Data for 1997

GDP per Person Employed, 1997

Name: GDP per Person Employed, 1997
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

1997, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

GDP per Person Employed, 1997 covers 174 countries. Brunei is highest, at 243,766; Mozambique is lowest, at 1,359. The middle country reads 27,095. Against 1996, 173 values changed (134 up, 39 down), 1 country joined.

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GDP per Person Employed · Data for 1997

HighestBrunei

243,766

LowestMozambique

1,359

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

174countries
1measure
1997the year it describes
174distinct 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, 1997, 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, 1997: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	243,766
2	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	236,859
3	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	211,126
4	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	184,688
5	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	149,757
6	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	144,149
7	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	138,400
8	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	131,544
9	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	127,695
10	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	122,989
11	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	122,809
12	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	122,740
13	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	122,739
14	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	121,145
15	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	109,119
16	France`FRA`Western Europe	107,768
17	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	106,957
18	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	106,105
19	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	105,949
20	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	104,305
21	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	103,736
22	United States`USA`Northern America	101,499
23	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	97,870
24	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	97,779
25	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	96,632
26	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	92,478
27	Canada`CAN`Northern America	92,320
28	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	89,302
29	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	87,316
30	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	82,869
31	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	80,561
32	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	78,557
33	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	76,004
34	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	75,896
35	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	75,242
36	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	72,024
37	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	68,904
38	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	64,789
39	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	64,354
40	Suriname`SUR`South America	61,250
41	Argentina`ARG`South America	60,898
42	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	59,350
43	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	58,135
44	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	55,077
45	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	54,467
46	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	52,977
47	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	51,521
48	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	50,831
49	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	50,326
50	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	50,031
51	Mexico`MEX`Central America	49,990
52	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	49,478
53	Uruguay`URY`South America	46,459
54	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	45,626
55	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	44,186
56	Chile`CHL`South America	44,087
57	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	43,936
58	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	43,615
59	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	43,278
60	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	42,934
61	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	42,709
62	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	41,931
63	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	41,889
64	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	41,651
65	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	41,593
66	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	40,507
67	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	40,149
68	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	38,460
69	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	38,239
70	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	35,087
71	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	34,834
72	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	34,665
73	Brazil`BRA`South America	34,481
74	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	34,037
75	Panama`PAN`Central America	34,006
76	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	33,619
77	Belize`BLZ`Central America	32,783
78	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	32,583
79	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	32,398
80	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	31,899
81	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	30,075
82	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	29,687
83	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	29,280
84	Colombia`COL`South America	28,844
85	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	28,037
86	Paraguay`PRY`South America	27,882
87	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	27,510
88	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	26,680
89	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	26,099
90	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	25,732
91	Ecuador`ECU`South America	24,956
92	Guyana`GUY`South America	24,556
93	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	24,421
94	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	24,070
95	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	24,005
96	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	23,791
97	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	23,177
98	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	23,099
99	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	23,048
100	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	23,041
101	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	22,385
102	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	21,585
103	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	21,133
104	Peru`PER`South America	19,527
105	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	19,345
106	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	18,915
107	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	18,764
108	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	17,438
109	Bolivia`BOL`South America	17,255
110	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	16,956
111	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	16,553
112	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	16,217
113	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	16,094
114	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	15,667
115	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	15,203
116	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	15,063
117	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	14,519
118	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	13,973
119	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	13,895
120	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	13,548
121	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	13,312
122	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	13,311
123	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	13,233
124	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	12,441
125	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	11,658
126	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	11,423
127	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	10,853
128	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	10,754
129	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	10,436
130	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	10,335
131	Honduras`HND`Central America	10,209
132	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	10,116
133	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	9,993
134	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	9,973
135	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	9,742
136	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	9,627
137	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	9,217
138	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	9,062
139	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	8,832
140	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	8,339
141	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	8,307
142	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	8,068
143	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	7,940
144	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	7,887
145	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	7,854
146	India`IND`Southern Asia	7,683
147	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	7,608
148	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	7,207
149	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	6,705
150	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	6,660
151	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	6,238
152	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	6,232
153	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	6,121
154	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	5,822
155	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	5,558
156	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	5,074
157	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	4,435
158	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4,382
159	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	4,024
160	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	3,870
161	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	3,726
162	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3,699
163	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	3,653
164	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	3,439
165	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	3,261
166	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	3,207
167	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	3,111
168	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2,962
169	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	2,945
170	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	2,599
171	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2,588
172	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	2,353
173	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	1,970
174	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1,359

02In 1997

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Brunei243,766
2Luxembourg236,859
3Saudi Arabia211,126
4United Arab Emirates184,688
5Qatar149,757

Lowest

174Mozambique1,359
173Ethiopia1,970
172Myanmar2,353
171Burundi2,588
170Liberia2,599

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 27,095. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031996 → 1997

Since 1996

What changed between 1996 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
173values changed, of 173 in both
134 · 39rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Qatar119,195 → 149,757+30,562
Equatorial Guinea9,315 → 22,385+13,070
Ireland90,369 → 97,779+7,411
Brunei237,068 → 243,766+6,698
Luxembourg230,240 → 236,859+6,619

Fell most

Bulgaria40,243 → 34,665−5,579
Macau127,726 → 122,809−4,917
Saudi Arabia214,932 → 211,126−3,806
Romania41,299 → 38,460−2,838
Algeria53,641 → 50,831−2,810

+ Montenegro

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 1997.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 174 countries has every column.

05The files

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World Bank Group (1997). GDP per Person Employed, 1997 [data set], describing 1997. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gdp-per-worker/1997

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