Data for 2003

GDP per Person Employed, 2003

Name: GDP per Person Employed, 2003
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

2003, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

GDP per Person Employed, 2003 covers 176 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 287,315; Ethiopia is lowest, at 1,912. The middle country reads 31,365. Against 2002, 176 values changed (132 up, 44 down), the same countries are covered.

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GDP per Person Employed · Data for 2003

HighestLuxembourg

287,315

LowestEthiopia

1,912

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

176countries
1measure
2003the 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, 2003, 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, 2003: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	287,315
2	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	223,486
3	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	179,613
4	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	153,182
5	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	152,753
6	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	149,965
7	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	145,709
8	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	145,398
9	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	139,468
10	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	134,507
11	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	133,834
12	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	132,418
13	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	126,300
14	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	125,143
15	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	120,707
16	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	117,518
17	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	117,171
18	United States`USA`Northern America	116,252
19	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	115,054
20	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	114,741
21	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	113,160
22	France`FRA`Western Europe	111,944
23	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	108,479
24	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	106,462
25	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	103,119
26	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	101,595
27	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	99,432
28	Canada`CAN`Northern America	98,985
29	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	97,583
30	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	91,761
31	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	90,997
32	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	88,090
33	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	86,967
34	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	85,642
35	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	83,719
36	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	81,042
37	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	80,033
38	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	72,678
39	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	71,925
40	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	71,591
41	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	71,351
42	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	68,775
43	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	68,262
44	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	66,159
45	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	63,892
46	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	61,432
47	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	58,292
48	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	58,078
49	Suriname`SUR`South America	57,752
50	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	56,582
51	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	56,158
52	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	55,504
53	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	54,693
54	Argentina`ARG`South America	53,387
55	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	52,033
56	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	52,009
57	Mexico`MEX`Central America	51,784
58	Chile`CHL`South America	50,960
59	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	50,735
60	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	49,604
61	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	49,507
62	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	49,162
63	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	48,352
64	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	47,670
65	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	47,359
66	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	46,539
67	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	45,803
68	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	44,835
69	Uruguay`URY`South America	44,553
70	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	44,413
71	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	43,483
72	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	43,349
73	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	41,210
74	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	40,387
75	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	40,332
76	Belize`BLZ`Central America	38,022
77	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	37,477
78	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	36,488
79	Panama`PAN`Central America	36,425
80	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	35,781
81	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	34,827
82	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	34,009
83	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	33,664
84	Brazil`BRA`South America	33,406
85	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	32,370
86	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	32,338
87	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	31,708
88	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	31,540
89	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	31,190
90	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	30,792
91	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	29,672
92	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	29,078
93	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	28,369
94	Colombia`COL`South America	27,816
95	Guyana`GUY`South America	25,950
96	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	25,129
97	Paraguay`PRY`South America	25,060
98	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	24,352
99	Ecuador`ECU`South America	24,205
100	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	23,994
101	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	23,847
102	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	23,757
103	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	23,573
104	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	22,770
105	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	22,009
106	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	21,290
107	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	21,128
108	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	21,097
109	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	19,457
110	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	18,110
111	Peru`PER`South America	17,896
112	Bolivia`BOL`South America	17,881
113	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	17,785
114	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	17,153
115	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	17,090
116	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	16,543
117	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	16,423
118	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	15,971
119	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	15,662
120	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	15,597
121	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	15,312
122	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	14,496
123	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	14,370
124	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	14,363
125	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	14,299
126	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	13,689
127	Honduras`HND`Central America	13,656
128	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	13,201
129	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	12,637
130	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	12,602
131	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	12,165
132	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	11,493
133	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	11,459
134	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	11,096
135	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	11,024
136	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	10,651
137	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	9,925
138	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	9,529
139	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	9,462
140	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	9,459
141	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	9,431
142	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	9,355
143	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	9,348
144	India`IND`Southern Asia	9,265
145	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	8,953
146	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	8,925
147	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	8,517
148	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	8,397
149	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	8,350
150	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	8,154
151	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	7,447
152	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	7,436
153	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	7,024
154	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	6,726
155	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	6,302
156	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	5,816
157	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	5,783
158	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	5,485
159	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	5,468
160	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	5,349
161	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	4,794
162	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	4,621
163	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	4,274
164	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	4,269
165	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	4,153
166	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	4,078
167	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	3,642
168	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	3,533
169	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	3,181
170	Niger`NER`Western Africa	3,074
171	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	3,047
172	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	2,845
173	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	2,500
174	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2,408
175	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1,931
176	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	1,912

02In 2003

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Luxembourg287,315
2Brunei223,486
3Saudi Arabia179,613
4Norway153,182
5Qatar152,753

Lowest

176Ethiopia1,912
175Mozambique1,931
174Burundi2,408
173DR Congo2,500
172Malawi2,845

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 31,365. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

What changed between 2002 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
176values changed, of 176 in both
132 · 44rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Macau129,060 → 145,398+16,338
Kuwait124,212 → 139,468+15,256
Luxembourg277,154 → 287,315+10,161
Singapore137,417 → 145,709+8,292
Libya64,762 → 71,351+6,589

Fell most

Iraq51,243 → 31,540−19,703
Oman122,704 → 117,171−5,533
Bahrain118,005 → 114,741−3,264
Zimbabwe15,387 → 12,602−2,785
Qatar155,427 → 152,753−2,674

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 2003.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 176 countries has every column.

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World Bank Group (2003). GDP per Person Employed, 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gdp-per-worker/2003

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