Data for 1991

GDP per Capita (PPP), 1991

Name: GDP per Capita (PPP), 1991
Creator: World Bank Group
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1991, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

GDP per Capita (PPP), 1991 covers 186 countries. Brunei is highest, at 118,221; Mozambique is lowest, at 564. The middle country reads 9,128. Against 1990, 185 values changed (90 up, 95 down), 1 country joined.

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GDP per Capita (PPP) · Data for 1991

HighestBrunei

118,221

LowestMozambique

564

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

186countries
1measure
1991the year it describes
186distinct 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), 1991, 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), 1991: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	118,221
2	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	106,266
3	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	87,318
4	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	76,368
5	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	71,662
6	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	67,269
7	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	62,404
8	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	57,950
9	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	54,602
10	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	47,659
11	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	47,644
12	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	47,625
13	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	46,493
14	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	44,302
15	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	44,196
16	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	43,833
17	United States`USA`Northern America	43,748
18	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	43,283
19	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	42,508
20	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	42,246
21	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	39,469
22	Canada`CAN`Northern America	39,139
23	France`FRA`Western Europe	38,938
24	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	38,163
25	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	37,226
26	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	36,326
27	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	35,671
28	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	35,575
29	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	34,079
30	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	33,125
31	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	32,995
32	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	32,499
33	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	31,149
34	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	29,902
35	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	29,014
36	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	28,634
37	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	28,444
38	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	28,067
39	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	27,420
40	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	27,162
41	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	27,159
42	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	25,705
43	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	24,735
44	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	24,666
45	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	23,840
46	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	23,079
47	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	21,424
48	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	20,784
49	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	20,507
50	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	19,392
51	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	18,833
52	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	18,813
53	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	18,765
54	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	18,391
55	Argentina`ARG`South America	18,296
56	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	18,256
57	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	17,717
58	Mexico`MEX`Central America	17,512
59	Suriname`SUR`South America	17,493
60	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	16,917
61	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	15,784
62	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	15,696
63	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	15,376
64	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	14,956
65	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	14,878
66	Uruguay`URY`South America	14,475
67	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	14,333
68	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	14,085
69	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	13,827
70	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	13,342
71	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	12,795
72	Brazil`BRA`South America	12,547
73	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	12,198
74	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	12,153
75	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	12,142
76	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	12,058
77	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	11,880
78	Chile`CHL`South America	11,610
79	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	11,519
80	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	11,315
81	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	11,002
82	Panama`PAN`Central America	10,995
83	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	10,946
84	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	10,592
85	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	10,559
86	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	10,459
87	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	10,120
88	Paraguay`PRY`South America	10,039
89	Colombia`COL`South America	9,996
90	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	9,295
91	Ecuador`ECU`South America	9,293
92	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	9,284
93	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	9,228
94	Belize`BLZ`Central America	9,028
95	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	8,932
96	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	8,799
97	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	8,658
98	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	8,170
99	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	7,877
100	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	7,828
101	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	7,747
102	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	7,662
103	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	7,618
104	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	7,548
105	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	7,525
106	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	7,304
107	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	7,246
108	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	6,860
109	Bolivia`BOL`South America	6,440
110	Peru`PER`South America	6,322
111	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	6,254
112	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	6,210
113	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	5,960
114	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	5,874
115	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	5,520
116	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	5,457
117	Guyana`GUY`South America	5,396
118	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	5,327
119	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	5,325
120	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	5,301
121	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	5,118
122	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	5,053
123	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	4,767
124	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	4,736
125	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	4,656
126	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	4,378
127	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	4,221
128	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	4,119
129	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	4,114
130	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	4,102
131	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	4,028
132	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	3,916
133	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	3,892
134	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	3,845
135	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	3,829
136	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	3,819
137	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	3,777
138	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	3,553
139	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	3,359
140	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	3,338
141	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	3,291
142	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	3,252
143	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	3,186
144	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2,917
145	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	2,911
146	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	2,860
147	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	2,735
148	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	2,731
149	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	2,624
150	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	2,592
151	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	2,561
152	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	2,419
153	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	2,365
154	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	2,324
155	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	2,319
156	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	2,230
157	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	2,184
158	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	2,129
159	India`IND`Southern Asia	2,116
160	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	2,101
161	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	2,088
162	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	2,076
163	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	2,047
164	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	2,034
165	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	2,025
166	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1,874
167	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	1,830
168	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1,819
169	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1,798
170	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1,791
171	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,790
172	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1,786
173	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1,497
174	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1,494
175	Honduras`HND`Central America	1,436
176	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1,428
177	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1,371
178	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1,178
179	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,114
180	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,104
181	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,103
182	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	1,071
183	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	837
184	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	778
185	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	759
186	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	564

02In 1991

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Brunei118,221
2United Arab Emirates106,266
3Luxembourg87,318
4Bermuda76,368
5Qatar71,662

Lowest

186Mozambique564
185Myanmar759
184Ethiopia778
183Somalia837
182Equatorial Guinea1,071

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 9,128. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031990 → 1991

Since 1990

What changed between 1990 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
185values changed, of 185 in both
90 · 95rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Luxembourg81,455 → 87,318+5,863
Bahrain41,857 → 47,644+5,787
Lebanon5,346 → 7,828+2,483
Libya18,127 → 20,507+2,380
Saudi Arabia65,197 → 67,269+2,072

Fell most

Kuwait38,933 → 28,634−10,299
Iraq10,735 → 3,819−6,916
Nauru30,127 → 23,840−6,287
United Arab Emirates111,377 → 106,266−5,111
Croatia23,400 → 18,813−4,587

+ Somalia

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.

How values are stored

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from World Bank Group’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1991.
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World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 186 countries has every column.

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World Bank Group (1991). GDP per Capita (PPP), 1991 [data set], describing 1991. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gdp-per-capita/1991

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