Data for 2018

GDP per Person Employed, 2018

Name: GDP per Person Employed, 2018
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

2018, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

GDP per Person Employed, 2018 covers 177 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 280,477; Burundi is lowest, at 2,524. The middle country reads 40,288. Against 2017, 177 values changed (131 up, 46 down), the same countries are covered.

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GDP per Person Employed · Data for 2018

HighestLuxembourg

280,477

LowestBurundi

2,524

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

177countries
1measure
2018the 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, 2018, 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, 2018: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	280,477
2	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	235,125
3	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	208,219
4	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	200,463
5	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	172,472
6	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	165,772
7	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	152,787
8	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	147,831
9	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	146,485
10	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	141,579
11	United States`USA`Northern America	138,639
12	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	137,701
13	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	134,406
14	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	128,696
15	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	128,537
16	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	128,116
17	France`FRA`Western Europe	127,061
18	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	124,494
19	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	122,933
20	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	121,927
21	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	121,052
22	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	113,929
23	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	112,815
24	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	111,644
25	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	111,148
26	Canada`CAN`Northern America	110,705
27	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	110,360
28	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	108,888
29	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	107,716
30	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	96,997
31	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	96,164
32	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	93,150
33	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	93,073
34	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	92,693
35	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	91,310
36	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	90,914
37	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	87,965
38	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	86,313
39	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	84,548
40	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	83,627
41	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	83,437
42	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	82,675
43	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	81,320
44	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	79,009
45	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	77,897
46	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	77,377
47	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	75,874
48	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	74,594
49	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	74,471
50	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	72,656
51	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	72,419
52	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	70,567
53	Panama`PAN`Central America	69,935
54	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	68,057
55	Argentina`ARG`South America	66,888
56	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	66,758
57	Uruguay`URY`South America	64,121
58	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	63,943
59	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	63,589
60	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	63,072
61	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	61,624
62	Suriname`SUR`South America	60,971
63	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	60,516
64	Chile`CHL`South America	60,265
65	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	60,210
66	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	59,275
67	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	58,776
68	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	57,701
69	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	56,226
70	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	55,099
71	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	52,975
72	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	51,956
73	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	51,883
74	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	51,843
75	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	51,697
76	Mexico`MEX`Central America	51,378
77	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	50,664
78	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	50,639
79	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	50,128
80	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	50,034
81	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	47,969
82	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	47,946
83	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	47,321
84	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	46,316
85	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	44,243
86	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	42,755
87	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	41,720
88	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	40,454
89	Brazil`BRA`South America	40,288
90	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	40,000
91	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	39,389
92	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	39,219
93	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	38,835
94	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	38,321
95	Guyana`GUY`South America	38,213
96	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	38,037
97	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	37,927
98	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	37,631
99	Colombia`COL`South America	37,412
100	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	37,368
101	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	36,995
102	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	34,780
103	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	33,662
104	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	33,602
105	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	32,800
106	Paraguay`PRY`South America	32,797
107	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	30,532
108	Ecuador`ECU`South America	30,166
109	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	29,919
110	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	29,500
111	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	29,064
112	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	28,959
113	Peru`PER`South America	28,055
114	Belize`BLZ`Central America	26,776
115	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	26,065
116	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	25,734
117	Bolivia`BOL`South America	25,166
118	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	25,036
119	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	24,955
120	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	24,408
121	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	23,078
122	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	23,020
123	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	22,947
124	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	22,486
125	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	21,942
126	India`IND`Southern Asia	21,273
127	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	20,451
128	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	19,370
129	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	19,285
130	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	18,936
131	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	18,158
132	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	17,992
133	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	17,413
134	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	16,574
135	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	16,162
136	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	15,874
137	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	15,764
138	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	15,488
139	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	15,457
140	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	15,447
141	Honduras`HND`Central America	14,827
142	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	14,600
143	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	13,474
144	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	13,157
145	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	13,031
146	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	12,889
147	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	12,558
148	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	11,843
149	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	11,817
150	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	11,758
151	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	11,540
152	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	10,802
153	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	10,308
154	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	10,305
155	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	10,107
156	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	9,151
157	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	9,088
158	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	8,927
159	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	8,318
160	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	8,228
161	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	8,158
162	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	7,990
163	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	7,526
164	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	7,108
165	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	6,730
166	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	6,637
167	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	5,660
168	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	5,536
169	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	5,263
170	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	4,878
171	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	4,298
172	Niger`NER`Western Africa	4,212
173	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	3,810
174	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	3,725
175	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	3,403
176	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	3,195
177	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2,524

02In 2018

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Luxembourg280,477
2Macau235,125
3Singapore208,219
4Ireland200,463
5Norway172,472

Lowest

177Burundi2,524
176Central African Republic3,195
175Madagascar3,403
174Mozambique3,725
173Liberia3,810

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 40,288. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
177values changed, of 177 in both
131 · 46rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Macau225,029 → 235,125+10,096
United States Virgin Islands101,193 → 110,360+9,167
Saudi Arabia139,472 → 147,831+8,359
Ireland192,116 → 200,463+8,347
Singapore203,132 → 208,219+5,087

Fell most

Brunei172,852 → 165,772−7,080
Equatorial Guinea63,789 → 57,701−6,088
Puerto Rico143,589 → 137,701−5,887
Luxembourg284,158 → 280,477−3,681
Iran54,720 → 51,843−2,877

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 2018.
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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 (2018). GDP per Person Employed, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gdp-per-worker/2018

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