Data for 2016

GDP per Capita (PPP), 2016

Name: GDP per Capita (PPP), 2016
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

2016, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

GDP per Capita (PPP), 2016 covers 199 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 133,662; Burundi is lowest, at 1,007. The middle country reads 15,512. Against 2015, 199 values changed (156 up, 43 down), the same countries are covered.

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GDP per Capita (PPP) · Data for 2016

HighestLuxembourg

133,662

LowestBurundi

1,007

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

199countries
1measure
2016the year it describes
199distinct values11 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), 2016, 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), 2016: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	133,662
2	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	120,530
3	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	120,054
4	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	112,720
5	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	93,269
6	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	88,042
7	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	80,760
8	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	78,956
9	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	78,881
10	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	75,671
11	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	73,942
12	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	66,246
13	United States`USA`Northern America	65,026
14	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	64,759
15	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	64,403
16	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	64,268
17	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	64,156
18	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	63,749
19	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	63,469
20	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	61,573
21	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	60,670
22	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	60,505
23	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	59,460
24	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	57,901
25	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	57,308
26	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	56,937
27	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	56,530
28	Canada`CAN`Northern America	55,606
29	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	54,107
30	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	53,985
31	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	51,168
32	France`FRA`Western Europe	50,984
33	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	50,818
34	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	47,988
35	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	46,967
36	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	46,088
37	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	45,746
38	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	44,927
39	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	44,275
40	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	43,502
41	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	43,069
42	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	41,915
43	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	41,858
44	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	39,861
45	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	39,675
46	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	39,501
47	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	37,467
48	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	36,926
49	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	36,636
50	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	36,632
51	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	35,915
52	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	35,005
53	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	34,116
54	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	32,675
55	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	32,379
56	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	32,172
57	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	31,669
58	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	31,469
59	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	30,821
60	Panama`PAN`Central America	30,765
61	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	30,758
62	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	30,210
63	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	30,189
64	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	29,905
65	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	29,867
66	Uruguay`URY`South America	29,333
67	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	28,425
68	Chile`CHL`South America	27,965
69	Argentina`ARG`South America	27,802
70	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	26,628
71	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	26,490
72	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	25,637
73	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	24,847
74	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	24,435
75	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	23,357
76	Suriname`SUR`South America	21,950
77	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	21,936
78	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	21,834
79	Mexico`MEX`Central America	21,578
80	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	21,566
81	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	20,408
82	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	19,988
83	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	19,877
84	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	19,826
85	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	19,822
86	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	19,373
87	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	19,345
88	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	18,969
89	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	18,889
90	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	17,626
91	Brazil`BRA`South America	17,621
92	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	17,364
93	Colombia`COL`South America	17,003
94	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	16,906
95	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	15,920
96	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	15,857
97	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	15,773
98	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	15,641
99	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	15,572
100	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	15,512
101	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	15,443
102	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	15,198
103	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	15,016
104	Peru`PER`South America	14,915
105	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	14,874
106	Paraguay`PRY`South America	14,825
107	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	14,643
108	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	14,501
109	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	13,898
110	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	13,846
111	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	13,727
112	Ecuador`ECU`South America	13,587
113	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	13,420
114	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	13,321
115	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	13,193
116	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	12,804
117	Guyana`GUY`South America	12,420
118	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	12,377
119	Belize`BLZ`Central America	12,063
120	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	11,952
121	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	11,847
122	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	11,832
123	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	11,531
124	Bolivia`BOL`South America	11,448
125	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	11,320
126	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	10,964
127	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	10,873
128	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	10,435
129	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	10,198
130	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	10,179
131	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	9,864
132	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	9,743
133	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	9,403
134	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	8,535
135	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	8,173
136	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	8,142
137	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	8,132
138	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	8,002
139	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	7,881
140	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	7,159
141	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	7,063
142	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	6,888
143	India`IND`Southern Asia	6,741
144	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	6,640
145	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	6,464
146	Honduras`HND`Central America	5,926
147	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	5,866
148	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	5,715
149	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	5,683
150	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	5,666
151	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	5,581
152	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	5,389
153	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	5,321
154	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	5,284
155	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	5,227
156	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	5,129
157	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	5,070
158	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	4,897
159	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	4,887
160	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	4,770
161	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	4,767
162	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	4,515
163	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	4,496
164	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	4,276
165	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	4,175
166	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	3,877
167	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	3,774
168	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	3,744
169	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	3,710
170	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	3,598
171	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	3,416
172	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	3,412
173	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3,214
174	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	3,170
175	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	3,100
176	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	3,057
177	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	2,963
178	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	2,959
179	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	2,762
180	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	2,759
181	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	2,732
182	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	2,716
183	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	2,649
184	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2,623
185	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	2,554
186	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	2,478
187	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	2,387
188	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	2,293
189	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	2,163
190	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	2,085
191	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1,653
192	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,649
193	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,594
194	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1,538
195	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1,488
196	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1,389
197	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	1,384
198	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1,074
199	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1,007

02In 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Luxembourg133,662
2Macau120,530
3Qatar120,054
4Singapore112,720
5Bermuda93,269

Lowest

199Burundi1,007
198Central African Republic1,074
197Somalia1,384
196DR Congo1,389
195Niger1,488

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 15,512. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
199values changed, of 199 in both
156 · 43rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Luxembourg130,097 → 133,662+3,564
Iceland61,820 → 64,759+2,939
Greenland63,364 → 66,246+2,882
Seychelles27,032 → 29,905+2,873
Singapore109,894 → 112,720+2,826

Fell most

Equatorial Guinea27,798 → 24,435−3,363
Trinidad and Tobago38,964 → 35,915−3,049
Brunei81,910 → 78,881−3,030
Qatar123,071 → 120,054−3,016
Macau123,194 → 120,530−2,664

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 2016.
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World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 199 countries has every column.

05The files

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World Bank Group (2016). GDP per Capita (PPP), 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gdp-per-capita/2016

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