Data for 2001

GDP per Person Employed, 2001

Name: GDP per Person Employed, 2001
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

2001, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

GDP per Person Employed, 2001 covers 175 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 274,634; Mozambique is lowest, at 1,727. The middle country reads 28,833. Against 2000, 175 values changed (113 up, 62 down), the same countries are covered.

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GDP per Person Employed · Data for 2001

HighestLuxembourg

274,634

LowestMozambique

1,727

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

175countries
1measure
2001the 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, 2001, 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, 2001: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	274,634
2	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	218,829
3	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	185,411
4	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	155,357
5	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	153,149
6	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	151,102
7	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	138,282
8	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	129,382
9	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	129,332
10	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	126,849
11	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	126,690
12	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	126,516
13	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	125,794
14	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	124,409
15	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	120,148
16	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	116,886
17	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	113,834
18	France`FRA`Western Europe	113,668
19	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	113,581
20	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	112,310
21	United States`USA`Northern America	111,049
22	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	105,601
23	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	105,320
24	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	103,432
25	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	99,139
26	Canada`CAN`Northern America	99,103
27	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	96,669
28	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	94,592
29	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	91,864
30	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	87,789
31	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	85,678
32	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	83,822
33	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	82,356
34	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	81,353
35	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	78,696
36	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	77,347
37	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	71,699
38	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	69,862
39	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	67,075
40	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	66,771
41	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	65,690
42	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	62,352
43	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	58,844
44	Suriname`SUR`South America	58,261
45	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	58,135
46	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	57,498
47	Argentina`ARG`South America	57,359
48	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	56,905
49	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	55,110
50	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	54,368
51	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	54,283
52	Mexico`MEX`Central America	52,914
53	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	52,410
54	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	50,439
55	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	49,742
56	Chile`CHL`South America	49,228
57	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	48,339
58	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	47,985
59	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	47,593
60	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	47,005
61	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	45,459
62	Uruguay`URY`South America	45,409
63	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	44,268
64	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	43,391
65	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	43,221
66	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	42,952
67	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	42,598
68	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	42,404
69	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	40,836
70	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	40,686
71	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	40,037
72	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	39,152
73	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	39,034
74	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	38,913
75	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	38,081
76	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	36,234
77	Panama`PAN`Central America	35,760
78	Belize`BLZ`Central America	35,158
79	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	35,098
80	Brazil`BRA`South America	33,603
81	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	33,413
82	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	32,578
83	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	31,814
84	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	31,697
85	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	31,172
86	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	30,855
87	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	29,370
88	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	28,833
89	Colombia`COL`South America	27,740
90	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	27,128
91	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	27,099
92	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	27,096
93	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	26,263
94	Guyana`GUY`South America	25,849
95	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	25,507
96	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	24,750
97	Paraguay`PRY`South America	24,506
98	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	23,872
99	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	23,792
100	Ecuador`ECU`South America	23,593
101	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	23,443
102	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	21,822
103	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	21,122
104	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	21,083
105	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	20,816
106	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	19,511
107	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	19,501
108	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	18,330
109	Peru`PER`South America	17,690
110	Bolivia`BOL`South America	17,653
111	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	17,258
112	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	17,134
113	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	16,980
114	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	16,658
115	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	16,041
116	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	15,634
117	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	15,271
118	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	14,646
119	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	14,620
120	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	14,208
121	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	14,109
122	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	13,746
123	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	13,236
124	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	13,113
125	Honduras`HND`Central America	13,047
126	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	13,003
127	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	12,441
128	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	12,189
129	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	11,911
130	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	11,742
131	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	11,442
132	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	11,296
133	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	11,206
134	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	11,003
135	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	10,925
136	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	10,502
137	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	9,859
138	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	9,305
139	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	9,271
140	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	9,046
141	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	8,953
142	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	8,856
143	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	8,829
144	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	8,722
145	India`IND`Southern Asia	8,629
146	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	8,441
147	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	8,074
148	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	7,922
149	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	7,180
150	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	7,168
151	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	6,815
152	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	6,644
153	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	6,628
154	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	5,896
155	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	5,453
156	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	5,037
157	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	4,962
158	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	4,737
159	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4,686
160	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	4,354
161	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	4,350
162	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	4,339
163	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	4,243
164	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3,968
165	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	3,921
166	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	3,798
167	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	3,456
168	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	3,408
169	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	3,272
170	Niger`NER`Western Africa	3,035
171	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	2,785
172	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2,475
173	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	2,443
174	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	2,052
175	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1,727

02In 2001

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Luxembourg274,634
2Brunei218,829
3Saudi Arabia185,411
4United Arab Emirates155,357
5Qatar153,149

Lowest

175Mozambique1,727
174Ethiopia2,052
173DR Congo2,443
172Burundi2,475
171Malawi2,785

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 28,833. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032000 → 2001

Since 2000

What changed between 2000 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
175values changed, of 175 in both
113 · 62rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Equatorial Guinea35,981 → 55,110+19,128
Puerto Rico118,313 → 126,516+8,203
Luxembourg269,961 → 274,634+4,673
Croatia58,039 → 62,352+4,313
Lithuania38,956 → 42,952+3,996

Fell most

United Arab Emirates165,450 → 155,357−10,093
Saudi Arabia193,949 → 185,411−8,538
Singapore134,792 → 129,332−5,460
Kuwait131,160 → 125,794−5,366
Brunei222,780 → 218,829−3,951

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 2001.
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.

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World Bank Group (2001). GDP per Person Employed, 2001 [data set], describing 2001. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gdp-per-worker/2001

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