Data for 1990

GDP per Capita (PPP), 1990

Name: GDP per Capita (PPP), 1990
Creator: World Bank Group
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1990, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

GDP per Capita (PPP), 1990 covers 185 countries. Brunei is highest, at 118,163.7; Mozambique is lowest, at 547.6. The middle country reads 8,945.8.

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GDP per Capita (PPP) · Data for 1990

HighestBrunei

118,163.7

LowestMozambique

547.6

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

185countries
1measure
1990the year it describes
185distinct values12 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of GDP per Capita (PPP), 1990, 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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GDP per Capita (PPP), 1990: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	118,163.7
2	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	111,377.0
3	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	81,455.0
4	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	79,750.9
5	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	75,303.6
6	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	65,196.6
7	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	63,921.4
8	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	56,608.3
9	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	55,300.7
10	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	50,036.3
11	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	45,961.1
12	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	45,943.9
13	United States`USA`Northern America	44,384.2
14	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	43,258.1
15	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	43,128.3
16	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	43,099.6
17	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	42,656.7
18	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	42,355.3
19	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	41,856.5
20	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	41,640.1
21	Canada`CAN`Northern America	40,475.1
22	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	40,199.7
23	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	38,932.9
24	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	38,807.1
25	France`FRA`Western Europe	38,655.9
26	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	38,137.6
27	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	36,267.7
28	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	36,137.8
29	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	35,201.6
30	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	33,531.0
31	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	33,146.7
32	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	33,072.2
33	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	31,773.2
34	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	31,598.7
35	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	30,785.7
36	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	30,127.2
37	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	29,643.6
38	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	29,504.9
39	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	27,918.1
40	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	27,666.5
41	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	27,190.6
42	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	26,916.3
43	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	26,738.8
44	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	25,349.8
45	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	25,341.0
46	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	23,884.8
47	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	23,399.6
48	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	22,815.8
49	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	21,297.0
50	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	21,074.6
51	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	20,594.1
52	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	19,195.9
53	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	19,161.4
54	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	18,208.1
55	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	18,126.6
56	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	17,807.5
57	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	17,521.0
58	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	17,508.8
59	Mexico`MEX`Central America	17,169.6
60	Suriname`SUR`South America	17,137.7
61	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	17,056.7
62	Argentina`ARG`South America	17,007.3
63	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	16,837.7
64	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	16,316.8
65	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	15,902.9
66	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	15,478.8
67	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	14,954.1
68	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	14,377.9
69	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	14,326.0
70	Uruguay`URY`South America	14,060.8
71	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	12,917.1
72	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	12,904.5
73	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	12,821.5
74	Brazil`BRA`South America	12,633.3
75	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	12,351.6
76	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	12,184.2
77	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	12,013.7
78	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	11,869.5
79	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	11,728.5
80	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	11,311.6
81	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	10,979.8
82	Chile`CHL`South America	10,955.2
83	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	10,811.2
84	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	10,776.1
85	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	10,735.1
86	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	10,520.9
87	Panama`PAN`Central America	10,263.7
88	Colombia`COL`South America	9,998.8
89	Paraguay`PRY`South America	9,961.2
90	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	9,656.0
91	Ecuador`ECU`South America	9,104.8
92	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	8,986.0
93	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	8,945.8
94	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	8,883.9
95	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	8,879.7
96	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	8,702.9
97	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	8,699.5
98	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	8,366.4
99	Belize`BLZ`Central America	8,251.6
100	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	8,241.8
101	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	8,006.6
102	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	7,850.7
103	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	7,820.7
104	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	7,594.7
105	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	7,467.4
106	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	7,327.7
107	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	7,281.8
108	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	6,742.6
109	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	6,637.8
110	Peru`PER`South America	6,316.2
111	Bolivia`BOL`South America	6,247.1
112	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	6,137.6
113	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	6,095.7
114	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	6,082.9
115	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	5,976.0
116	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	5,952.4
117	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	5,560.8
118	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	5,519.6
119	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	5,447.7
120	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	5,423.8
121	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	5,345.5
122	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	5,255.5
123	Guyana`GUY`South America	5,074.4
124	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	4,873.1
125	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	4,561.6
126	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	4,517.6
127	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	4,504.5
128	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	4,488.4
129	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	4,418.7
130	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	4,239.6
131	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	4,217.6
132	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	4,177.5
133	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	4,173.0
134	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	3,991.4
135	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	3,923.2
136	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	3,906.1
137	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	3,883.2
138	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	3,531.8
139	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	3,411.4
140	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	3,199.7
141	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	3,178.9
142	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	3,164.6
143	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	3,120.3
144	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	3,119.8
145	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2,923.3
146	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	2,785.7
147	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	2,703.6
148	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	2,653.8
149	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	2,646.1
150	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	2,468.0
151	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	2,460.2
152	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	2,425.1
153	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	2,413.9
154	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	2,409.1
155	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	2,404.0
156	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	2,352.7
157	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	2,213.8
158	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	2,207.1
159	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	2,143.8
160	India`IND`Southern Asia	2,139.8
161	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	2,105.7
162	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	2,069.8
163	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	2,005.5
164	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,968.3
165	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,968.1
166	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1,890.5
167	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1,866.4
168	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	1,848.8
169	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1,808.3
170	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1,794.2
171	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1,711.4
172	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1,666.8
173	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1,481.3
174	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1,455.8
175	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1,422.2
176	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1,420.2
177	Honduras`HND`Central America	1,172.1
178	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,165.7
179	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	1,122.8
180	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1,107.9
181	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,080.0
182	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,047.5
183	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	874.3
184	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	775.3
185	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	547.6

02In 1990

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Brunei118,163.7
2United Arab Emirates111,377.0
3Luxembourg81,455.0
4Bermuda79,750.9
5Qatar75,303.6

Lowest

185Mozambique547.6
184Myanmar775.3
183Ethiopia874.3
182Malawi1,047.5
181Uganda1,080.0

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 8,945.8. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

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World Bank Group (1990). GDP per Capita (PPP), 1990 [data set], describing 1990. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gdp-per-capita/1990

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