Data for 2002

GDP per Person Employed, 2002

Name: GDP per Person Employed, 2002
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

2002, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

GDP per Person Employed, 2002 covers 176 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 277,154; Mozambique is lowest, at 1,848. The middle country reads 30,736. Against 2001, 175 values changed (132 up, 43 down), 1 country joined.

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GDP per Person Employed · Data for 2002

HighestLuxembourg

277,154

LowestMozambique

1,848

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

176countries
1measure
2002the year it describes
176distinct 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, 2002, 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, 2002: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	277,154
2	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	221,397
3	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	175,352
4	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	155,427
5	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	152,428
6	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	147,786
7	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	137,417
8	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	136,760
9	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	131,593
10	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	131,088
11	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	129,060
12	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	127,381
13	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	126,521
14	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	124,212
15	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	122,704
16	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	118,810
17	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	118,005
18	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	117,177
19	France`FRA`Western Europe	113,477
20	United States`USA`Northern America	113,411
21	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	113,051
22	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	112,654
23	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	106,727
24	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	105,463
25	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	102,541
26	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	101,172
27	Canada`CAN`Northern America	99,620
28	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	98,604
29	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	95,475
30	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	89,523
31	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	88,312
32	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	88,202
33	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	84,533
34	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	83,945
35	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	82,635
36	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	79,730
37	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	78,393
38	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	72,303
39	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	71,637
40	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	68,369
41	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	66,131
42	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	65,749
43	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	64,762
44	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	61,871
45	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	61,793
46	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	59,204
47	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	58,574
48	Suriname`SUR`South America	56,983
49	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	55,102
50	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	54,929
51	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	54,884
52	Argentina`ARG`South America	53,119
53	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	52,969
54	Mexico`MEX`Central America	52,315
55	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	51,243
56	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	51,059
57	Chile`CHL`South America	50,236
58	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	49,908
59	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	49,597
60	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	48,449
61	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	48,166
62	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	47,686
63	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	46,356
64	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	46,339
65	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	46,112
66	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	44,361
67	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	44,351
68	Uruguay`URY`South America	43,687
69	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	43,006
70	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	42,588
71	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	42,289
72	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	41,891
73	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	41,078
74	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	40,733
75	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	40,477
76	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	39,834
77	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	36,920
78	Belize`BLZ`Central America	35,969
79	Panama`PAN`Central America	35,593
80	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	34,508
81	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	34,459
82	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	34,023
83	Brazil`BRA`South America	33,447
84	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	32,875
85	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	32,599
86	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	32,226
87	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	31,808
88	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	31,640
89	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	29,832
90	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	28,349
91	Colombia`COL`South America	28,089
92	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	28,070
93	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	27,984
94	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	26,959
95	Guyana`GUY`South America	26,342
96	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	25,213
97	Paraguay`PRY`South America	24,843
98	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	24,533
99	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	24,301
100	Ecuador`ECU`South America	24,101
101	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	24,001
102	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	23,704
103	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	22,707
104	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	21,624
105	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	21,332
106	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	21,289
107	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	21,028
108	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	20,244
109	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	18,638
110	Peru`PER`South America	17,928
111	Bolivia`BOL`South America	17,743
112	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	17,725
113	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	17,302
114	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	16,518
115	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	16,428
116	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	16,321
117	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	15,740
118	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	15,682
119	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	15,387
120	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	14,806
121	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	14,515
122	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	14,346
123	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	14,287
124	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	13,837
125	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	13,713
126	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	13,369
127	Honduras`HND`Central America	13,208
128	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	13,058
129	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	12,892
130	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	12,590
131	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	12,382
132	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	11,154
133	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	11,095
134	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	10,989
135	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	10,842
136	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	10,811
137	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	9,528
138	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	9,417
139	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	9,324
140	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	9,281
141	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	9,028
142	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	8,973
143	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	8,859
144	India`IND`Southern Asia	8,774
145	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	8,771
146	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	8,739
147	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	8,601
148	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	8,322
149	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	8,092
150	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	8,082
151	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	7,453
152	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	7,205
153	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	6,722
154	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	6,614
155	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	5,997
156	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	5,977
157	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	5,506
158	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	5,150
159	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	5,091
160	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4,956
161	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	4,483
162	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	4,474
163	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	4,389
164	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	4,175
165	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	4,127
166	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	4,116
167	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	3,620
168	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	3,493
169	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	3,452
170	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	3,335
171	Niger`NER`Western Africa	3,095
172	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	2,764
173	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2,514
174	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	2,439
175	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	2,018
176	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1,848

02In 2002

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Luxembourg277,154
2Brunei221,397
3Saudi Arabia175,352
4Qatar155,427
5Norway152,428

Lowest

176Mozambique1,848
175Ethiopia2,018
174DR Congo2,439
173Burundi2,514
172Malawi2,764

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 30,736. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

What changed between 2001 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
175values changed, of 175 in both
132 · 43rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Macau120,148 → 129,060+8,912
Singapore129,332 → 137,417+8,086
Equatorial Guinea55,110 → 61,793+6,684
Ireland113,834 → 118,810+4,976
Romania40,686 → 44,361+3,675

Fell most

Saudi Arabia185,411 → 175,352−10,059
United Arab Emirates155,357 → 147,786−7,572
Bahrain124,409 → 118,005−6,404
Iraq57,498 → 51,243−6,255
Argentina57,359 → 53,119−4,239

+ United States Virgin Islands

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 2002.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 176 countries has every column.

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World Bank Group (2002). GDP per Person Employed, 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gdp-per-worker/2002

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