Data for 1996

GDP per Person Employed, 1996

Name: GDP per Person Employed, 1996
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

1996, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

GDP per Person Employed, 1996 covers 173 countries. Brunei is highest, at 237,068; Mozambique is lowest, at 1,250. The middle country reads 25,846. Against 1995, 173 values changed (131 up, 42 down), the same countries are covered.

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GDP per Person Employed · Data for 1996

HighestBrunei

237,068

LowestMozambique

1,250

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

173countries
1measure
1996the year it describes
173distinct 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, 1996, 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, 1996: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	237,068
2	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	230,240
3	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	214,932
4	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	185,610
5	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	139,937
6	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	139,765
7	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	129,167
8	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	127,726
9	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	124,925
10	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	123,253
11	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	119,579
12	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	119,195
13	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	118,266
14	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	117,493
15	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	106,271
16	France`FRA`Western Europe	104,744
17	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	104,618
18	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	104,129
19	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	103,964
20	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	103,470
21	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	103,275
22	United States`USA`Northern America	99,459
23	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	94,473
24	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	94,290
25	Canada`CAN`Northern America	90,445
26	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	90,369
27	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	88,636
28	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	86,647
29	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	84,783
30	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	79,492
31	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	77,813
32	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	76,397
33	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	75,519
34	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	74,083
35	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	73,635
36	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	70,927
37	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	67,810
38	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	65,950
39	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	62,543
40	Suriname`SUR`South America	59,635
41	Argentina`ARG`South America	59,536
42	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	58,111
43	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	57,757
44	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	53,641
45	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	53,435
46	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	52,705
47	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	50,632
48	Mexico`MEX`Central America	49,438
49	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	48,610
50	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	47,316
51	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	46,567
52	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	46,507
53	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	44,268
54	Uruguay`URY`South America	43,542
55	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	42,617
56	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	42,319
57	Chile`CHL`South America	41,904
58	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	41,345
59	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	41,299
60	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	41,254
61	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	40,935
62	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	40,893
63	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	40,622
64	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	40,389
65	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	40,290
66	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	40,243
67	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	38,243
68	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	37,813
69	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	35,829
70	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	35,628
71	Brazil`BRA`South America	34,227
72	Belize`BLZ`Central America	33,833
73	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	32,955
74	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	32,609
75	Panama`PAN`Central America	32,520
76	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	31,513
77	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	31,380
78	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	31,168
79	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	29,754
80	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	29,157
81	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	28,574
82	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	28,540
83	Colombia`COL`South America	28,528
84	Paraguay`PRY`South America	28,442
85	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	26,522
86	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	26,172
87	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	25,846
88	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	25,128
89	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	24,918
90	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	24,805
91	Ecuador`ECU`South America	24,788
92	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	24,723
93	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	24,480
94	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	24,206
95	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	23,548
96	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	23,275
97	Guyana`GUY`South America	22,994
98	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	22,804
99	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	22,673
100	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	21,247
101	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	20,665
102	Peru`PER`South America	19,269
103	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	18,873
104	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	18,692
105	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	17,541
106	Bolivia`BOL`South America	16,937
107	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	16,048
108	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	16,007
109	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	15,933
110	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	15,768
111	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	15,641
112	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	15,088
113	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	15,068
114	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	14,978
115	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	14,788
116	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	14,330
117	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	14,247
118	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	14,186
119	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	13,956
120	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	13,306
121	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	13,244
122	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	12,942
123	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	11,357
124	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	10,849
125	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	10,618
126	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	10,554
127	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	10,477
128	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	10,409
129	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	9,809
130	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	9,686
131	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	9,421
132	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	9,418
133	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	9,315
134	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	9,140
135	Honduras`HND`Central America	8,730
136	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	8,728
137	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	8,551
138	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	8,407
139	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	8,405
140	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	8,192
141	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	7,757
142	India`IND`Southern Asia	7,613
143	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	7,356
144	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	7,331
145	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	7,277
146	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	7,191
147	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	7,102
148	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	6,516
149	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	6,439
150	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	6,432
151	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	6,084
152	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	5,972
153	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	5,728
154	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	5,661
155	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	4,953
156	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	4,565
157	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4,233
158	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	4,032
159	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	3,827
160	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	3,777
161	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	3,717
162	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3,643
163	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	3,417
164	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	3,378
165	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	3,359
166	Niger`NER`Western Africa	3,011
167	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	3,000
168	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	2,902
169	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2,584
170	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	2,269
171	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	1,962
172	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1,368
173	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1,250

02In 1996

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Brunei237,068
2Luxembourg230,240
3Saudi Arabia214,932
4United Arab Emirates185,610
5Kuwait139,937

Lowest

173Mozambique1,250
172Liberia1,368
171Ethiopia1,962
170Myanmar2,269
169Burundi2,584

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 25,846. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031995 → 1996

Since 1995

What changed between 1995 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
173values changed, of 173 in both
131 · 42rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Bosnia and Herzegovina9,658 → 14,247+4,588
Austria100,744 → 104,618+3,874
Lebanon40,706 → 44,268+3,563
Equatorial Guinea5,811 → 9,315+3,504
Croatia43,164 → 46,567+3,403

Fell most

Brunei245,295 → 237,068−8,227
Switzerland123,507 → 118,266−5,241
Macau131,939 → 127,726−4,213
Kuwait144,020 → 139,937−4,083
United Arab Emirates188,717 → 185,610−3,107

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

Read before you use

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 1996.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 173 countries has every column.

05The files

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World Bank Group (1996). GDP per Person Employed, 1996 [data set], describing 1996. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gdp-per-worker/1996

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