Data for 2016

GDP per Person Employed, 2016

Name: GDP per Person Employed, 2016
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

2016, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

GDP per Person Employed, 2016 covers 177 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 289,658; Burundi is lowest, at 2,442. The middle country reads 40,291. Against 2015, 177 values changed (124 up, 53 down), the same countries are covered.

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GDP per Person Employed · Data for 2016

HighestLuxembourg

289,658

LowestBurundi

2,442

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

177countries
1measure
2016the year it describes
177distinct 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, 2016, 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, 2016: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	289,658
2	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	202,308
3	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	194,002
4	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	179,958
5	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	171,509
6	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	169,886
7	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	159,274
8	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	147,686
9	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	142,336
10	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	142,074
11	United States`USA`Northern America	135,283
12	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	133,235
13	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	131,382
14	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	127,856
15	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	126,111
16	France`FRA`Western Europe	124,907
17	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	123,445
18	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	123,422
19	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	120,967
20	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	120,803
21	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	120,499
22	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	117,889
23	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	113,800
24	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	111,019
25	Canada`CAN`Northern America	108,776
26	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	107,622
27	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	105,086
28	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	104,300
29	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	102,107
30	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	101,469
31	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	95,203
32	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	94,012
33	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	93,418
34	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	89,167
35	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	88,651
36	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	88,588
37	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	88,154
38	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	86,288
39	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	82,074
40	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	81,080
41	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	77,719
42	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	77,329
43	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	76,607
44	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	75,287
45	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	74,789
46	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	74,724
47	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	74,409
48	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	74,269
49	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	72,391
50	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	71,582
51	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	70,188
52	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	69,667
53	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	68,654
54	Argentina`ARG`South America	68,105
55	Panama`PAN`Central America	67,423
56	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	65,120
57	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	64,036
58	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	62,954
59	Uruguay`URY`South America	62,340
60	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	61,778
61	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	60,708
62	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	60,519
63	Chile`CHL`South America	60,006
64	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	59,619
65	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	59,361
66	Suriname`SUR`South America	59,232
67	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	57,878
68	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	55,368
69	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	51,487
70	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	51,343
71	Mexico`MEX`Central America	51,285
72	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	51,041
73	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	50,977
74	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	50,336
75	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	49,361
76	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	49,120
77	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	49,068
78	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	48,758
79	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	47,167
80	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	46,787
81	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	46,771
82	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	46,044
83	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	46,037
84	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	43,091
85	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	42,722
86	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	42,335
87	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	42,287
88	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	40,438
89	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	40,291
90	Brazil`BRA`South America	39,749
91	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	37,396
92	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	37,112
93	Colombia`COL`South America	36,944
94	Guyana`GUY`South America	36,812
95	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	36,759
96	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	36,541
97	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	35,636
98	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	34,991
99	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	34,764
100	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	34,710
101	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	32,715
102	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	32,605
103	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	32,294
104	Paraguay`PRY`South America	31,891
105	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	31,644
106	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	30,749
107	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	29,572
108	Ecuador`ECU`South America	29,435
109	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	29,369
110	Belize`BLZ`Central America	29,302
111	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	28,684
112	Peru`PER`South America	28,234
113	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	28,200
114	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	27,106
115	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	26,376
116	Bolivia`BOL`South America	26,005
117	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	25,424
118	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	24,359
119	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	24,185
120	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	22,455
121	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	22,240
122	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	22,135
123	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	21,361
124	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	21,195
125	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	20,232
126	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	19,790
127	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	19,534
128	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	19,524
129	India`IND`Southern Asia	19,277
130	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	18,039
131	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	17,000
132	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	16,754
133	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	15,772
134	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	15,493
135	Honduras`HND`Central America	15,269
136	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	15,255
137	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	14,841
138	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	14,458
139	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	14,263
140	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	14,077
141	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	13,661
142	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	13,476
143	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	13,381
144	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	12,858
145	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	12,355
146	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	12,351
147	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	12,061
148	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	11,737
149	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	11,514
150	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	11,275
151	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	11,011
152	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	10,425
153	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	9,760
154	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	9,551
155	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	9,497
156	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	9,349
157	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	9,116
158	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	8,783
159	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	8,438
160	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	8,005
161	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	7,695
162	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	7,554
163	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	7,202
164	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	6,802
165	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	6,796
166	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	6,469
167	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	5,377
168	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	5,291
169	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	4,856
170	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	4,682
171	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	4,136
172	Niger`NER`Western Africa	4,014
173	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	3,840
174	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	3,713
175	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	3,354
176	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	3,044
177	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2,442

02In 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Luxembourg289,658
2Macau202,308
3Singapore194,002
4Ireland179,958
5Brunei171,509

Lowest

177Burundi2,442
176Central African Republic3,044
175Madagascar3,354
174Mozambique3,713
173Liberia3,840

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 40,291. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
177values changed, of 177 in both
124 · 53rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Luxembourg279,422 → 289,658+10,236
Iraq59,089 → 65,120+6,031
Singapore188,139 → 194,002+5,862
Costa Rica47,719 → 51,343+3,623
Iran52,135 → 55,368+3,234

Fell most

Equatorial Guinea80,101 → 70,188−9,914
Brunei176,798 → 171,509−5,289
Saudi Arabia138,414 → 133,235−5,178
Qatar164,155 → 159,274−4,881
Ireland184,541 → 179,958−4,583

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 2016.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 177 countries has every column.

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World Bank Group (2016). GDP per Person Employed, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gdp-per-worker/2016

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