Data for 1991

GDP per Person Employed, 1991

Name: GDP per Person Employed, 1991
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

1991, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

GDP per Person Employed, 1991 covers 171 countries. Brunei is highest, at 284,933; Mozambique is lowest, at 1,268. The middle country reads 25,985.

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GDP per Person Employed · Data for 1991

HighestBrunei

284,933

LowestMozambique

1,268

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

171countries
1measure
1991the year it describes
171distinct values11 decimals, as published
Sep 10, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of GDP per Person Employed, 1991, 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 Person Employed, 1991: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	284,933
2	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	247,290
3	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	206,882
4	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	203,362
5	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	127,508
6	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	122,191
7	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	118,422
8	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	117,727
9	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	113,547
10	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	112,809
11	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	112,655
12	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	109,280
13	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	106,823
14	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	100,323
15	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	99,217
16	France`FRA`Western Europe	97,448
17	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	97,069
18	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	96,047
19	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	93,525
20	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	93,281
21	United States`USA`Northern America	92,238
22	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	91,646
23	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	87,055
24	Canada`CAN`Northern America	83,102
25	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	79,849
26	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	79,768
27	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	79,354
28	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	75,871
29	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	75,171
30	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	74,705
31	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	72,583
32	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	72,129
33	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	72,122
34	Suriname`SUR`South America	69,870
35	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	69,464
36	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	68,816
37	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	67,118
38	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	66,624
39	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	60,478
40	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	57,251
41	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	53,410
42	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	53,078
43	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	52,487
44	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	52,105
45	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	51,930
46	Mexico`MEX`Central America	50,430
47	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	49,838
48	Argentina`ARG`South America	46,258
49	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	45,860
50	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	45,718
51	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	45,600
52	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	45,540
53	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	45,392
54	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	43,844
55	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	40,200
56	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	38,917
57	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	38,691
58	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	38,254
59	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	37,720
60	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	37,531
61	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	37,394
62	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	37,039
63	Uruguay`URY`South America	37,007
64	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	35,978
65	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	35,635
66	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	34,572
67	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	34,235
68	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	33,598
69	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	33,215
70	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	33,195
71	Chile`CHL`South America	32,690
72	Belize`BLZ`Central America	32,102
73	Brazil`BRA`South America	32,042
74	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	31,909
75	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	31,858
76	Panama`PAN`Central America	31,600
77	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	31,356
78	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	31,177
79	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	30,082
80	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	29,750
81	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	29,594
82	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	28,120
83	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	26,963
84	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	26,388
85	Paraguay`PRY`South America	26,144
86	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	25,985
87	Colombia`COL`South America	25,863
88	Ecuador`ECU`South America	24,942
89	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	24,268
90	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	24,152
91	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	23,860
92	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	23,694
93	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	23,356
94	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	23,252
95	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	23,156
96	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	22,291
97	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	21,596
98	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	21,520
99	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	21,495
100	Peru`PER`South America	18,459
101	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	18,400
102	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	18,238
103	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	18,235
104	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	17,950
105	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	17,938
106	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	17,915
107	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	17,535
108	Guyana`GUY`South America	16,261
109	Bolivia`BOL`South America	16,002
110	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	15,742
111	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	14,753
112	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	14,346
113	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	14,203
114	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	13,831
115	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	13,818
116	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	13,803
117	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	12,712
118	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	12,484
119	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	12,329
120	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	12,277
121	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	12,268
122	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	12,205
123	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	12,008
124	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	11,837
125	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	11,787
126	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	11,330
127	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	11,121
128	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	10,964
129	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	10,946
130	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	10,480
131	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	9,727
132	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	9,460
133	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	8,935
134	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	8,613
135	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	8,393
136	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	7,777
137	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	7,474
138	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	7,400
139	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	6,538
140	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	6,419
141	India`IND`Southern Asia	6,411
142	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	6,375
143	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	6,200
144	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	6,024
145	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	5,984
146	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	5,952
147	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	5,837
148	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	5,814
149	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	5,735
150	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	5,673
151	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	5,486
152	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	5,426
153	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	5,416
154	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4,719
155	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	4,334
156	Honduras`HND`Central America	4,237
157	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	4,203
158	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	4,079
159	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	3,960
160	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3,860
161	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	3,791
162	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	3,381
163	Niger`NER`Western Africa	3,318
164	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	3,280
165	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	3,268
166	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	3,015
167	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	2,721
168	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	2,646
169	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	1,826
170	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1,747
171	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1,268

02In 1991

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Brunei284,933
2Saudi Arabia247,290
3Luxembourg206,882
4United Arab Emirates203,362
5Macau127,508

Lowest

171Mozambique1,268
170Myanmar1,747
169Ethiopia1,826
168Malawi2,646
167Burkina Faso2,721

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 25,985. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

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Every one of the 171 countries has every column.

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World Bank Group (1991). GDP per Person Employed, 1991 [data set], describing 1991. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gdp-per-worker/1991

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