Data for 2005

GDP per Person Employed, 2005

Name: GDP per Person Employed, 2005
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

2005, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

GDP per Person Employed, 2005 covers 176 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 291,037; Mozambique is lowest, at 2,154. The middle country reads 34,574. Against 2004, 176 values changed (139 up, 37 down), the same countries are covered.

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GDP per Person Employed · Data for 2005

HighestLuxembourg

291,037

LowestMozambique

2,154

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

176countries
1measure
2005the 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, 2005, 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, 2005: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	291,037
2	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	213,478
3	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	182,020
4	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	178,816
5	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	171,448
6	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	162,037
7	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	160,901
8	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	154,717
9	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	151,252
10	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	134,405
11	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	134,225
12	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	133,083
13	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	133,080
14	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	128,713
15	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	127,350
16	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	123,690
17	United States`USA`Northern America	121,212
18	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	119,275
19	France`FRA`Western Europe	116,069
20	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	115,735
21	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	113,720
22	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	113,494
23	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	113,307
24	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	110,493
25	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	107,851
26	Canada`CAN`Northern America	102,252
27	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	101,794
28	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	101,718
29	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	100,652
30	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	98,615
31	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	98,033
32	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	95,677
33	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	94,947
34	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	87,477
35	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	84,733
36	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	83,830
37	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	83,503
38	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	80,782
39	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	79,034
40	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	76,155
41	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	74,773
42	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	74,647
43	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	71,600
44	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	71,365
45	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	68,541
46	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	67,716
47	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	65,992
48	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	61,974
49	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	61,537
50	Suriname`SUR`South America	61,385
51	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	60,954
52	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	59,833
53	Argentina`ARG`South America	58,492
54	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	57,659
55	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	57,192
56	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	56,200
57	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	55,947
58	Chile`CHL`South America	54,553
59	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	53,179
60	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	52,909
61	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	52,677
62	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	52,203
63	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	52,037
64	Mexico`MEX`Central America	51,482
65	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	50,794
66	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	50,783
67	Uruguay`URY`South America	46,971
68	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	46,546
69	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	46,459
70	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	45,941
71	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	45,586
72	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	45,429
73	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	43,861
74	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	42,877
75	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	42,873
76	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	41,959
77	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	41,828
78	Panama`PAN`Central America	40,078
79	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	39,965
80	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	38,014
81	Belize`BLZ`Central America	37,854
82	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	37,581
83	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	37,415
84	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	35,451
85	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	35,405
86	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	35,244
87	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	35,180
88	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	34,839
89	Brazil`BRA`South America	34,309
90	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	34,032
91	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	32,731
92	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	32,462
93	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	31,713
94	Colombia`COL`South America	29,661
95	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	28,728
96	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	26,378
97	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	25,852
98	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	25,779
99	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	25,502
100	Guyana`GUY`South America	25,399
101	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	25,084
102	Ecuador`ECU`South America	24,863
103	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	24,568
104	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	24,322
105	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	24,004
106	Paraguay`PRY`South America	23,977
107	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	22,651
108	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	22,005
109	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	21,763
110	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	19,994
111	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	19,917
112	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	19,553
113	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	19,540
114	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	19,406
115	Peru`PER`South America	18,847
116	Bolivia`BOL`South America	18,668
117	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	18,657
118	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	18,645
119	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	17,913
120	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	17,448
121	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	16,978
122	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	16,816
123	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	15,240
124	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	14,773
125	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	14,663
126	Honduras`HND`Central America	14,607
127	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	14,488
128	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	14,465
129	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	13,757
130	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	12,071
131	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	11,962
132	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	11,885
133	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	11,503
134	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	11,399
135	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	11,280
136	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	11,012
137	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	10,993
138	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	10,792
139	India`IND`Southern Asia	10,354
140	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	10,157
141	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	9,729
142	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	9,723
143	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	9,719
144	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	9,607
145	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	9,361
146	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	9,185
147	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	9,037
148	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	8,912
149	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	8,414
150	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	8,309
151	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	7,943
152	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	7,693
153	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	6,862
154	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	6,673
155	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	6,627
156	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	6,523
157	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	6,509
158	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	6,203
159	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	5,962
160	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	5,747
161	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	5,574
162	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	5,160
163	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	4,868
164	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	4,719
165	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	4,657
166	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	4,599
167	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	3,928
168	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	3,569
169	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	3,245
170	Niger`NER`Western Africa	3,136
171	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	3,114
172	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	2,930
173	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	2,667
174	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2,376
175	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	2,265
176	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	2,154

02In 2005

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Luxembourg291,037
2Brunei213,478
3Saudi Arabia182,020
4Qatar178,816
5Macau171,448

Lowest

176Mozambique2,154
175Ethiopia2,265
174Burundi2,376
173DR Congo2,667
172Malawi2,930

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 34,574. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

What changed between 2004 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
176values changed, of 176 in both
139 · 37rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Equatorial Guinea85,807 → 94,947+9,141
Kuwait147,510 → 154,717+7,208
Libya72,646 → 79,034+6,388
Latvia48,058 → 52,909+4,851
Hong Kong93,356 → 98,033+4,678

Fell most

Maldives48,194 → 41,959−6,235
Brunei218,363 → 213,478−4,885
Puerto Rico133,231 → 128,713−4,519
Bahrain112,015 → 107,851−4,164
Luxembourg294,587 → 291,037−3,549

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 2005.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 176 countries has every column.

05The files

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World Bank Group (2005). GDP per Person Employed, 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gdp-per-worker/2005

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