Data for 2012

GDP per Capita (PPP), 2012

Name: GDP per Capita (PPP), 2012
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

2012, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

GDP per Capita (PPP), 2012 covers 198 countries. Macau is highest, at 164,239; Burundi is lowest, at 999. The middle country reads 14,631. Against 2011, 198 values changed (140 up, 58 down), the same countries are covered.

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GDP per Capita (PPP) · Data for 2012

HighestMacau

164,239

LowestBurundi

999

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

198countries
1measure
2012the year it describes
198distinct 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), 2012, 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), 2012: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	164,239
2	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	147,077
3	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	128,897
4	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	102,061
5	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	96,715
6	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	89,718
7	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	85,926
8	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	76,570
9	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	73,983
10	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	73,644
11	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	64,908
12	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	62,111
13	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	61,481
14	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	61,377
15	United States`USA`Northern America	61,142
16	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	60,162
17	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	59,472
18	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	59,303
19	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	59,015
20	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	58,204
21	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	58,176
22	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	58,172
23	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	58,110
24	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	57,525
25	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	56,357
26	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	56,193
27	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	54,517
28	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	54,404
29	Canada`CAN`Northern America	54,035
30	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	53,958
31	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	53,357
32	France`FRA`Western Europe	49,936
33	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	48,100
34	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	47,796
35	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	46,422
36	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	42,693
37	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	42,395
38	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	41,964
39	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	41,538
40	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	41,347
41	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	41,034
42	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	39,347
43	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	39,246
44	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	39,190
45	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	38,937
46	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	37,041
47	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	36,904
48	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	35,741
49	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	35,711
50	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	34,805
51	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	34,058
52	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	33,765
53	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	33,668
54	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	32,321
55	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	31,250
56	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	30,932
57	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	30,894
58	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	28,953
59	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	28,881
60	Argentina`ARG`South America	28,826
61	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	28,259
62	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	28,180
63	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	27,497
64	Uruguay`URY`South America	26,953
65	Panama`PAN`Central America	26,927
66	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	26,767
67	Chile`CHL`South America	26,677
68	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	25,879
69	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	25,593
70	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	25,114
71	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	25,006
72	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	24,920
73	Suriname`SUR`South America	24,194
74	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	22,619
75	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	22,518
76	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	21,309
77	Mexico`MEX`Central America	20,899
78	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	20,601
79	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	20,313
80	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	19,971
81	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	19,744
82	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	19,576
83	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	19,523
84	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	19,450
85	Brazil`BRA`South America	18,832
86	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	18,025
87	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	17,994
88	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	17,872
89	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	17,849
90	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	17,431
91	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	17,390
92	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	17,323
93	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	17,190
94	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	16,025
95	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	15,487
96	Colombia`COL`South America	15,279
97	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	15,159
98	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	14,958
99	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	14,698
100	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	14,564
101	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	13,398
102	Peru`PER`South America	13,394
103	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	13,357
104	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	13,194
105	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	13,161
106	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	13,077
107	Ecuador`ECU`South America	12,961
108	Paraguay`PRY`South America	12,833
109	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	12,627
110	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	12,464
111	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	12,436
112	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	12,218
113	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	12,104
114	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	12,079
115	Belize`BLZ`Central America	11,843
116	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	11,796
117	Guyana`GUY`South America	11,535
118	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	11,517
119	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	11,448
120	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	11,267
121	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	11,144
122	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	10,689
123	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	10,158
124	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	10,141
125	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	10,127
126	Bolivia`BOL`South America	9,884
127	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	9,829
128	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	9,709
129	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	9,641
130	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	9,163
131	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	9,080
132	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	8,646
133	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	8,432
134	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	8,266
135	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	7,980
136	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	7,629
137	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	7,398
138	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	7,296
139	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	6,698
140	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	6,525
141	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	6,313
142	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	6,276
143	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	6,009
144	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	5,908
145	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	5,716
146	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	5,609
147	Honduras`HND`Central America	5,601
148	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	5,340
149	India`IND`Southern Asia	5,304
150	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	5,004
151	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	4,993
152	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	4,920
153	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	4,592
154	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	4,388
155	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	4,382
156	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	4,341
157	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	4,298
158	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	4,292
159	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	4,245
160	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	4,234
161	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	4,159
162	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	4,146
163	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	3,847
164	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	3,815
165	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	3,716
166	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	3,578
167	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	3,475
168	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	3,405
169	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	3,331
170	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	3,317
171	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	3,266
172	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	2,985
173	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2,894
174	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2,886
175	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2,822
176	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	2,793
177	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	2,780
178	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	2,763
179	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	2,744
180	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	2,700
181	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	2,575
182	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	2,521
183	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	2,405
184	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	2,333
185	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	2,242
186	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	2,181
187	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	2,064
188	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	2,004
189	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1,669
190	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,618
191	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1,578
192	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	1,577
193	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,518
194	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1,412
195	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1,339
196	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1,182
197	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	1,115
198	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	999

02In 2012

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Macau164,239
2Qatar147,077
3Luxembourg128,897
4Singapore102,061
5Bermuda96,715

Lowest

198Burundi999
197Somalia1,115
196DR Congo1,182
195Mozambique1,339
194Niger1,412

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 14,631. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
198values changed, of 198 in both
140 · 58rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Libya10,742 → 20,601+9,859
Macau155,385 → 164,239+8,854
Faroe Islands53,441 → 57,525+4,083
Latvia25,309 → 27,497+2,188
Trinidad and Tobago34,770 → 36,904+2,134

Fell most

United States Virgin Islands54,443 → 46,422−8,021
San Marino64,214 → 58,176−6,038
Bermuda101,994 → 96,715−5,279
Greece33,906 → 31,250−2,656
Syria9,854 → 7,296−2,558

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

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 2012.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 198 countries has every column.

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World Bank Group (2012). GDP per Capita (PPP), 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gdp-per-capita/2012

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