Data for 2020

Comprehensive Wealth per Capita, 2020

2020, as World Bank Group’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Comprehensive Wealth per Capita, 2020 covers 150 countries. Switzerland is highest, at 1,246,092; Gambia is lowest, at 4,276. The middle country reads 46,486. Against 2019, 150 values changed (107 up, 43 down), 1 left.

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Comprehensive Wealth per Capita · Data for 2020

HighestSwitzerland

1,246,092

LowestGambia

4,276

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

150countries
1measure
2020the 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, 2020, 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, 2020: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	1,246,092
2	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	1,153,866
3	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	1,032,409
4	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	977,443
5	QatarQATWestern Asia	901,777
6	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	851,877
7	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	771,765
8	United StatesUSANorthern America	751,632
9	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	704,239
10	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	669,454
11	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	658,764
12	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	598,370
13	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	597,229
14	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	594,678
15	CanadaCANNorthern America	591,339
16	JapanJPNEastern Asia	517,524
17	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	513,192
18	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	487,657
19	FranceFRAWestern Europe	469,144
20	IsraelISRWestern Asia	468,766
21	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	463,404
22	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	401,923
23	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	375,876
24	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	338,459
25	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	272,580
26	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	272,153
27	ItalyITASouthern Europe	257,568
28	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	244,008
29	SpainESPSouthern Europe	217,563
30	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	206,330
31	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	202,911
32	UruguayURYSouth America	174,093
33	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	162,674
34	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	161,505
35	ChileCHLSouth America	149,292
36	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	147,170
37	OmanOMNWestern Asia	145,719
38	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	145,232
39	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	134,849
40	Costa RicaCRICentral America	128,534
41	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	117,713
42	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	115,904
43	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	115,155
44	PolandPOLEastern Europe	110,289
45	GuyanaGUYSouth America	106,108
46	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	102,912
47	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	99,390
48	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	94,456
49	PanamaPANCentral America	93,356
50	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	91,769
51	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	90,677
52	BrazilBRASouth America	85,804
53	ArgentinaARGSouth America	82,997
54	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	82,712
55	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	76,347
56	IraqIRQWestern Asia	75,571
57	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	75,020
58	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	74,501
59	SurinameSURSouth America	74,030
60	EcuadorECUSouth America	69,870
61	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	68,210
62	MexicoMEXCentral America	68,114
63	PeruPERSouth America	61,840
64	ColombiaCOLSouth America	61,476
65	ParaguayPRYSouth America	60,085
66	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	58,056
67	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	57,577
68	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	53,174
69	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	52,912
70	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	51,326
71	BelarusBLREastern Europe	50,846
72	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	50,458
73	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	48,271
74	IranIRNSouthern Asia	47,545
75	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	47,122
76	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	45,849
77	GabonGABMiddle Africa	45,584
78	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	40,661
79	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	39,681
80	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	39,252
81	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	38,660
82	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	36,427
83	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	36,316
84	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	36,207
85	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	35,927
86	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	33,223
87	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	33,166
88	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	33,110
89	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	33,070
90	BelizeBLZCentral America	32,815
91	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	30,677
92	BoliviaBOLSouth America	29,483
93	UkraineUKREastern Europe	28,064
94	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	28,009
95	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	27,479
96	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	27,186
97	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	26,958
98	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	26,499
99	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	26,472
100	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	26,101
101	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	25,180
102	HondurasHNDCentral America	22,581
103	KenyaKENEastern Africa	21,733
104	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	21,249
105	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	21,150
106	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	20,869
107	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	20,431
108	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	18,692
109	BeninBENWestern Africa	18,377
110	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	17,998
111	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	17,713
112	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	17,362
113	NicaraguaNICCentral America	17,344
114	TogoTGOWestern Africa	16,971
115	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	16,471
116	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	15,869
117	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	15,217
118	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	15,148
119	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	14,979
120	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	14,962
121	JordanJORWestern Asia	14,724
122	SenegalSENWestern Africa	13,792
123	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	13,724
124	MaliMLIWestern Africa	13,250
125	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	12,788
126	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	12,404
127	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	12,313
128	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	12,233
129	GuineaGINWestern Africa	12,184
130	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	11,853
131	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	11,729
132	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	11,124
133	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	11,050
134	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	10,900
135	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	10,770
136	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	10,440
137	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	9,920
138	HaitiHTICaribbean	9,725
139	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	9,682
140	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	9,246
141	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	8,871
142	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	8,604
143	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	7,960
144	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	7,211
145	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	6,941
146	NigerNERWestern Africa	6,812
147	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	6,726
148	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	5,423
149	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	5,262
150	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	4,276

02In 2020

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Switzerland1,246,092
2Norway1,153,866
3Iceland1,032,409
4Luxembourg977,443
5Qatar901,777

Lowest

150Gambia4,276
149Central African Republic5,262
148Burundi5,423
147Mozambique6,726
146Niger6,812

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 46,486. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −1countries joined / left
150values changed, of 150 in both
107 · 43rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Singapore656,932 → 704,239+47,307
Qatar854,708 → 901,777+47,070
Switzerland1,210,058 → 1,246,092+36,034
Norway1,118,807 → 1,153,866+35,059
Netherlands634,877 → 658,764+23,887

Fell most

Uruguay176,897 → 174,093−2,803
Saudi Arabia117,501 → 115,155−2,345
Iraq77,220 → 75,571−1,649
Greece104,488 → 102,912−1,576
Gabon46,959 → 45,584−1,375

− 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 2020.
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 (2020). Comprehensive Wealth per Capita, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/comprehensive-wealth-per-capita/2020

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