Data for 2000

GDP per Person Employed, 2000

Name: GDP per Person Employed, 2000
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

2000, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

GDP per Person Employed, 2000 covers 175 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 269,961; Mozambique is lowest, at 1,569. The middle country reads 28,458. Against 1999, 174 values changed (136 up, 38 down), 1 country joined.

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GDP per Person Employed · Data for 2000

HighestLuxembourg

269,961

LowestMozambique

1,569

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

175countries
1measure
2000the year it describes
175distinct 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, 2000, 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, 2000: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	269,961
2	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	222,780
3	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	193,949
4	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	165,450
5	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	156,381
6	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	148,864
7	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	137,760
8	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	134,792
9	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	131,160
10	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	127,348
11	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	127,175
12	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	125,481
13	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	123,625
14	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	118,831
15	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	118,313
16	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	115,875
17	France`FRA`Western Europe	114,080
18	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	112,486
19	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	111,245
20	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	110,916
21	United States`USA`Northern America	109,946
22	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	105,162
23	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	104,554
24	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	102,839
25	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	100,137
26	Canada`CAN`Northern America	98,476
27	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	95,966
28	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	93,311
29	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	92,811
30	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	85,749
31	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	85,102
32	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	83,219
33	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	83,159
34	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	81,759
35	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	78,021
36	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	76,633
37	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	71,717
38	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	69,394
39	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	69,372
40	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	66,757
41	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	63,908
42	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	59,212
43	Suriname`SUR`South America	58,867
44	Argentina`ARG`South America	58,560
45	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	58,256
46	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	58,039
47	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	57,330
48	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	56,071
49	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	55,641
50	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	53,973
51	Mexico`MEX`Central America	53,742
52	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	51,529
53	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	48,829
54	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	48,826
55	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	48,742
56	Chile`CHL`South America	47,861
57	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	47,848
58	Uruguay`URY`South America	47,163
59	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	46,982
60	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	45,584
61	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	44,964
62	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	44,758
63	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	43,777
64	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	43,413
65	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	43,412
66	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	43,080
67	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	42,763
68	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	42,086
69	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	38,956
70	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	38,858
71	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	38,422
72	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	37,623
73	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	36,697
74	Panama`PAN`Central America	36,464
75	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	36,441
76	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	35,981
77	Belize`BLZ`Central America	35,619
78	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	35,601
79	Brazil`BRA`South America	34,062
80	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	33,608
81	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	32,531
82	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	32,067
83	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	31,149
84	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	30,769
85	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	29,804
86	Colombia`COL`South America	29,798
87	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	28,874
88	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	28,458
89	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	27,266
90	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	26,953
91	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	26,390
92	Paraguay`PRY`South America	25,645
93	Guyana`GUY`South America	25,117
94	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	24,981
95	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	24,818
96	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	24,634
97	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	24,056
98	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	23,911
99	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	23,857
100	Ecuador`ECU`South America	23,530
101	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	23,294
102	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	21,694
103	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	21,431
104	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	20,950
105	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	19,376
106	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	18,882
107	Peru`PER`South America	18,788
108	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	18,725
109	Bolivia`BOL`South America	17,667
110	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	17,599
111	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	17,177
112	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	17,156
113	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	17,148
114	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	16,750
115	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	16,045
116	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	15,290
117	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	14,630
118	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	14,533
119	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	14,390
120	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	13,806
121	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	13,753
122	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	13,659
123	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	13,224
124	Honduras`HND`Central America	13,005
125	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	12,530
126	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	12,428
127	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	11,985
128	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	11,774
129	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	11,441
130	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	11,266
131	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	11,260
132	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	11,141
133	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	10,853
134	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	10,852
135	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	10,711
136	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	9,893
137	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	9,806
138	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	9,466
139	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	9,459
140	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	9,157
141	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	8,880
142	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	8,851
143	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	8,563
144	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	8,439
145	India`IND`Southern Asia	8,413
146	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	8,239
147	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	7,693
148	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	7,549
149	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	7,508
150	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	7,347
151	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	6,982
152	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	6,527
153	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	5,913
154	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	5,785
155	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	5,696
156	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	5,270
157	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	4,866
158	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	4,816
159	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	4,486
160	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	4,342
161	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4,291
162	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	4,191
163	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	4,154
164	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3,850
165	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	3,836
166	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	3,591
167	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	3,346
168	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	3,336
169	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	2,999
170	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	2,982
171	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2,919
172	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	2,574
173	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2,487
174	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	1,958
175	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1,569

02In 2000

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Luxembourg269,961
2Brunei222,780
3Saudi Arabia193,949
4United Arab Emirates165,450
5Qatar156,381

Lowest

175Mozambique1,569
174Ethiopia1,958
173Burundi2,487
172DR Congo2,574
171Niger2,919

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 28,458. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031999 → 2000

Since 1999

What changed between 1999 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
174values changed, of 174 in both
136 · 38rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Malta69,579 → 83,219+13,640
Luxembourg261,555 → 269,961+8,406
Singapore127,868 → 134,792+6,925
Iraq51,583 → 58,256+6,672
Macau113,536 → 118,831+5,294

Fell most

Gabon97,286 → 92,811−4,475
Saudi Arabia198,124 → 193,949−4,176
Palestine27,007 → 23,911−3,096
Saint Lucia54,158 → 51,529−2,629
Suriname60,743 → 58,867−1,876

+ Afghanistan

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 2000.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 175 countries has every column.

05The files

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World Bank Group (2000). GDP per Person Employed, 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gdp-per-worker/2000

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