Data for 1998

GDP per Person Employed, 1998

Name: GDP per Person Employed, 1998
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

1998, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

GDP per Person Employed, 1998 covers 174 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 249,665; Mozambique is lowest, at 1,460. The middle country reads 27,258. Against 1997, 174 values changed (124 up, 50 down), the same countries are covered.

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GDP per Person Employed · Data for 1998

HighestLuxembourg

249,665

LowestMozambique

1,460

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

174countries
1measure
1998the 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, 1998, 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, 1998: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	249,665
2	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	220,380
3	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	207,869
4	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	170,504
5	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	157,068
6	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	144,576
7	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	138,214
8	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	133,218
9	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	124,657
10	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	124,579
11	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	122,338
12	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	120,567
13	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	120,407
14	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	117,116
15	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	110,815
16	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	110,135
17	France`FRA`Western Europe	110,119
18	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	109,724
19	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	107,988
20	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	106,848
21	United States`USA`Northern America	104,222
22	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	103,951
23	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	100,485
24	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	100,272
25	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	99,120
26	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	95,719
27	Canada`CAN`Northern America	93,624
28	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	91,870
29	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	89,107
30	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	85,121
31	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	81,330
32	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	77,756
33	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	76,768
34	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	75,083
35	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	73,108
36	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	70,271
37	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	68,521
38	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	67,177
39	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	64,700
40	Suriname`SUR`South America	61,106
41	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	60,480
42	Argentina`ARG`South America	60,451
43	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	58,850
44	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	57,931
45	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	56,990
46	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	54,861
47	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	53,445
48	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	53,062
49	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	52,515
50	Mexico`MEX`Central America	51,870
51	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	50,064
52	Uruguay`URY`South America	46,908
53	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	45,414
54	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	45,357
55	Chile`CHL`South America	45,092
56	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	44,929
57	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	44,658
58	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	44,038
59	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	43,934
60	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	43,583
61	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	43,180
62	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	42,996
63	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	42,908
64	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	42,858
65	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	42,130
66	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	42,036
67	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	41,906
68	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	41,471
69	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	37,768
70	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	37,497
71	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	36,517
72	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	35,556
73	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	35,350
74	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	35,236
75	Panama`PAN`Central America	35,154
76	Brazil`BRA`South America	34,155
77	Belize`BLZ`Central America	33,294
78	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	32,826
79	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	32,639
80	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	32,141
81	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	32,053
82	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	31,037
83	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	30,006
84	Colombia`COL`South America	29,334
85	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	29,203
86	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	29,130
87	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	27,597
88	Paraguay`PRY`South America	26,920
89	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	26,623
90	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	26,384
91	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	25,731
92	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	25,720
93	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	25,121
94	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	24,796
95	Ecuador`ECU`South America	24,357
96	Guyana`GUY`South America	24,328
97	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	23,866
98	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	23,512
99	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	23,332
100	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	23,108
101	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	23,101
102	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	21,610
103	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	20,452
104	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	20,308
105	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	19,620
106	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	18,738
107	Peru`PER`South America	18,679
108	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	17,788
109	Bolivia`BOL`South America	17,779
110	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	17,626
111	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	16,330
112	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	15,932
113	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	15,636
114	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	15,207
115	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	15,107
116	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	14,341
117	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	14,268
118	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	14,252
119	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	13,993
120	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	13,655
121	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	13,563
122	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	13,053
123	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	12,824
124	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	12,590
125	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	12,398
126	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	11,997
127	Honduras`HND`Central America	11,096
128	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	10,827
129	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	10,819
130	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	10,765
131	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	10,686
132	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	10,599
133	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	10,564
134	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	10,337
135	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	10,062
136	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	10,016
137	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	9,461
138	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	9,292
139	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	8,961
140	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	8,512
141	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	8,139
142	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	8,053
143	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	7,940
144	India`IND`Southern Asia	7,913
145	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	7,749
146	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	7,634
147	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	7,468
148	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	7,368
149	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	6,806
150	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	6,535
151	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	6,267
152	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	6,114
153	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	6,039
154	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	5,601
155	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	5,115
156	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	5,097
157	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4,581
158	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	4,538
159	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	4,191
160	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	3,960
161	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	3,745
162	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3,729
163	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	3,613
164	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	3,502
165	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	3,348
166	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	3,248
167	Niger`NER`Western Africa	3,153
168	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	3,082
169	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	3,050
170	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	3,003
171	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2,661
172	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	2,444
173	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	1,855
174	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1,460

02In 1998

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Luxembourg249,665
2Brunei220,380
3Saudi Arabia207,869
4United Arab Emirates170,504
5Qatar157,068

Lowest

174Mozambique1,460
173Ethiopia1,855
172Myanmar2,444
171Burundi2,661
170Malawi3,003

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 27,258. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031997 → 1998

Since 1997

What changed between 1997 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
174values changed, of 174 in both
124 · 50rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Luxembourg236,859 → 249,665+12,806
Iraq34,834 → 45,414+10,579
Qatar149,757 → 157,068+7,311
Puerto Rico106,105 → 110,815+4,710
Equatorial Guinea22,385 → 26,623+4,238

Fell most

Brunei243,766 → 220,380−23,386
United Arab Emirates184,688 → 170,504−14,184
Singapore127,695 → 120,567−7,129
Macau122,809 → 117,116−5,693
Libya75,242 → 70,271−4,970

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 1998.
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.

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World Bank Group (1998). GDP per Person Employed, 1998 [data set], describing 1998. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gdp-per-worker/1998

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