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GDP per Capita (PPP), 2006

2006, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

GDP per Capita (PPP), 2006 covers 194 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 130,290; Somalia is lowest, at 858. The middle country reads 12,983. Against 2005, 193 values changed (175 up, 18 down), 1 country joined.

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GDP per Capita (PPP) · Data for 2006

HighestLuxembourg

130,290

LowestSomalia

858

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

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of GDP per Capita (PPP), 2006, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 194 countries · select a heading to sort

GDP per Capita (PPP), 2006: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe130,290
2QatarQATWestern Asia121,378
3BermudaBMUNorthern America115,176
4BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia102,249
5United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia94,873
6MacauMACEastern Asia93,828
7Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean92,213
8SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia87,210
9NorwayNORNorthern Europe85,653
10San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe83,782
11KuwaitKWTWestern Asia79,521
12SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe73,902
13AndorraANDSouthern Europe66,390
14IrelandIRLNorthern Europe64,975
15DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe62,911
16United StatesUSANorthern America60,684
17IcelandISLNorthern Europe60,434
18NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe60,392
19United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean59,912
20AustriaAUTWestern Europe58,460
21SwedenSWENorthern Europe55,374
22BelgiumBELWestern Europe55,368
23GreenlandGRLNorthern America55,244
24FinlandFINNorthern Europe54,654
25Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia54,374

02In 2006

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Luxembourg130,290
  2. 2Qatar121,378
  3. 3Bermuda115,176
  4. 4Brunei102,249
  5. 5United Arab Emirates94,873

Lowest

  1. 194Somalia858
  2. 193Burundi995
  3. 192Ethiopia1,025
  4. 191DR Congo1,036
  5. 190Mozambique1,042

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 12,983. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032005 → 2006

Since 2005

What changed between 2005 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 193values changed, of 193 in both
  • 175 · 18rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Cayman Islands

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

Read before you use

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 2006.

  • The position is ours

    World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 194 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0 · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

World Bank Group (2006). GDP per Capita (PPP), 2006 [data set], describing 2006. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gdp-per-capita/2006

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07Questions

GDP per Capita (PPP), 2006: questions and answers

Which country has the highest GDP per capita (PPP) in GDP per Capita (PPP), 2006?

Luxembourg, at 130,290, of the 194 countries in the file.

What year does GDP per Capita (PPP), 2006 describe?

2006.

How many countries does GDP per Capita (PPP), 2006 cover?

194.

Where can I download GDP per Capita (PPP), 2006?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is GDP per Capita (PPP), 2006 the newest?

No. The newest held here is GDP per Capita (PPP), 2025.

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