Data for 2008

GDP per Capita (PPP), 2008

Name: GDP per Capita (PPP), 2008
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2008, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

GDP per Capita (PPP), 2008 covers 197 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 135,815; Somalia is lowest, at 919. The middle country reads 14,030. Against 2007, 195 values changed (144 up, 51 down), 2 countries joined.

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GDP per Capita (PPP) · Data for 2008

HighestLuxembourg

135,815

LowestSomalia

919

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

197countries
1measure
2008the year it describes
197distinct 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), 2008, 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), 2008: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	135,815
2	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	115,948
3	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	114,879
4	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	102,475
5	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	91,276
6	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	89,380
7	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	88,083
8	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	87,297
9	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	85,120
10	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	80,285
11	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	77,104
12	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	77,037
13	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	63,964
14	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	63,678
15	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	63,058
16	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	62,618
17	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	62,214
18	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	61,158
19	United States`USA`Northern America	60,806
20	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	60,692
21	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	60,506
22	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	57,495
23	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	56,788
24	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	55,777
25	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	55,514
26	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	54,630
27	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	54,408
28	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	54,263
29	Canada`CAN`Northern America	53,712
30	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	52,765
31	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	52,473
32	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	51,806
33	France`FRA`Western Europe	50,068
34	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	49,629
35	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	46,586
36	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	44,926
37	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	44,296
38	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	42,519
39	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	41,709
40	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	41,682
41	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	41,358
42	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	41,286
43	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	40,328
44	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	39,995
45	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	39,983
46	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	37,292
47	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	37,064
48	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	36,795
49	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	36,288
50	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	35,825
51	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	34,498
52	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	34,342
53	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	34,234
54	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	33,795
55	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	32,756
56	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	31,114
57	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	30,457
58	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	29,544
59	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	29,384
60	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	28,727
61	Argentina`ARG`South America	27,658
62	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	27,040
63	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	25,899
64	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	25,554
65	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	24,896
66	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	23,657
67	Chile`CHL`South America	23,515
68	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	22,898
69	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	22,689
70	Uruguay`URY`South America	22,249
71	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	22,138
72	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	21,990
73	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	21,915
74	Panama`PAN`Central America	21,868
75	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	21,846
76	Suriname`SUR`South America	21,516
77	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	21,443
78	Mexico`MEX`Central America	20,993
79	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	20,239
80	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	19,840
81	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	18,884
82	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	18,493
83	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	18,344
84	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	18,343
85	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	17,983
86	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	17,963
87	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	17,738
88	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	17,627
89	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	17,355
90	Brazil`BRA`South America	17,113
91	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	16,040
92	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	16,038
93	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	15,894
94	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	15,091
95	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	14,955
96	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	14,464
97	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	14,298
98	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	14,207
99	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	14,030
100	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	13,850
101	Colombia`COL`South America	13,591
102	Belize`BLZ`Central America	12,416
103	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	12,392
104	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	11,990
105	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	11,984
106	Paraguay`PRY`South America	11,750
107	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	11,727
108	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	11,556
109	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	11,512
110	Ecuador`ECU`South America	11,475
111	Peru`PER`South America	11,150
112	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	11,132
113	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	11,056
114	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	10,856
115	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	10,490
116	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	10,287
117	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	9,890
118	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	9,712
119	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	9,564
120	Guyana`GUY`South America	9,547
121	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	9,380
122	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	9,093
123	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	8,898
124	Bolivia`BOL`South America	8,865
125	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	8,744
126	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	8,705
127	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	8,470
128	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	8,165
129	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	7,926
130	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	7,870
131	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	7,587
132	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	7,341
133	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	7,216
134	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	7,169
135	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	7,098
136	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	6,902
137	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	6,659
138	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	6,184
139	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	5,987
140	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	5,813
141	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	5,809
142	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	5,759
143	Honduras`HND`Central America	5,567
144	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	5,146
145	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	4,985
146	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	4,895
147	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	4,873
148	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	4,446
149	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	4,367
150	India`IND`Southern Asia	4,322
151	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	4,300
152	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	4,233
153	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	4,175
154	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	4,097
155	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	4,094
156	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	4,003
157	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	3,904
158	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	3,850
159	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	3,788
160	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	3,622
161	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	3,531
162	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	3,502
163	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	3,360
164	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	3,270
165	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	3,255
166	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	3,234
167	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	3,134
168	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	2,954
169	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	2,908
170	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	2,853
171	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	2,778
172	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	2,650
173	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	2,630
174	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2,601
175	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2,589
176	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	2,523
177	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2,493
178	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	2,490
179	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	2,405
180	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	2,308
181	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	2,192
182	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	2,173
183	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	2,110
184	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	2,106
185	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	2,083
186	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,794
187	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1,779
188	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,704
189	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1,463
190	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,378
191	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1,308
192	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1,283
193	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	1,194
194	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1,142
195	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1,138
196	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	999
197	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	919

02In 2008

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Luxembourg135,815
2Bermuda115,948
3Qatar114,879
4Macau102,475
5Brunei91,276

Lowest

197Somalia919
196Burundi999
195DR Congo1,138
194Mozambique1,142
193Ethiopia1,194

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 14,030. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
195values changed, of 195 in both
144 · 51rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Equatorial Guinea35,540 → 39,995+4,454
Greenland56,763 → 60,506+3,743
Oman43,697 → 46,586+2,889
Romania24,328 → 27,040+2,711
Saint Kitts and Nevis23,330 → 25,899+2,569

Fell most

United Arab Emirates87,181 → 80,285−6,895
Brunei96,753 → 91,276−5,477
Andorra65,534 → 60,692−4,843
Ireland66,476 → 62,214−4,262
Singapore91,198 → 88,083−3,115

+ Faroe Islands

+ Kosovo

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

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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 2008.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 197 countries has every column.

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World Bank Group (2008). GDP per Capita (PPP), 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gdp-per-capita/2008

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