Data for 2017

GDP per Person Employed, 2017

Name: GDP per Person Employed, 2017
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

2017, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

GDP per Person Employed, 2017 covers 177 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 284,158; Burundi is lowest, at 2,480. The middle country reads 40,207. Against 2016, 177 values changed (130 up, 47 down), the same countries are covered.

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GDP per Person Employed · Data for 2017

HighestLuxembourg

284,158

LowestBurundi

2,480

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

177countries
1measure
2017the 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, 2017, 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, 2017: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	284,158
2	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	225,029
3	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	203,132
4	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	192,116
5	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	173,313
6	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	172,852
7	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	152,662
8	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	143,589
9	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	142,920
10	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	142,257
11	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	139,472
12	United States`USA`Northern America	136,438
13	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	133,956
14	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	128,328
15	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	127,538
16	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	126,739
17	France`FRA`Western Europe	126,319
18	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	124,544
19	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	123,870
20	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	122,675
21	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	120,873
22	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	113,780
23	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	113,429
24	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	111,040
25	Canada`CAN`Northern America	109,697
26	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	108,813
27	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	108,506
28	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	107,300
29	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	101,193
30	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	95,228
31	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	93,857
32	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	93,243
33	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	92,692
34	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	91,775
35	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	90,164
36	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	89,690
37	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	89,015
38	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	85,587
39	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	82,867
40	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	82,138
41	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	80,933
42	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	79,257
43	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	79,193
44	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	78,129
45	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	75,864
46	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	75,418
47	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	73,987
48	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	73,967
49	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	72,228
50	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	71,409
51	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	71,063
52	Panama`PAN`Central America	70,613
53	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	70,602
54	Argentina`ARG`South America	69,703
55	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	66,044
56	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	65,650
57	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	63,789
58	Uruguay`URY`South America	63,606
59	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	62,736
60	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	62,529
61	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	62,205
62	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	60,040
63	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	59,817
64	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	59,509
65	Chile`CHL`South America	59,242
66	Suriname`SUR`South America	59,194
67	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	59,127
68	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	55,683
69	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	54,720
70	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	53,639
71	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	52,920
72	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	52,384
73	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	52,099
74	Mexico`MEX`Central America	51,419
75	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	51,282
76	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	50,334
77	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	50,295
78	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	49,400
79	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	48,949
80	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	48,329
81	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	47,092
82	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	46,448
83	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	46,146
84	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	46,042
85	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	43,234
86	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	42,959
87	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	41,818
88	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	40,597
89	Brazil`BRA`South America	40,207
90	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	39,336
91	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	38,580
92	Guyana`GUY`South America	38,034
93	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	37,638
94	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	37,478
95	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	37,127
96	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	37,123
97	Colombia`COL`South America	36,904
98	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	36,305
99	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	35,926
100	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	35,836
101	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	35,409
102	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	33,826
103	Paraguay`PRY`South America	32,657
104	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	32,602
105	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	32,409
106	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	31,434
107	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	30,609
108	Ecuador`ECU`South America	30,028
109	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	29,853
110	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	29,423
111	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	28,676
112	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	28,646
113	Belize`BLZ`Central America	27,807
114	Peru`PER`South America	27,775
115	Bolivia`BOL`South America	26,123
116	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	25,688
117	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	24,982
118	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	24,600
119	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	24,137
120	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	23,566
121	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	22,711
122	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	22,207
123	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	22,147
124	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	22,013
125	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	21,981
126	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	20,283
127	India`IND`Southern Asia	20,270
128	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	19,436
129	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	19,159
130	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	19,048
131	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	17,973
132	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	17,074
133	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	16,806
134	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	16,464
135	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	15,901
136	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	15,398
137	Honduras`HND`Central America	15,129
138	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	15,084
139	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	15,064
140	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	14,997
141	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	14,934
142	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	14,373
143	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	13,670
144	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	12,967
145	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	12,865
146	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	12,591
147	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	12,099
148	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	11,781
149	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	11,641
150	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	11,368
151	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	11,294
152	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	10,740
153	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	10,446
154	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	10,144
155	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	9,814
156	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	9,168
157	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	9,142
158	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	8,863
159	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	8,134
160	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	8,087
161	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	7,933
162	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	7,702
163	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	7,331
164	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	6,980
165	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	6,913
166	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	6,578
167	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	5,462
168	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	5,328
169	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	5,246
170	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	4,835
171	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	4,171
172	Niger`NER`Western Africa	4,085
173	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	3,851
174	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	3,703
175	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	3,390
176	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	3,132
177	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2,480

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Luxembourg284,158
2Macau225,029
3Singapore203,132
4Ireland192,116
5Norway173,313

Lowest

177Burundi2,480
176Central African Republic3,132
175Madagascar3,390
174Mozambique3,703
173Liberia3,851

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 40,207. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
177values changed, of 177 in both
130 · 47rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Macau202,308 → 225,029+22,721
Libya43,091 → 55,683+12,592
Ireland179,958 → 192,116+12,158
Singapore194,002 → 203,132+9,130
Malta101,469 → 108,506+7,038

Fell most

Kuwait102,107 → 92,692−9,415
Qatar159,274 → 152,662−6,612
Equatorial Guinea70,188 → 63,789−6,398
Luxembourg289,658 → 284,158−5,501
United Arab Emirates117,889 → 113,429−4,459

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 2017.
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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 (2017). GDP per Person Employed, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gdp-per-worker/2017

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