Data for 2019

Comprehensive Wealth per Capita, 2019

2019, as World Bank Group’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Comprehensive Wealth per Capita, 2019 covers 151 countries. Switzerland is highest, at 1,210,058; Gambia is lowest, at 4,139. The middle country reads 46,959. Against 2018, 150 values changed (101 up, 49 down), 1 country joined.

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Comprehensive Wealth per Capita · Data for 2019

HighestSwitzerland

1,210,058

LowestGambia

4,139

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

151countries
1measure
2019the year it describes
151distinct 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, 2019, 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, 2019: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	1,210,058
2	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	1,118,807
3	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	1,019,017
4	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	960,597
5	QatarQATWestern Asia	854,708
6	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	848,176
7	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	763,144
8	United StatesUSANorthern America	752,730
9	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	662,929
10	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	656,932
11	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	634,877
12	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	594,553
13	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	587,102
14	CanadaCANNorthern America	576,654
15	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	576,044
16	JapanJPNEastern Asia	512,583
17	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	508,668
18	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	482,730
19	FranceFRAWestern Europe	466,218
20	IsraelISRWestern Asia	456,032
21	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	450,852
22	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	401,221
23	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	371,723
24	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	317,006
25	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	266,733
26	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	262,033
27	ItalyITASouthern Europe	253,053
28	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	235,546
29	SpainESPSouthern Europe	215,664
30	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	200,943
31	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	199,887
32	UruguayURYSouth America	176,897
33	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	159,755
34	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	158,659
35	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	145,045
36	ChileCHLSouth America	144,916
37	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	142,496
38	OmanOMNWestern Asia	140,929
39	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	132,483
40	Costa RicaCRICentral America	123,769
41	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	117,501
42	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	114,753
43	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	114,226
44	PolandPOLEastern Europe	106,619
45	GuyanaGUYSouth America	105,031
46	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	104,488
47	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	96,141
48	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	92,044
49	PanamaPANCentral America	91,836
50	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	90,386
51	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	88,976
52	ArgentinaARGSouth America	84,075
53	BrazilBRASouth America	83,314
54	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	80,737
55	IraqIRQWestern Asia	77,220
56	SurinameSURSouth America	74,122
57	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	73,174
58	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	70,557
59	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	69,190
60	EcuadorECUSouth America	68,855
61	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	67,149
62	MexicoMEXCentral America	66,356
63	ColombiaCOLSouth America	60,896
64	PeruPERSouth America	60,165
65	ParaguayPRYSouth America	59,629
66	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	57,475
67	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	56,081
68	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	51,510
69	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	50,488
70	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	50,282
71	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	49,984
72	BelarusBLREastern Europe	49,822
73	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	48,587
74	IranIRNSouthern Asia	47,640
75	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	47,024
76	GabonGABMiddle Africa	46,959
77	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	45,116
78	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	39,646
79	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	39,326
80	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	38,852
81	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	37,856
82	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	35,605
83	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	35,530
84	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	35,460
85	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	33,472
86	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	33,220
87	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	32,940
88	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	32,589
89	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	32,547
90	BelizeBLZCentral America	32,483
91	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	30,787
92	BoliviaBOLSouth America	28,993
93	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	28,708
94	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	28,101
95	UkraineUKREastern Europe	27,977
96	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	27,297
97	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	26,728
98	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	26,660
99	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	25,916
100	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	25,601
101	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	25,592
102	HondurasHNDCentral America	21,645
103	KenyaKENEastern Africa	21,566
104	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	21,388
105	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	21,101
106	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	21,087
107	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	20,461
108	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	20,431
109	BeninBENWestern Africa	18,582
110	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	18,263
111	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	18,220
112	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	17,185
113	TogoTGOWestern Africa	17,148
114	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	17,106
115	NicaraguaNICCentral America	17,087
116	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	16,334
117	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	15,740
118	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	15,706
119	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	15,274
120	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	14,851
121	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	14,810
122	JordanJORWestern Asia	14,678
123	SenegalSENWestern Africa	14,580
124	MaliMLIWestern Africa	13,489
125	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	13,124
126	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	12,720
127	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	12,403
128	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	12,241
129	GuineaGINWestern Africa	12,108
130	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	12,010
131	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	11,880
132	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	11,781
133	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	11,270
134	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	11,082
135	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	10,831
136	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	10,749
137	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	10,341
138	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	10,020
139	HaitiHTICaribbean	9,565
140	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	9,530
141	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	9,345
142	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	9,043
143	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	8,026
144	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	7,613
145	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	7,240
146	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	7,033
147	NigerNERWestern Africa	7,015
148	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	6,771
149	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	5,518
150	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	5,344
151	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	4,139

02In 2019

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Switzerland1,210,058
2Norway1,118,807
3Iceland1,019,017
4Luxembourg960,597
5Qatar854,708

Lowest

151Gambia4,139
150Central African Republic5,344
149Burundi5,518
148Mozambique6,771
147Niger7,015

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 46,959. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
150values changed, of 150 in both
101 · 49rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Singapore613,014 → 656,932+43,918
Norway1,082,874 → 1,118,807+35,933
Luxembourg932,673 → 960,597+27,924
Ireland346,884 → 371,723+24,839
Qatar835,299 → 854,708+19,408

Fell most

Switzerland1,218,149 → 1,210,058−8,090
Guyana112,225 → 105,031−7,195
Mauritius76,480 → 70,557−5,922
Bahrain144,965 → 142,496−2,469
Suriname75,989 → 74,122−1,867

+ São Tomé and Príncipe

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 2019.
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 151 countries has every column.

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World Bank Group (2019). Comprehensive Wealth per Capita, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/comprehensive-wealth-per-capita/2019

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