Data for 1999

GDP per Person Employed, 1999

Name: GDP per Person Employed, 1999
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

1999, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

GDP per Person Employed, 1999 covers 174 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 261,555; Mozambique is lowest, at 1,592. The middle country reads 27,553. Against 1998, 174 values changed (123 up, 51 down), the same countries are covered.

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GDP per Person Employed · Data for 1999

HighestLuxembourg

261,555

LowestMozambique

1,592

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

174countries
1measure
1999the 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, 1999, 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, 1999: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	261,555
2	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	222,360
3	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	198,124
4	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	161,689
5	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	153,668
6	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	145,212
7	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	134,045
8	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	130,492
9	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	127,868
10	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	125,444
11	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	124,974
12	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	123,256
13	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	118,410
14	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	114,133
15	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	113,536
16	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	112,553
17	France`FRA`Western Europe	112,443
18	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	108,767
19	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	108,577
20	United States`USA`Northern America	107,391
21	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	106,183
22	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	102,588
23	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	102,313
24	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	101,060
25	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	97,289
26	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	97,286
27	Canada`CAN`Northern America	95,982
28	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	94,760
29	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	90,657
30	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	84,933
31	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	81,576
32	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	79,475
33	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	79,207
34	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	75,895
35	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	75,524
36	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	70,487
37	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	69,579
38	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	68,611
39	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	68,016
40	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	64,545
41	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	60,895
42	Suriname`SUR`South America	60,743
43	Argentina`ARG`South America	58,999
44	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	57,632
45	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	54,910
46	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	54,561
47	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	54,158
48	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	53,921
49	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	53,807
50	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	52,347
51	Mexico`MEX`Central America	52,172
52	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	51,583
53	Uruguay`URY`South America	47,454
54	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	46,578
55	Chile`CHL`South America	46,161
56	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	46,026
57	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	45,855
58	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	44,667
59	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	44,660
60	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	44,217
61	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	44,017
62	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	43,341
63	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	42,702
64	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	42,603
65	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	42,312
66	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	42,257
67	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	42,056
68	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	41,769
69	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	38,007
70	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	37,388
71	Panama`PAN`Central America	36,069
72	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	35,945
73	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	35,931
74	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	35,053
75	Belize`BLZ`Central America	33,950
76	Brazil`BRA`South America	33,555
77	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	33,523
78	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	33,041
79	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	32,889
80	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	32,130
81	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	31,557
82	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	31,420
83	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	31,211
84	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	30,313
85	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	30,082
86	Colombia`COL`South America	29,485
87	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	28,099
88	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	27,007
89	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	26,793
90	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	26,677
91	Paraguay`PRY`South America	26,183
92	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	25,837
93	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	25,484
94	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	25,452
95	Guyana`GUY`South America	25,241
96	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	23,680
97	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	23,537
98	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	23,524
99	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	23,515
100	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	23,283
101	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	23,250
102	Ecuador`ECU`South America	23,238
103	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	21,075
104	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	20,833
105	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	19,436
106	Peru`PER`South America	18,103
107	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	18,031
108	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	17,951
109	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	17,709
110	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	17,621
111	Bolivia`BOL`South America	17,544
112	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	16,847
113	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	16,354
114	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	16,291
115	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	16,212
116	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	14,792
117	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	14,499
118	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	14,306
119	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	13,873
120	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	13,831
121	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	13,705
122	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	13,532
123	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	13,058
124	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	12,574
125	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	12,529
126	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	12,391
127	Honduras`HND`Central America	11,983
128	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	11,166
129	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	11,132
130	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	11,128
131	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	11,050
132	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	10,784
133	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	10,743
134	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	10,598
135	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	10,292
136	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	10,224
137	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	9,400
138	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	9,222
139	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	9,085
140	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	8,796
141	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	8,382
142	India`IND`Southern Asia	8,352
143	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	8,197
144	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	8,148
145	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	8,129
146	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	7,625
147	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	7,502
148	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	6,977
149	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	6,923
150	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	6,380
151	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	6,139
152	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	5,881
153	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	5,846
154	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	5,473
155	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	5,329
156	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	5,087
157	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	4,684
158	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4,434
159	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	4,261
160	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	4,149
161	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	3,941
162	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3,800
163	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	3,793
164	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	3,525
165	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	3,507
166	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	3,402
167	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	3,386
168	Niger`NER`Western Africa	3,048
169	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	3,026
170	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	2,853
171	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	2,664
172	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2,560
173	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	1,903
174	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1,592

02In 1999

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Luxembourg261,555
2Brunei222,360
3Saudi Arabia198,124
4United Arab Emirates161,689
5Qatar153,668

Lowest

174Mozambique1,592
173Ethiopia1,903
172Burundi2,560
171Myanmar2,664
170DR Congo2,853

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 27,553. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031998 → 1999

Since 1998

What changed between 1998 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
174values changed, of 174 in both
123 · 51rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Luxembourg249,665 → 261,555+11,890
Singapore120,567 → 127,868+7,301
Iraq45,414 → 51,583+6,170
Ireland100,272 → 106,183+5,911
Equatorial Guinea26,623 → 32,130+5,507

Fell most

Gabon109,724 → 97,286−12,438
Saudi Arabia207,869 → 198,124−9,744
United Arab Emirates170,504 → 161,689−8,815
Kuwait138,214 → 130,492−7,723
Montenegro57,931 → 52,347−5,585

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 1999.
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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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1999). GDP per Person Employed, 1999 [data set], describing 1999. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gdp-per-worker/1999

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