland is highest, at 1,161,403; Gambia is lowest, at 3,553. The middle country reads 38,098. Against 2007, 149 values changed (102 up, 47 down), the same countries are covered.

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Comprehensive Wealth per Capita · Data for 2008

HighestSwitzerland

1,161,403

LowestGambia

3,553

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

149countries
1measure
2008the year it describes
149distinct 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, 2008, 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, 2008: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	1,161,403
2	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	970,028
3	QatarQATWestern Asia	892,942
4	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	795,333
5	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	741,696
6	United StatesUSANorthern America	713,322
7	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	693,304
8	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	625,217
9	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	571,991
10	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	559,743
11	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	545,845
12	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	527,571
13	CanadaCANNorthern America	517,448
14	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	509,743
15	JapanJPNEastern Asia	499,524
16	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	468,110
17	FranceFRAWestern Europe	434,162
18	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	422,859
19	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	410,705
20	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	406,892
21	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	391,754
22	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	367,136
23	IsraelISRWestern Asia	366,322
24	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	262,234
25	ItalyITASouthern Europe	229,651
26	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	207,355
27	SpainESPSouthern Europe	194,802
28	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	194,649
29	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	183,404
30	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	182,313
31	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	181,937
32	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	160,191
33	OmanOMNWestern Asia	154,062
34	UruguayURYSouth America	149,740
35	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	142,401
36	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	136,574
37	ChileCHLSouth America	121,612
38	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	119,808
39	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	117,876
40	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	116,115
41	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	111,800
42	Costa RicaCRICentral America	110,653
43	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	109,235
44	GuyanaGUYSouth America	105,046
45	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	100,681
46	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	94,037
47	PolandPOLEastern Europe	82,659
48	SurinameSURSouth America	81,289
49	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	78,210
50	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	76,328
51	ArgentinaARGSouth America	75,534
52	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	74,404
53	IraqIRQWestern Asia	73,819
54	PanamaPANCentral America	71,114
55	BrazilBRASouth America	68,730
56	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	66,137
57	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	65,623
58	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	63,457
59	EcuadorECUSouth America	63,121
60	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	62,904
61	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	62,428
62	GabonGABMiddle Africa	59,291
63	MexicoMEXCentral America	58,726
64	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	58,615
65	ParaguayPRYSouth America	51,405
66	PeruPERSouth America	50,411
67	ColombiaCOLSouth America	47,732
68	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	47,460
69	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	43,859
70	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	42,596
71	IranIRNSouthern Asia	41,785
72	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	41,673
73	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	40,638
74	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	38,795
75	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	38,098
76	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	37,678
77	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	36,893
78	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	34,303
79	BelarusBLREastern Europe	34,016
80	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	33,567
81	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	31,514
82	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	31,269
83	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	30,646
84	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	30,167
85	BelizeBLZCentral America	29,754
86	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	29,006
87	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	28,619
88	BoliviaBOLSouth America	28,188
89	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	27,572
90	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	27,499
91	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	27,317
92	UkraineUKREastern Europe	26,838
93	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	26,643
94	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	25,815
95	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	25,232
96	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	24,586
97	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	24,546
98	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	24,134
99	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	23,787
100	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	23,542
101	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	21,911
102	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	21,390
103	KenyaKENEastern Africa	20,643
104	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	19,558
105	BeninBENWestern Africa	19,372
106	TogoTGOWestern Africa	18,452
107	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	18,202
108	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	17,777
109	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	17,707
110	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	17,271
111	HondurasHNDCentral America	16,657
112	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	16,462
113	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	16,391
114	SenegalSENWestern Africa	16,181
115	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	15,993
116	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	15,834
117	MaliMLIWestern Africa	15,829
118	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	15,594
119	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	15,387
120	NicaraguaNICCentral America	14,794
121	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	14,739
122	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	14,682
123	JordanJORWestern Asia	14,167
124	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	13,490
125	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	13,115
126	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	12,617
127	GuineaGINWestern Africa	12,540
128	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	11,870
129	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	11,802
130	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	11,581
131	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	11,384
132	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	11,135
133	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	11,077
134	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	10,861
135	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	10,620
136	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	10,566
137	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	10,485
138	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	10,052
139	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	9,986
140	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	9,458
141	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	9,272
142	NigerNERWestern Africa	9,006
143	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	8,370
144	HaitiHTICaribbean	8,170
145	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	7,628
146	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	7,422
147	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	6,059
148	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	5,956
149	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	3,553

02In 2008

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Switzerland1,161,403
2Norway970,028
3Qatar892,942
4Luxembourg795,333
5Australia741,696

Lowest

149Gambia3,553
148Central African Republic5,956
147Burundi6,059
146Madagascar7,422
145Mozambique7,628

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 38,098. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
149values changed, of 149 in both
102 · 47rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Luxembourg653,283 → 795,333+142,050
Finland442,377 → 468,110+25,733
Netherlands534,554 → 559,743+25,189
Australia718,315 → 741,696+23,380
Norway950,503 → 970,028+19,525

Fell most

Qatar1,019,392 → 892,942−126,449
Iceland675,920 → 571,991−103,929
United Arab Emirates621,321 → 545,845−75,476
Mauritius202,184 → 181,937−20,248
Ireland429,464 → 410,705−18,760

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 2008.
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 149 countries has every column.

05The files

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World Bank Group (2008). Comprehensive Wealth per Capita, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/comprehensive-wealth-per-capita/2008

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