Data for 1998

GDP per Capita (PPP), 1998

Name: GDP per Capita (PPP), 1998
Creator: World Bank Group
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1998, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

GDP per Capita (PPP), 1998 covers 190 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 101,369.8; Mozambique is lowest, at 660.7. The middle country reads 9,885.7. Against 1997, 190 values changed (145 up, 45 down), the same countries are covered.

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GDP per Capita (PPP) · Data for 1998

HighestLuxembourg

101,369.8

LowestMozambique

660.7

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

190countries
1measure
1998the year it describes
190distinct 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), 1998, 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), 1998: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	101,369.8
2	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	97,171.6
3	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	96,675.8
4	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	96,088.7
5	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	88,038.5
6	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	73,610.2
7	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	71,024.6
8	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	66,006.3
9	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	62,450.1
10	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	61,306.8
11	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	58,306.6
12	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	55,638.7
13	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	55,296.5
14	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	54,278.3
15	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	51,879.4
16	United States`USA`Northern America	51,626.5
17	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	51,092.2
18	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	50,216.6
19	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	47,701.4
20	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	47,641.5
21	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	47,286.6
22	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	47,205.3
23	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	45,415.0
24	Canada`CAN`Northern America	44,553.3
25	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	44,010.1
26	France`FRA`Western Europe	43,162.5
27	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	42,733.4
28	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	42,257.2
29	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	41,500.2
30	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	41,004.8
31	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	40,574.7
32	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	38,853.0
33	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	36,776.4
34	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	36,679.1
35	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	35,361.2
36	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	34,537.2
37	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	33,565.7
38	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	33,182.0
39	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	32,925.7
40	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	31,836.5
41	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	31,250.1
42	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	29,592.5
43	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	27,801.4
44	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	27,693.3
45	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	25,585.5
46	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	25,097.8
47	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	23,996.1
48	Argentina`ARG`South America	23,783.1
49	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	22,000.3
50	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	20,576.0
51	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	20,438.4
52	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	20,311.2
53	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	19,991.2
54	Uruguay`URY`South America	19,577.8
55	Mexico`MEX`Central America	19,573.1
56	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	18,871.6
57	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	18,606.5
58	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	18,272.5
59	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	17,963.7
60	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	17,532.9
61	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	17,315.8
62	Chile`CHL`South America	17,161.0
63	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	17,129.1
64	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	17,052.8
65	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	16,817.2
66	Suriname`SUR`South America	16,789.8
67	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	16,766.6
68	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	15,403.0
69	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	15,208.7
70	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	14,704.3
71	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	14,510.0
72	Panama`PAN`Central America	13,826.5
73	Brazil`BRA`South America	13,737.7
74	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	13,563.5
75	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	13,505.1
76	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	13,138.4
77	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	12,976.3
78	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	12,884.7
79	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	12,319.9
80	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	12,306.3
81	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	11,885.3
82	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	11,598.3
83	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	11,364.0
84	Colombia`COL`South America	11,343.9
85	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	11,101.5
86	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	11,094.9
87	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	11,092.8
88	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	10,898.3
89	Paraguay`PRY`South America	10,801.2
90	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	10,693.7
91	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	10,509.1
92	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	10,150.4
93	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	10,135.0
94	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	10,128.2
95	Belize`BLZ`Central America	9,894.6
96	Ecuador`ECU`South America	9,876.8
97	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	9,871.7
98	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	9,646.1
99	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	9,624.9
100	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	9,609.1
101	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	9,245.5
102	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	8,684.7
103	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	8,673.9
104	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	8,636.6
105	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	8,560.0
106	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	8,499.1
107	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	8,418.0
108	Guyana`GUY`South America	7,915.2
109	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	7,711.6
110	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	7,709.9
111	Peru`PER`South America	7,602.8
112	Bolivia`BOL`South America	7,534.5
113	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	7,381.1
114	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	6,899.3
115	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	6,893.1
116	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	6,582.4
117	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	6,032.6
118	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	5,952.9
119	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	5,897.7
120	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	5,783.5
121	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	5,735.8
122	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	5,542.4
123	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	5,387.5
124	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	5,310.2
125	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	5,233.3
126	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	5,093.2
127	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	5,033.9
128	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	4,965.9
129	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	4,880.9
130	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	4,822.2
131	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	4,805.2
132	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	4,616.7
133	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	4,502.6
134	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	4,387.1
135	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	4,282.5
136	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	4,211.5
137	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	4,031.4
138	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	3,983.0
139	Honduras`HND`Central America	3,950.8
140	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	3,871.8
141	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	3,829.0
142	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	3,806.4
143	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	3,740.7
144	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	3,714.1
145	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	3,657.4
146	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	3,590.6
147	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	3,533.7
148	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	3,454.2
149	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	3,441.2
150	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	3,419.2
151	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	3,388.5
152	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	3,253.5
153	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	3,242.5
154	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	3,229.5
155	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	2,978.4
156	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2,938.7
157	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	2,931.5
158	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	2,805.6
159	India`IND`Southern Asia	2,766.1
160	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	2,642.6
161	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	2,555.1
162	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	2,503.2
163	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	2,502.8
164	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	2,419.1
165	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	2,400.1
166	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	2,311.3
167	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	2,228.2
168	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	2,188.2
169	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	2,157.6
170	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1,951.8
171	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1,856.7
172	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1,773.7
173	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,738.6
174	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,658.9
175	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1,641.1
176	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1,602.4
177	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,422.2
178	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1,385.1
179	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1,308.4
180	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1,302.8
181	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1,301.8
182	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,241.5
183	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	1,236.7
184	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1,176.1
185	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1,102.8
186	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1,097.9
187	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	948.5
188	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	772.8
189	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	662.7
190	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	660.7

02In 1998

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Luxembourg101,369.8
2Brunei97,171.6
3Qatar96,675.8
4United Arab Emirates96,088.7
5Bermuda88,038.5

Lowest

190Mozambique660.7
189Somalia662.7
188Ethiopia772.8
187Rwanda948.5
186Burundi1,097.9

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 9,885.7. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031997 → 1998

Since 1997

What changed between 1997 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
190values changed, of 190 in both
145 · 45rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Luxembourg96,216.9 → 101,369.8+5,152.9
Qatar91,667.4 → 96,675.8+5,008.4
San Marino66,923.0 → 71,024.6+4,101.5
Ireland42,192.6 → 45,415.0+3,222.5
Greenland38,581.2 → 41,500.2+2,919.0

Fell most

Brunei106,503.4 → 97,171.6−9,331.8
United Arab Emirates103,392.4 → 96,088.7−7,303.7
Singapore64,846.1 → 61,306.8−3,539.3
Macau58,639.5 → 55,296.5−3,343.0
Hong Kong39,402.6 → 36,776.4−2,626.2

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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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 1998.
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Every one of the 190 countries has every column.

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World Bank Group (1998). GDP per Capita (PPP), 1998 [data set], describing 1998. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gdp-per-capita/1998

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