Data for 1993

GDP per Person Employed, 1993

Name: GDP per Person Employed, 1993
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

1993, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

GDP per Person Employed, 1993 covers 171 countries. Brunei is highest, at 256,602; Mozambique is lowest, at 1,233. The middle country reads 26,103. Against 1992, 171 values changed (103 up, 68 down), the same countries are covered.

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GDP per Person Employed · Data for 1993

HighestBrunei

256,602

LowestMozambique

1,233

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

171countries
1measure
1993the 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, 1993, 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, 1993: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	256,602
2	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	235,070
3	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	215,439
4	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	186,764
5	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	135,225
6	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	134,852
7	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	127,965
8	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	124,330
9	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	121,020
10	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	118,028
11	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	114,396
12	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	112,869
13	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	112,013
14	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	111,582
15	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	102,650
16	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	101,069
17	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	100,713
18	France`FRA`Western Europe	99,504
19	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	99,066
20	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	97,342
21	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	95,718
22	United States`USA`Northern America	95,603
23	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	87,208
24	Canada`CAN`Northern America	86,791
25	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	83,687
26	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	83,053
27	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	82,025
28	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	81,222
29	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	80,646
30	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	78,353
31	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	78,162
32	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	74,893
33	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	73,586
34	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	72,997
35	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	71,337
36	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	70,004
37	Suriname`SUR`South America	63,762
38	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	63,473
39	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	62,373
40	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	55,787
41	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	54,083
42	Argentina`ARG`South America	53,578
43	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	53,469
44	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	52,570
45	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	52,138
46	Mexico`MEX`Central America	50,052
47	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	49,732
48	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	48,557
49	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	46,718
50	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	45,583
51	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	44,957
52	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	44,057
53	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	42,244
54	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	41,687
55	Uruguay`URY`South America	40,719
56	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	40,404
57	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	39,566
58	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	38,456
59	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	38,226
60	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	37,990
61	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	36,996
62	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	36,742
63	Belize`BLZ`Central America	36,243
64	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	36,208
65	Chile`CHL`South America	36,051
66	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	35,799
67	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	35,264
68	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	35,151
69	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	34,511
70	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	34,069
71	Panama`PAN`Central America	32,849
72	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	32,561
73	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	31,895
74	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	31,612
75	Brazil`BRA`South America	31,301
76	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	29,713
77	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	29,663
78	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	29,262
79	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	28,443
80	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	27,356
81	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	27,175
82	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	26,842
83	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	26,455
84	Paraguay`PRY`South America	26,396
85	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	26,121
86	Colombia`COL`South America	26,103
87	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	25,501
88	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	25,188
89	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	24,930
90	Ecuador`ECU`South America	24,672
91	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	24,218
92	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	23,696
93	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	23,435
94	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	23,371
95	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	22,843
96	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	22,543
97	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	22,140
98	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	20,399
99	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	19,802
100	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	19,757
101	Guyana`GUY`South America	18,520
102	Peru`PER`South America	18,079
103	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	16,354
104	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	16,233
105	Bolivia`BOL`South America	16,172
106	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	15,796
107	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	15,575
108	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	15,342
109	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	15,080
110	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	14,691
111	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	14,617
112	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	14,263
113	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	14,260
114	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	13,387
115	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	13,379
116	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	12,819
117	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	12,406
118	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	12,374
119	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	12,209
120	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	12,000
121	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	11,664
122	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	11,024
123	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	10,572
124	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	10,542
125	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	10,333
126	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	9,894
127	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	9,637
128	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	9,542
129	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	9,526
130	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	8,971
131	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	8,837
132	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	8,785
133	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	7,770
134	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	7,397
135	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	7,319
136	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	7,035
137	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	6,990
138	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	6,948
139	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	6,810
140	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	6,761
141	India`IND`Southern Asia	6,735
142	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	6,555
143	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	6,331
144	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	6,255
145	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	6,157
146	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	6,136
147	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	6,050
148	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	5,942
149	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	5,842
150	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	5,802
151	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	5,552
152	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	5,409
153	Honduras`HND`Central America	4,819
154	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	4,564
155	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	4,494
156	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	4,207
157	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4,052
158	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	3,974
159	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	3,958
160	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3,686
161	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	3,598
162	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	3,397
163	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	3,370
164	Niger`NER`Western Africa	3,183
165	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	3,159
166	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	2,708
167	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	2,591
168	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1,959
169	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	1,751
170	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1,705
171	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1,233

02In 1993

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Brunei256,602
2Saudi Arabia235,070
3Luxembourg215,439
4United Arab Emirates186,764
5Kuwait135,225

Lowest

171Mozambique1,233
170Liberia1,705
169Ethiopia1,751
168Myanmar1,959
167Malawi2,591

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 26,103. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031992 → 1993

Since 1992

What changed between 1992 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
171values changed, of 171 in both
103 · 68rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Kuwait105,329 → 135,225+29,896
Bahrain113,279 → 124,330+11,051
Luxembourg205,709 → 215,439+9,730
Singapore103,817 → 112,013+8,196
Iraq22,959 → 28,443+5,484

Fell most

Brunei267,136 → 256,602−10,534
United Arab Emirates196,746 → 186,764−9,982
Saudi Arabia244,990 → 235,070−9,920
Libya87,546 → 81,222−6,324
Qatar127,085 → 121,020−6,065

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 1993.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 171 countries has every column.

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World Bank Group (1993). GDP per Person Employed, 1993 [data set], describing 1993. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gdp-per-worker/1993

0635 held

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