Data for 1994

GDP per Person Employed, 1994

Name: GDP per Person Employed, 1994
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

1994, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

GDP per Person Employed, 1994 covers 172 countries. Brunei is highest, at 250,499; Mozambique is lowest, at 1,223. The middle country reads 24,970. Against 1993, 171 values changed (102 up, 69 down), 1 country joined.

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GDP per Person Employed · Data for 1994

HighestBrunei

250,499

LowestMozambique

1,223

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

172countries
1measure
1994the year it describes
172distinct 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, 1994, 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, 1994: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	250,499
2	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	226,966
3	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	224,319
4	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	187,761
5	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	141,723
6	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	133,285
7	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	131,811
8	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	123,264
9	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	120,693
10	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	120,129
11	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	119,285
12	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	118,704
13	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	116,648
14	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	111,400
15	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	103,737
16	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	103,714
17	France`FRA`Western Europe	102,997
18	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	102,053
19	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	100,580
20	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	100,422
21	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	97,787
22	United States`USA`Northern America	96,909
23	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	90,125
24	Canada`CAN`Northern America	88,857
25	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	87,248
26	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	84,696
27	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	84,328
28	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	83,951
29	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	81,483
30	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	80,102
31	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	79,985
32	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	77,379
33	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	73,240
34	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	72,805
35	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	71,978
36	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	70,549
37	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	64,766
38	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	63,477
39	Suriname`SUR`South America	63,047
40	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	58,225
41	Argentina`ARG`South America	56,343
42	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	55,063
43	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	53,887
44	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	53,007
45	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	52,374
46	Mexico`MEX`Central America	51,487
47	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	50,389
48	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	50,229
49	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	44,897
50	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	43,707
51	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	43,492
52	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	43,011
53	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	42,969
54	Uruguay`URY`South America	42,561
55	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	41,892
56	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	40,067
57	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	39,762
58	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	39,669
59	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	39,139
60	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	38,026
61	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	37,762
62	Chile`CHL`South America	37,460
63	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	37,316
64	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	37,248
65	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	37,091
66	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	36,449
67	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	36,188
68	Belize`BLZ`Central America	35,807
69	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	34,701
70	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	33,853
71	Panama`PAN`Central America	32,744
72	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	32,661
73	Brazil`BRA`South America	32,420
74	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	31,333
75	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	30,043
76	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	28,964
77	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	28,524
78	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	28,054
79	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	27,435
80	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	27,347
81	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	27,322
82	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	27,220
83	Colombia`COL`South America	26,934
84	Paraguay`PRY`South America	26,769
85	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	26,691
86	Ecuador`ECU`South America	25,008
87	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	24,931
88	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	24,735
89	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	24,651
90	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	24,578
91	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	24,134
92	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	23,905
93	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	23,743
94	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	22,360
95	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	22,283
96	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	21,954
97	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	21,581
98	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	20,903
99	Guyana`GUY`South America	20,123
100	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	19,500
101	Peru`PER`South America	19,399
102	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	17,719
103	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	17,475
104	Bolivia`BOL`South America	16,473
105	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	16,062
106	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	15,888
107	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	15,634
108	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	15,538
109	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	15,530
110	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	15,298
111	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	14,708
112	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	14,328
113	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	14,013
114	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	13,902
115	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	13,656
116	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	13,385
117	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	12,594
118	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	12,534
119	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	12,526
120	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	11,728
121	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	11,044
122	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	10,751
123	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	10,451
124	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	10,256
125	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	10,072
126	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	9,924
127	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	9,773
128	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	9,619
129	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	9,277
130	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	8,714
131	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	8,598
132	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	8,406
133	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	8,285
134	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	8,233
135	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	7,851
136	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	7,815
137	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	7,521
138	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	7,072
139	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	7,070
140	India`IND`Southern Asia	7,000
141	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	6,868
142	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	6,677
143	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	6,450
144	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	6,423
145	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	6,414
146	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	6,220
147	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	6,218
148	Honduras`HND`Central America	6,024
149	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	5,806
150	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	5,724
151	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	5,712
152	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	5,596
153	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	5,136
154	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	4,722
155	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	4,684
156	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4,440
157	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	4,380
158	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	3,833
159	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	3,821
160	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	3,622
161	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3,561
162	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	3,432
163	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	3,283
164	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	3,254
165	Niger`NER`Western Africa	3,137
166	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	2,685
167	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	2,366
168	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	2,160
169	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	2,067
170	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	1,747
171	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1,333
172	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1,223

02In 1994

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Brunei250,499
2Saudi Arabia226,966
3Luxembourg224,319
4United Arab Emirates187,761
5Kuwait141,723

Lowest

172Mozambique1,223
171Liberia1,333
170Ethiopia1,747
169Myanmar2,067
168Rwanda2,160

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 24,970. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031993 → 1994

Since 1993

What changed between 1993 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
171values changed, of 171 in both
102 · 69rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Luxembourg215,439 → 224,319+8,880
Singapore112,013 → 119,285+7,272
Kuwait135,225 → 141,723+6,498
Switzerland114,396 → 120,129+5,733
Italy118,028 → 123,264+5,235

Fell most

Saudi Arabia235,070 → 226,966−8,104
Ukraine35,264 → 27,347−7,917
Moldova22,543 → 15,888−6,654
Brunei256,602 → 250,499−6,103
Türkiye42,244 → 37,316−4,929

+ Palestine

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 1994.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 172 countries has every column.

05The files

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World Bank Group (1994). GDP per Person Employed, 1994 [data set], describing 1994. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gdp-per-worker/1994

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