Data for 2018

Comprehensive Wealth per Capita, 2018

2018, as World Bank Group’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Comprehensive Wealth per Capita, 2018 covers 150 countries. Switzerland is highest, at 1,218,149; Gambia is lowest, at 3,983. The middle country reads 47,119. Against 2017, 150 values changed (107 up, 43 down), the same countries are covered.

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Comprehensive Wealth per Capita · Data for 2018

HighestSwitzerland

1,218,149

LowestGambia

3,983

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

150countries
1measure
2018the 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, 2018, 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, 2018: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	1,218,149
2	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	1,082,874
3	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	1,009,253
4	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	932,673
5	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	839,760
6	QatarQATWestern Asia	835,299
7	United StatesUSANorthern America	746,840
8	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	746,768
9	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	655,485
10	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	618,932
11	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	613,014
12	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	583,979
13	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	579,198
14	CanadaCANNorthern America	568,720
15	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	561,452
16	JapanJPNEastern Asia	508,607
17	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	496,000
18	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	472,220
19	FranceFRAWestern Europe	463,075
20	IsraelISRWestern Asia	446,450
21	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	438,958
22	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	401,711
23	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	346,884
24	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	300,150
25	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	259,784
26	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	258,812
27	ItalyITASouthern Europe	246,327
28	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	227,118
29	SpainESPSouthern Europe	209,669
30	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	196,665
31	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	194,706
32	UruguayURYSouth America	173,486
33	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	155,408
34	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	154,133
35	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	144,965
36	ChileCHLSouth America	143,187
37	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	141,627
38	OmanOMNWestern Asia	136,434
39	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	128,727
40	Costa RicaCRICentral America	119,124
41	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	117,504
42	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	114,306
43	GuyanaGUYSouth America	112,225
44	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	111,826
45	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	104,005
46	PolandPOLEastern Europe	103,277
47	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	91,807
48	PanamaPANCentral America	91,679
49	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	89,840
50	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	88,744
51	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	87,777
52	BrazilBRASouth America	82,850
53	ArgentinaARGSouth America	82,637
54	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	78,747
55	IraqIRQWestern Asia	77,717
56	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	76,480
57	SurinameSURSouth America	75,989
58	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	70,458
59	EcuadorECUSouth America	67,876
60	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	66,943
61	MexicoMEXCentral America	65,827
62	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	64,585
63	ColombiaCOLSouth America	60,513
64	ParaguayPRYSouth America	60,249
65	PeruPERSouth America	59,025
66	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	58,026
67	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	54,476
68	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	49,975
69	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	49,711
70	BelarusBLREastern Europe	49,023
71	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	48,479
72	IranIRNSouthern Asia	48,152
73	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	47,930
74	GabonGABMiddle Africa	47,822
75	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	47,785
76	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	46,452
77	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	44,450
78	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	40,194
79	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	39,591
80	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	36,761
81	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	36,681
82	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	34,836
83	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	34,619
84	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	34,580
85	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	34,018
86	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	33,473
87	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	33,240
88	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	33,148
89	BelizeBLZCentral America	32,247
90	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	32,102
91	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	30,317
92	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	29,595
93	BoliviaBOLSouth America	28,628
94	UkraineUKREastern Europe	28,016
95	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	27,480
96	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	27,213
97	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	26,924
98	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	26,849
99	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	25,948
100	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	25,287
101	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	25,140
102	KenyaKENEastern Africa	21,490
103	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	21,473
104	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	21,278
105	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	21,071
106	HondurasHNDCentral America	20,833
107	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	20,703
108	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	18,541
109	BeninBENWestern Africa	18,513
110	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	18,463
111	TogoTGOWestern Africa	17,329
112	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	16,992
113	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	16,974
114	NicaraguaNICCentral America	16,709
115	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	16,264
116	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	15,780
117	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	15,655
118	SenegalSENWestern Africa	15,296
119	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	15,105
120	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	14,823
121	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	14,548
122	JordanJORWestern Asia	14,355
123	MaliMLIWestern Africa	13,689
124	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	12,604
125	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	12,568
126	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	12,530
127	GuineaGINWestern Africa	12,313
128	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	12,035
129	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	11,903
130	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	11,693
131	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	11,685
132	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	11,412
133	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	11,278
134	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	10,816
135	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	10,725
136	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	10,204
137	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	10,146
138	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	9,848
139	HaitiHTICaribbean	9,441
140	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	9,406
141	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	9,177
142	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	8,124
143	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	7,317
144	NigerNERWestern Africa	7,187
145	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	7,015
146	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	6,780
147	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	6,741
148	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	5,639
149	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	5,428
150	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	3,983

02In 2018

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Switzerland1,218,149
2Norway1,082,874
3Iceland1,009,253
4Luxembourg932,673
5Australia839,760

Lowest

150Gambia3,983
149Central African Republic5,428
148Burundi5,639
147Sudan6,741
146Mozambique6,780

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 47,119. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
150values changed, of 150 in both
107 · 43rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Switzerland1,199,981 → 1,218,149+18,168
Denmark734,426 → 746,768+12,342
Australia827,818 → 839,760+11,942
Mauritius64,714 → 76,480+11,765
Netherlands607,423 → 618,932+11,508

Fell most

Kuwait314,417 → 300,150−14,266
Norway1,092,548 → 1,082,874−9,674
United Arab Emirates571,114 → 561,452−9,663
Singapore621,512 → 613,014−8,498
Saudi Arabia120,859 → 117,504−3,355

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 2018.
The position is ours
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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 (2018). Comprehensive Wealth per Capita, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/comprehensive-wealth-per-capita/2018

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