Data for 2012

GDP per Person Employed, 2012

Name: GDP per Person Employed, 2012
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

2012, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

GDP per Person Employed, 2012 covers 176 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 281,185; Burundi is lowest, at 2,377. The middle country reads 40,028. Against 2011, 176 values changed (124 up, 52 down), the same countries are covered.

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GDP per Person Employed · Data for 2012

HighestLuxembourg

281,185

LowestBurundi

2,377

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

176countries
1measure
2012the 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, 2012, 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, 2012: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	281,185
2	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	269,955
3	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	200,348
4	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	192,560
5	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	180,162
6	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	162,144
7	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	154,333
8	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	148,480
9	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	145,055
10	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	139,507
11	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	137,681
12	United States`USA`Northern America	130,926
13	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	127,404
14	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	126,805
15	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	125,371
16	France`FRA`Western Europe	120,918
17	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	120,431
18	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	118,256
19	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	118,176
20	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	117,618
21	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	117,397
22	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	115,636
23	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	115,515
24	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	108,815
25	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	108,546
26	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	108,128
27	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	105,127
28	Canada`CAN`Northern America	104,771
29	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	104,539
30	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	102,871
31	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	96,198
32	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	93,763
33	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	92,391
34	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	89,754
35	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	86,534
36	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	85,437
37	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	85,375
38	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	84,623
39	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	82,709
40	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	82,104
41	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	80,546
42	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	77,411
43	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	77,115
44	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	75,562
45	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	75,282
46	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	72,577
47	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	72,515
48	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	71,709
49	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	71,252
50	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	70,028
51	Suriname`SUR`South America	69,543
52	Argentina`ARG`South America	68,917
53	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	68,358
54	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	68,115
55	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	66,809
56	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	66,290
57	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	63,334
58	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	61,737
59	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	60,834
60	Panama`PAN`Central America	60,350
61	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	59,967
62	Chile`CHL`South America	58,575
63	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	58,403
64	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	56,601
65	Uruguay`URY`South America	56,452
66	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	56,100
67	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	56,092
68	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	55,871
69	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	55,615
70	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	55,091
71	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	53,925
72	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	52,978
73	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	51,827
74	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	51,014
75	Mexico`MEX`Central America	50,566
76	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	49,368
77	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	46,822
78	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	46,662
79	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	46,660
80	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	45,250
81	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	44,871
82	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	43,016
83	Brazil`BRA`South America	41,344
84	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	41,283
85	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	41,247
86	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	40,864
87	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	40,777
88	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	40,064
89	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	39,992
90	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	37,135
91	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	36,126
92	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	35,351
93	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	34,019
94	Guyana`GUY`South America	33,853
95	Colombia`COL`South America	33,808
96	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	33,338
97	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	32,664
98	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	31,671
99	Belize`BLZ`Central America	31,381
100	Ecuador`ECU`South America	30,867
101	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	30,559
102	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	30,283
103	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	30,279
104	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	30,257
105	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	29,320
106	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	28,848
107	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	28,143
108	Paraguay`PRY`South America	27,374
109	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	26,030
110	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	25,832
111	Peru`PER`South America	24,685
112	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	24,639
113	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	24,628
114	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	24,623
115	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	23,765
116	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	22,806
117	Bolivia`BOL`South America	22,364
118	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	22,258
119	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	20,803
120	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	20,428
121	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	20,242
122	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	19,391
123	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	19,080
124	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	18,824
125	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	17,257
126	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	17,128
127	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	17,123
128	Honduras`HND`Central America	15,769
129	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	15,448
130	India`IND`Southern Asia	15,423
131	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	14,439
132	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	14,293
133	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	14,158
134	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	13,966
135	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	13,901
136	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	13,311
137	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	13,172
138	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	13,161
139	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	12,587
140	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	12,399
141	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	12,187
142	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	11,887
143	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	11,836
144	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	11,825
145	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	11,200
146	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	11,100
147	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	10,888
148	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	10,730
149	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	10,712
150	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	10,280
151	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	9,263
152	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	8,992
153	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	8,982
154	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	8,966
155	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	8,677
156	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	8,222
157	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	7,696
158	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	7,455
159	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	7,258
160	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	7,004
161	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	6,996
162	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	6,925
163	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	6,609
164	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	6,221
165	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	6,056
166	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	5,539
167	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	4,831
168	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	4,316
169	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	4,125
170	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	3,847
171	Niger`NER`Western Africa	3,676
172	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	3,580
173	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	3,468
174	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	3,321
175	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	3,156
176	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2,377

02In 2012

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Luxembourg281,185
2Macau269,955
3Qatar200,348
4Brunei192,560
5Singapore180,162

Lowest

176Burundi2,377
175Mozambique3,156
174Madagascar3,321
173DR Congo3,468
172Ethiopia3,580

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 40,028. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
176values changed, of 176 in both
124 · 52rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Libya39,265 → 75,562+36,297
Macau256,502 → 269,955+13,453
Iraq55,137 → 59,967+4,830
Trinidad and Tobago71,791 → 75,282+3,491
Equatorial Guinea101,255 → 104,539+3,284

Fell most

United States Virgin Islands125,506 → 108,815−16,691
Oman98,906 → 85,375−13,532
Luxembourg291,204 → 281,185−10,019
Saudi Arabia159,510 → 154,333−5,177
Syria38,874 → 34,019−4,854

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 2012.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 176 countries has every column.

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World Bank Group (2012). GDP per Person Employed, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gdp-per-worker/2012

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