Data for 1999

GDP per Capita (PPP), 1999

Name: GDP per Capita (PPP), 1999
Creator: World Bank Group
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1999, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

GDP per Capita (PPP), 1999 covers 190 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 108,186.9; Somalia is lowest, at 683.0. The middle country reads 10,436.3. Against 1998, 190 values changed (135 up, 55 down), the same countries are covered.

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GDP per Capita (PPP) · Data for 1999

HighestLuxembourg

108,186.9

LowestSomalia

683.0

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

190countries
1measure
1999the 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), 1999, 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), 1999: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	108,186.9
2	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	99,083.3
3	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	95,556.9
4	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	92,047.6
5	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	90,294.4
6	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	76,474.1
7	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	74,703.5
8	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	66,795.9
9	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	64,296.6
10	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	59,534.0
11	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	56,522.2
12	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	55,878.2
13	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	55,704.3
14	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	54,134.4
15	United States`USA`Northern America	53,480.9
16	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	53,348.0
17	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	52,921.0
18	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	52,004.5
19	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	49,634.5
20	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	48,765.8
21	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	48,624.6
22	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	48,539.3
23	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	48,493.7
24	Canada`CAN`Northern America	46,464.5
25	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	45,823.3
26	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	44,505.7
27	France`FRA`Western Europe	44,400.1
28	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	43,899.1
29	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	42,072.1
30	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	42,071.7
31	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	40,145.9
32	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	38,647.3
33	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	38,141.3
34	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	37,339.9
35	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	36,216.8
36	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	35,316.6
37	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	35,187.2
38	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	34,452.7
39	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	34,019.0
40	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	33,657.8
41	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	31,466.2
42	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	30,263.1
43	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	29,131.4
44	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	28,213.5
45	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	26,127.1
46	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	24,462.2
47	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	24,382.3
48	Argentina`ARG`South America	22,714.5
49	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	22,713.7
50	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	21,128.9
51	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	20,489.4
52	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	20,372.9
53	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	19,969.4
54	Mexico`MEX`Central America	19,793.3
55	Uruguay`URY`South America	19,192.7
56	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	18,856.6
57	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	18,736.2
58	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	18,440.6
59	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	18,291.4
60	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	18,200.3
61	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	18,167.5
62	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	17,556.0
63	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	17,428.6
64	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	17,402.6
65	Chile`CHL`South America	16,900.1
66	Suriname`SUR`South America	16,217.5
67	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	16,054.1
68	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	15,149.0
69	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	14,478.0
70	Panama`PAN`Central America	14,261.7
71	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	14,066.2
72	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	13,993.4
73	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	13,776.6
74	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	13,661.7
75	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	13,619.1
76	Brazil`BRA`South America	13,602.4
77	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	13,449.2
78	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	13,207.4
79	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	12,481.9
80	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	11,953.6
81	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	11,815.8
82	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	11,617.2
83	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	11,519.0
84	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	11,292.0
85	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	11,254.6
86	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	11,237.9
87	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	11,163.7
88	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	11,158.5
89	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	10,831.7
90	Colombia`COL`South America	10,679.7
91	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	10,582.1
92	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	10,519.7
93	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	10,492.5
94	Belize`BLZ`Central America	10,460.6
95	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	10,438.5
96	Paraguay`PRY`South America	10,434.1
97	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	9,853.3
98	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	9,704.4
99	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	9,650.4
100	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	9,588.9
101	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	9,479.5
102	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	9,328.6
103	Ecuador`ECU`South America	9,243.0
104	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	8,822.0
105	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	8,668.4
106	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	8,600.4
107	Guyana`GUY`South America	8,140.0
108	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	8,120.5
109	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	7,773.9
110	Peru`PER`South America	7,584.3
111	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	7,498.5
112	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	7,481.3
113	Bolivia`BOL`South America	7,435.7
114	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	7,312.3
115	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	6,815.2
116	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	6,423.7
117	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	6,176.2
118	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	6,086.0
119	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	6,062.3
120	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	5,855.7
121	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	5,829.2
122	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	5,633.4
123	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	5,597.5
124	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	5,495.2
125	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	5,360.0
126	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	5,241.4
127	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	5,133.7
128	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	5,071.8
129	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	5,043.7
130	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	4,987.4
131	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	4,898.4
132	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	4,781.7
133	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	4,750.9
134	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	4,650.8
135	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	4,448.9
136	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	4,407.0
137	Honduras`HND`Central America	4,293.8
138	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	4,119.1
139	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	4,006.5
140	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	3,949.5
141	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	3,878.1
142	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	3,848.5
143	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	3,780.1
144	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	3,774.4
145	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	3,719.3
146	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	3,676.3
147	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	3,532.1
148	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	3,491.9
149	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	3,484.5
150	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	3,459.2
151	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	3,417.5
152	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	3,346.2
153	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	3,290.3
154	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	3,269.4
155	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	3,050.2
156	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	3,004.7
157	India`IND`Southern Asia	2,954.1
158	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	2,786.5
159	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	2,717.9
160	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	2,624.1
161	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	2,590.0
162	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	2,470.7
163	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	2,399.5
164	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	2,364.6
165	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	2,346.3
166	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	2,269.1
167	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	2,242.7
168	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	2,198.2
169	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	2,136.6
170	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,992.9
171	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1,903.3
172	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1,860.7
173	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1,811.0
174	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1,775.4
175	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,681.4
176	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1,573.6
177	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1,507.3
178	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,487.8
179	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1,444.6
180	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1,313.2
181	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	1,275.8
182	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1,255.1
183	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,249.8
184	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1,209.0
185	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1,088.7
186	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1,061.0
187	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	981.7
188	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	787.7
189	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	722.3
190	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	683.0

02In 1999

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Luxembourg108,186.9
2Brunei99,083.3
3Qatar95,556.9
4United Arab Emirates92,047.6
5Bermuda90,294.4

Lowest

190Somalia683.0
189Mozambique722.3
188Ethiopia787.7
187Rwanda981.7
186Burundi1,061.0

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 10,436.3. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031998 → 1999

Since 1998

What changed between 1998 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
190values changed, of 190 in both
135 · 55rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Luxembourg101,369.8 → 108,186.9+6,817.0
San Marino71,024.6 → 76,474.1+5,449.6
Ireland45,415.0 → 49,634.5+4,219.5
Singapore61,306.8 → 64,296.6+2,989.9
South Korea22,000.3 → 24,382.3+2,381.9

Fell most

United Arab Emirates96,088.7 → 92,047.6−4,041.0
Kuwait62,450.1 → 59,534.0−2,916.1
Gabon25,585.5 → 22,713.7−2,871.8
Saudi Arabia58,306.6 → 55,878.2−2,428.4
Macau55,296.5 → 53,348.0−1,948.5

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 1999.
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World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
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Every one of the 190 countries has every column.

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World Bank Group (1999). GDP per Capita (PPP), 1999 [data set], describing 1999. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gdp-per-capita/1999

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