Data for 2016

Comprehensive Wealth per Capita, 2016

2016, as World Bank Group’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Comprehensive Wealth per Capita, 2016 covers 150 countries. Switzerland is highest, at 1,185,975; Sudan is lowest, at 3,481. The middle country reads 43,049. Against 2015, 150 values changed (101 up, 49 down), the same countries are covered.

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Comprehensive Wealth per Capita · Data for 2016

HighestSwitzerland

1,185,975

LowestSudan

3,481

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

150countries
1measure
2016the year it describes
150distinct 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, 2016, 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, 2016: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	1,185,975
2	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	1,063,161
3	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	995,830
4	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	877,764
5	QatarQATWestern Asia	833,641
6	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	820,690
7	United StatesUSANorthern America	730,099
8	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	720,576
9	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	639,776
10	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	595,082
11	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	578,182
12	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	563,770
13	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	561,226
14	CanadaCANNorthern America	553,438
15	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	550,497
16	JapanJPNEastern Asia	502,099
17	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	485,618
18	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	460,131
19	FranceFRAWestern Europe	455,039
20	IsraelISRWestern Asia	427,069
21	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	426,478
22	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	400,477
23	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	346,079
24	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	300,668
25	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	245,148
26	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	240,131
27	ItalyITASouthern Europe	237,352
28	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	207,983
29	SpainESPSouthern Europe	199,920
30	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	192,367
31	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	184,676
32	UruguayURYSouth America	171,450
33	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	150,353
34	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	146,724
35	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	145,319
36	ChileCHLSouth America	141,156
37	OmanOMNWestern Asia	135,380
38	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	134,090
39	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	125,268
40	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	121,170
41	GuyanaGUYSouth America	113,210
42	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	112,506
43	Costa RicaCRICentral America	109,817
44	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	106,673
45	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	104,585
46	PolandPOLEastern Europe	98,593
47	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	96,045
48	PanamaPANCentral America	89,194
49	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	86,980
50	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	84,414
51	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	82,078
52	ArgentinaARGSouth America	81,113
53	BrazilBRASouth America	80,010
54	IraqIRQWestern Asia	77,609
55	SurinameSURSouth America	76,588
56	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	75,306
57	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	66,325
58	EcuadorECUSouth America	66,213
59	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	66,139
60	MexicoMEXCentral America	64,346
61	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	63,441
62	ColombiaCOLSouth America	59,280
63	ParaguayPRYSouth America	59,024
64	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	58,811
65	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	57,754
66	PeruPERSouth America	55,813
67	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	51,092
68	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	49,668
69	GabonGABMiddle Africa	49,144
70	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	48,591
71	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	47,632
72	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	47,048
73	IranIRNSouthern Asia	46,867
74	BelarusBLREastern Europe	46,464
75	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	43,570
76	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	42,528
77	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	42,137
78	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	39,643
79	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	39,333
80	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	34,678
81	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	34,601
82	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	33,573
83	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	33,489
84	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	33,388
85	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	33,377
86	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	33,190
87	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	32,460
88	BelizeBLZCentral America	31,921
89	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	31,542
90	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	31,431
91	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	31,278
92	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	30,087
93	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	27,884
94	UkraineUKREastern Europe	27,584
95	BoliviaBOLSouth America	27,549
96	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	27,354
97	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	26,994
98	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	25,981
99	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	25,639
100	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	24,516
101	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	24,250
102	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	21,711
103	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	21,589
104	KenyaKENEastern Africa	21,449
105	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	21,126
106	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	20,653
107	HondurasHNDCentral America	19,180
108	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	19,013
109	BeninBENWestern Africa	18,949
110	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	18,300
111	TogoTGOWestern Africa	17,706
112	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	16,977
113	SenegalSENWestern Africa	16,818
114	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	16,485
115	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	16,402
116	NicaraguaNICCentral America	16,206
117	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	15,644
118	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	15,530
119	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	15,173
120	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	14,776
121	JordanJORWestern Asia	14,154
122	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	14,139
123	MaliMLIWestern Africa	14,066
124	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	12,946
125	GuineaGINWestern Africa	12,438
126	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	12,347
127	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	12,244
128	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	11,919
129	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	11,638
130	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	11,613
131	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	11,580
132	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	11,578
133	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	11,026
134	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	11,005
135	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	10,593
136	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	10,378
137	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	10,013
138	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	10,010
139	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	9,516
140	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	9,344
141	HaitiHTICaribbean	9,274
142	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	8,285
143	NigerNERWestern Africa	7,556
144	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	7,365
145	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	7,071
146	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	6,977
147	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	5,791
148	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	5,561
149	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	3,794
150	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	3,481

02In 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Switzerland1,185,975
2Norway1,063,161
3Iceland995,830
4Luxembourg877,764
5Qatar833,641

Lowest

150Sudan3,481
149Gambia3,794
148Central African Republic5,561
147Burundi5,791
146Mozambique6,977

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 43,049. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
150values changed, of 150 in both
101 · 49rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Ireland308,291 → 346,079+37,787
Singapore551,653 → 578,182+26,529
Iceland971,844 → 995,830+23,986
Switzerland1,165,310 → 1,185,975+20,665
Denmark700,681 → 720,576+19,895

Fell most

Qatar869,494 → 833,641−35,853
Kuwait309,153 → 300,668−8,484
Costa Rica116,529 → 109,817−6,712
Mauritius68,567 → 63,441−5,126
Malta242,259 → 240,131−2,127

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 2016.
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 150 countries has every column.

05The files

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World Bank Group (2016). Comprehensive Wealth per Capita, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/comprehensive-wealth-per-capita/2016

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