Data for 2017

Comprehensive Wealth per Capita, 2017

2017, as World Bank Group’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Comprehensive Wealth per Capita, 2017 covers 150 countries. Switzerland is highest, at 1,199,981; Gambia is lowest, at 3,904. The middle country reads 44,249. Against 2016, 150 values changed (98 up, 52 down), the same countries are covered.

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Comprehensive Wealth per Capita · Data for 2017

HighestSwitzerland

1,199,981

LowestGambia

3,904

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

150countries
1measure
2017the 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, 2017, 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, 2017: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	1,199,981
2	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	1,092,548
3	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	1,002,636
4	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	931,624
5	QatarQATWestern Asia	836,536
6	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	827,818
7	United StatesUSANorthern America	741,484
8	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	734,426
9	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	644,232
10	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	621,512
11	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	607,423
12	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	574,107
13	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	571,195
14	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	571,114
15	CanadaCANNorthern America	567,621
16	JapanJPNEastern Asia	504,955
17	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	491,248
18	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	465,252
19	FranceFRAWestern Europe	456,689
20	IsraelISRWestern Asia	440,692
21	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	439,897
22	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	398,489
23	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	346,899
24	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	314,417
25	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	254,487
26	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	250,856
27	ItalyITASouthern Europe	241,569
28	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	216,348
29	SpainESPSouthern Europe	201,393
30	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	194,109
31	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	189,630
32	UruguayURYSouth America	172,209
33	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	152,520
34	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	147,581
35	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	146,178
36	ChileCHLSouth America	141,574
37	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	137,260
38	OmanOMNWestern Asia	134,478
39	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	125,882
40	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	120,859
41	Costa RicaCRICentral America	114,585
42	GuyanaGUYSouth America	113,317
43	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	113,288
44	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	108,428
45	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	102,125
46	PolandPOLEastern Europe	99,312
47	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	91,983
48	PanamaPANCentral America	90,446
49	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	87,128
50	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	87,119
51	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	85,168
52	BrazilBRASouth America	80,829
53	ArgentinaARGSouth America	79,333
54	IraqIRQWestern Asia	77,433
55	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	76,937
56	SurinameSURSouth America	76,465
57	EcuadorECUSouth America	67,573
58	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	67,546
59	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	66,350
60	MexicoMEXCentral America	64,851
61	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	64,714
62	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	62,286
63	ColombiaCOLSouth America	60,221
64	ParaguayPRYSouth America	59,355
65	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	57,459
66	PeruPERSouth America	57,437
67	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	52,526
68	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	49,337
69	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	48,975
70	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	48,694
71	BelarusBLREastern Europe	48,115
72	IranIRNSouthern Asia	47,673
73	GabonGABMiddle Africa	47,616
74	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	47,230
75	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	45,247
76	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	43,252
77	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	40,993
78	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	40,863
79	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	39,537
80	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	35,341
81	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	34,289
82	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	34,154
83	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	34,091
84	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	33,895
85	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	33,410
86	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	33,320
87	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	33,316
88	BelizeBLZCentral America	32,221
89	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	31,836
90	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	30,723
91	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	30,371
92	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	30,077
93	BoliviaBOLSouth America	28,060
94	UkraineUKREastern Europe	27,669
95	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	27,124
96	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	26,862
97	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	26,703
98	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	26,397
99	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	25,426
100	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	24,875
101	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	24,641
102	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	21,577
103	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	21,479
104	KenyaKENEastern Africa	21,352
105	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	20,844
106	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	20,773
107	HondurasHNDCentral America	20,028
108	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	19,125
109	BeninBENWestern Africa	18,799
110	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	18,271
111	TogoTGOWestern Africa	17,484
112	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	16,744
113	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	16,661
114	NicaraguaNICCentral America	16,460
115	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	16,378
116	SenegalSENWestern Africa	16,025
117	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	15,570
118	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	15,419
119	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	15,300
120	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	14,805
121	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	14,256
122	JordanJORWestern Asia	14,132
123	MaliMLIWestern Africa	13,811
124	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	12,757
125	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	12,482
126	GuineaGINWestern Africa	12,434
127	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	12,140
128	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	12,061
129	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	11,797
130	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	11,658
131	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	11,582
132	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	11,358
133	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	11,337
134	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	10,911
135	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	10,652
136	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	10,286
137	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	10,108
138	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	9,780
139	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	9,383
140	HaitiHTICaribbean	9,363
141	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	9,238
142	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	8,232
143	NigerNERWestern Africa	7,386
144	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	7,268
145	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	7,011
146	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	6,910
147	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	5,742
148	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	5,497
149	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	4,917
150	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	3,904

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Switzerland1,199,981
2Norway1,092,548
3Iceland1,002,636
4Luxembourg931,624
5Qatar836,536

Lowest

150Gambia3,904
149Sudan4,917
148Central African Republic5,497
147Burundi5,742
146Mozambique6,910

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 44,249. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
150values changed, of 150 in both
98 · 52rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Luxembourg877,764 → 931,624+53,861
Singapore578,182 → 621,512+43,330
Norway1,063,161 → 1,092,548+29,387
United Arab Emirates550,497 → 571,114+20,617
Malta240,131 → 254,487+14,356

Fell most

Trinidad and Tobago96,045 → 91,983−4,061
Greece104,585 → 102,125−2,460
United Kingdom400,477 → 398,489−1,988
Argentina81,113 → 79,333−1,779
Gabon49,144 → 47,616−1,528

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 2017.
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 (2017). Comprehensive Wealth per Capita, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/comprehensive-wealth-per-capita/2017

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