Data for 1996

GDP per Capita (PPP), 1996

Name: GDP per Capita (PPP), 1996
Creator: World Bank Group
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1996, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

GDP per Capita (PPP), 1996 covers 188 countries. United Arab Emirates is highest, at 103,653.5; Mozambique is lowest, at 562.9. The middle country reads 9,056.8. Against 1995, 188 values changed (149 up, 39 down), the same countries are covered.

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GDP per Capita (PPP) · Data for 1996

HighestUnited Arab Emirates

103,653.5

LowestMozambique

562.9

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

188countries
1measure
1996the year it describes
188distinct 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), 1996, 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), 1996: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	103,653.5
2	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	102,522.1
3	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	92,421.6
4	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	82,126.3
5	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	73,369.8
6	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	68,965.0
7	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	63,243.2
8	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	62,665.2
9	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	61,911.5
10	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	59,612.8
11	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	59,115.2
12	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	54,289.4
13	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	51,817.2
14	United States`USA`Northern America	48,441.9
15	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	48,096.0
16	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	47,608.6
17	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	46,386.1
18	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	46,008.2
19	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	45,888.1
20	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	44,808.5
21	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	43,241.4
22	Canada`CAN`Northern America	41,880.5
23	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	41,008.4
24	France`FRA`Western Europe	40,990.7
25	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	39,663.2
26	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	39,455.8
27	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	39,221.8
28	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	38,386.9
29	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	38,301.5
30	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	38,090.7
31	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	38,076.1
32	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	37,804.1
33	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	34,506.5
34	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	34,232.4
35	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	33,329.5
36	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	31,677.2
37	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	31,282.6
38	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	30,907.8
39	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	30,392.9
40	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	30,378.8
41	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	28,021.7
42	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	27,905.1
43	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	25,458.9
44	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	24,596.0
45	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	23,003.1
46	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	22,597.3
47	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	22,139.8
48	Argentina`ARG`South America	21,695.6
49	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	19,029.1
50	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	18,850.2
51	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	18,705.8
52	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	18,125.4
53	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	17,942.2
54	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	17,809.2
55	Mexico`MEX`Central America	17,775.9
56	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	17,771.7
57	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	17,699.9
58	Uruguay`URY`South America	17,433.7
59	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	17,412.4
60	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	17,340.2
61	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	16,737.2
62	Suriname`SUR`South America	16,184.5
63	Chile`CHL`South America	15,748.5
64	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	15,666.1
65	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	15,488.6
66	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	15,083.1
67	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	14,838.9
68	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	14,372.8
69	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	13,826.9
70	Brazil`BRA`South America	13,641.6
71	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	12,878.1
72	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	12,737.9
73	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	12,637.8
74	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	12,497.6
75	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	12,457.7
76	Panama`PAN`Central America	12,327.9
77	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	11,832.9
78	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	11,757.3
79	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	11,495.1
80	Colombia`COL`South America	11,303.1
81	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	11,245.7
82	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	11,077.9
83	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	11,010.0
84	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	10,857.4
85	Paraguay`PRY`South America	10,823.9
86	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	10,808.9
87	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	10,623.9
88	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	10,551.5
89	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	10,147.5
90	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	10,035.0
91	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	9,969.5
92	Belize`BLZ`Central America	9,782.6
93	Ecuador`ECU`South America	9,509.3
94	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	9,076.7
95	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	9,036.9
96	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	8,956.4
97	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	8,923.7
98	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	8,662.3
99	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	8,395.6
100	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	8,314.9
101	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	8,222.1
102	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	8,112.4
103	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	7,821.8
104	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	7,812.0
105	Guyana`GUY`South America	7,612.3
106	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	7,538.9
107	Peru`PER`South America	7,436.2
108	Bolivia`BOL`South America	7,083.6
109	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	7,062.3
110	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	6,695.4
111	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	6,565.9
112	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	6,474.2
113	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	6,419.4
114	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	6,063.1
115	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	5,796.7
116	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	5,650.3
117	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	5,624.0
118	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	5,563.8
119	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	5,511.4
120	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	5,494.3
121	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	4,916.5
122	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	4,869.8
123	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	4,807.5
124	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	4,668.4
125	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	4,631.8
126	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	4,616.9
127	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	4,569.0
128	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	4,339.0
129	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	4,334.1
130	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	4,311.5
131	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	4,223.5
132	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	4,175.3
133	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	4,167.6
134	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	3,941.4
135	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	3,932.2
136	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	3,801.1
137	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	3,717.3
138	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	3,676.9
139	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	3,584.0
140	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	3,577.6
141	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	3,534.4
142	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	3,526.1
143	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	3,209.9
144	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	3,207.7
145	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	3,138.7
146	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	3,106.2
147	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	3,064.6
148	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	3,055.7
149	Honduras`HND`Central America	3,054.2
150	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	3,038.2
151	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	3,033.8
152	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	3,022.9
153	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	2,958.2
154	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	2,951.8
155	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	2,924.3
156	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2,822.5
157	India`IND`Southern Asia	2,603.2
158	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	2,473.8
159	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	2,455.8
160	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	2,439.0
161	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	2,413.5
162	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	2,337.6
163	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	2,278.1
164	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	2,205.3
165	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	2,197.2
166	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	2,185.9
167	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	2,105.5
168	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	2,105.3
169	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	2,084.2
170	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1,786.2
171	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1,730.6
172	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,643.3
173	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1,643.0
174	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1,555.9
175	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,367.9
176	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1,322.6
177	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1,280.7
178	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1,248.0
179	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1,246.8
180	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,200.3
181	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	1,175.8
182	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1,085.5
183	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1,011.2
184	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	921.9
185	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	827.0
186	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	663.4
187	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	582.7
188	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	562.9

02In 1996

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1United Arab Emirates103,653.5
2Brunei102,522.1
3Luxembourg92,421.6
4Bermuda82,126.3
5Qatar73,369.8

Lowest

188Mozambique562.9
187Liberia582.7
186Somalia663.4
185Ethiopia827.0
184Rwanda921.9

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 9,056.8. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031995 → 1996

Since 1995

What changed between 1995 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
188values changed, of 188 in both
149 · 39rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Norway66,033.9 → 68,965.0+2,931.1
Ireland36,032.8 → 38,386.9+2,354.1
Andorra44,375.0 → 46,386.1+2,011.1
Singapore59,997.0 → 61,911.5+1,914.5
Bermuda80,430.6 → 82,126.3+1,695.6

Fell most

Brunei105,043.9 → 102,522.1−2,521.7
Nauru14,363.6 → 12,637.8−1,725.8
Kuwait64,093.5 → 62,665.2−1,428.3
Macau60,205.7 → 59,115.2−1,090.5
Ukraine10,983.0 → 9,969.5−1,013.5

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.

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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 1996.
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Every one of the 188 countries has every column.

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World Bank Group (1996). GDP per Capita (PPP), 1996 [data set], describing 1996. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gdp-per-capita/1996

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