Data for 2019

GDP per Person Employed, 2019

Name: GDP per Person Employed, 2019
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

2019, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

GDP per Person Employed, 2019 covers 177 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 278,812; Burundi is lowest, at 2,539. The middle country reads 42,385. Against 2018, 177 values changed (112 up, 65 down), the same countries are covered.

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GDP per Person Employed · Data for 2019

HighestLuxembourg

278,812

LowestBurundi

2,539

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

177countries
1measure
2019the 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, 2019, 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, 2019: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	278,812
2	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	226,560
3	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	205,645
4	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	204,097
5	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	173,128
6	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	169,846
7	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	151,627
8	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	147,191
9	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	146,097
10	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	142,676
11	United States`USA`Northern America	140,272
12	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	136,907
13	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	134,684
14	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	129,898
15	France`FRA`Western Europe	128,928
16	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	127,845
17	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	126,828
18	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	125,011
19	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	123,440
20	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	122,813
21	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	122,535
22	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	118,933
23	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	113,842
24	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	112,569
25	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	111,368
26	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	110,743
27	Canada`CAN`Northern America	110,430
28	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	107,911
29	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	106,819
30	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	100,683
31	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	98,930
32	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	96,427
33	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	94,128
34	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	93,751
35	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	92,661
36	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	90,447
37	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	87,213
38	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	87,128
39	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	86,795
40	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	86,737
41	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	86,453
42	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	84,215
43	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	83,763
44	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	81,670
45	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	81,204
46	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	78,700
47	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	78,207
48	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	78,041
49	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	75,294
50	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	73,700
51	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	73,185
52	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	71,023
53	Panama`PAN`Central America	70,488
54	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	70,310
55	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	70,116
56	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	65,083
57	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	65,081
58	Uruguay`URY`South America	64,951
59	Argentina`ARG`South America	64,546
60	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	62,694
61	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	61,412
62	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	61,359
63	Suriname`SUR`South America	60,708
64	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	60,065
65	Chile`CHL`South America	59,511
66	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	59,207
67	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	58,323
68	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	55,799
69	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	53,492
70	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	53,169
71	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	52,784
72	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	52,420
73	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	51,976
74	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	51,859
75	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	51,363
76	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	50,087
77	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	50,027
78	Mexico`MEX`Central America	49,950
79	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	49,633
80	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	48,768
81	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	47,957
82	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	47,775
83	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	46,681
84	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	45,945
85	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	44,346
86	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	43,178
87	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	42,968
88	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	42,431
89	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	42,385
90	Guyana`GUY`South America	41,904
91	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	41,265
92	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	40,911
93	Brazil`BRA`South America	39,946
94	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	39,086
95	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	38,761
96	Colombia`COL`South America	38,576
97	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	38,492
98	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	38,370
99	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	38,165
100	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	38,114
101	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	36,366
102	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	36,028
103	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	35,777
104	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	33,443
105	Paraguay`PRY`South America	32,045
106	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	31,367
107	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	30,181
108	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	29,918
109	Ecuador`ECU`South America	29,792
110	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	29,729
111	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	29,173
112	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	28,249
113	Peru`PER`South America	27,918
114	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	26,690
115	Belize`BLZ`Central America	26,287
116	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	26,238
117	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	25,207
118	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	25,056
119	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	24,737
120	Bolivia`BOL`South America	24,313
121	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	24,107
122	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	23,666
123	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	23,531
124	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	22,069
125	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	21,553
126	India`IND`Southern Asia	21,536
127	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	20,487
128	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	20,458
129	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	19,563
130	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	19,181
131	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	18,741
132	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	17,438
133	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	17,420
134	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	17,074
135	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	16,875
136	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	16,599
137	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	16,229
138	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	16,182
139	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	15,886
140	Honduras`HND`Central America	15,608
141	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	14,595
142	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	14,261
143	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	13,973
144	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	13,573
145	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	13,354
146	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	13,296
147	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	13,118
148	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	12,491
149	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	12,298
150	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	11,796
151	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	11,406
152	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	11,405
153	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	11,353
154	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	10,475
155	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	10,213
156	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	9,159
157	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	9,052
158	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	8,864
159	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	8,796
160	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	8,536
161	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	8,466
162	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	8,413
163	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	7,743
164	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	7,275
165	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	6,815
166	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	6,622
167	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	5,933
168	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	5,813
169	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	5,190
170	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	4,981
171	Niger`NER`Western Africa	4,311
172	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	4,209
173	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	3,706
174	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	3,631
175	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	3,457
176	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	3,252
177	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2,539

02In 2019

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Luxembourg278,812
2Macau226,560
3Singapore205,645
4Ireland204,097
5Norway173,128

Lowest

177Burundi2,539
176Central African Republic3,252
175Madagascar3,457
174Liberia3,631
173Mozambique3,706

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 42,385. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
177values changed, of 177 in both
112 · 65rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

United States Virgin Islands110,360 → 118,933+8,574
Bahrain96,164 → 100,683+4,519
Armenia38,037 → 42,385+4,348
Brunei165,772 → 169,846+4,075
Guyana38,213 → 41,904+3,691

Fell most

Macau235,125 → 226,560−8,564
Libya58,776 → 51,363−7,413
Equatorial Guinea57,701 → 52,784−4,917
Singapore208,219 → 205,645−2,574
Saint Lucia50,128 → 47,775−2,353

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 2019.
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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 (2019). GDP per Person Employed, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gdp-per-worker/2019

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