Data for 2021

GDP per Person Employed, 2021

Name: GDP per Person Employed, 2021
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

2021, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

GDP per Person Employed, 2021 covers 177 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 280,240; Burundi is lowest, at 2,468. The middle country reads 42,347. Against 2020, 177 values changed (131 up, 46 down), the same countries are covered.

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GDP per Person Employed · Data for 2021

HighestLuxembourg

280,240

LowestBurundi

2,468

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

177countries
1measure
2021the 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, 2021, 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, 2021: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	280,240
2	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	244,557
3	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	226,322
4	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	176,825
5	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	163,717
6	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	160,400
7	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	152,867
8	United States`USA`Northern America	149,936
9	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	143,706
10	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	141,332
11	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	139,016
12	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	133,019
13	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	130,053
14	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	129,645
15	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	129,037
16	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	127,312
17	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	127,204
18	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	124,873
19	France`FRA`Western Europe	123,999
20	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	122,346
21	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	121,652
22	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	121,207
23	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	113,809
24	Canada`CAN`Northern America	112,202
25	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	111,724
26	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	110,017
27	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	109,015
28	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	107,012
29	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	106,266
30	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	105,480
31	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	100,320
32	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	98,551
33	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	97,339
34	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	97,285
35	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	93,427
36	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	92,549
37	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	91,635
38	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	90,787
39	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	90,313
40	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	89,589
41	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	89,260
42	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	87,701
43	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	86,720
44	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	85,540
45	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	83,953
46	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	81,867
47	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	81,339
48	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	80,919
49	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	80,223
50	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	79,090
51	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	76,713
52	Panama`PAN`Central America	74,147
53	Guyana`GUY`South America	74,113
54	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	72,396
55	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	71,330
56	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	68,917
57	Chile`CHL`South America	68,066
58	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	67,954
59	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	64,554
60	Uruguay`URY`South America	64,065
61	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	63,251
62	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	62,214
63	Argentina`ARG`South America	62,199
64	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	62,022
65	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	61,825
66	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	61,552
67	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	59,602
68	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	58,608
69	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	57,648
70	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	56,372
71	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	55,804
72	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	54,304
73	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	54,142
74	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	54,118
75	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	53,930
76	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	52,122
77	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	52,049
78	Suriname`SUR`South America	51,694
79	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	51,455
80	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	48,826
81	Mexico`MEX`Central America	48,606
82	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	47,984
83	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	46,469
84	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	45,085
85	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	44,844
86	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	44,590
87	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	43,982
88	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	43,721
89	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	42,347
90	Brazil`BRA`South America	41,905
91	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	41,715
92	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	40,326
93	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	40,308
94	Colombia`COL`South America	39,877
95	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	39,481
96	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	39,271
97	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	39,112
98	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	39,103
99	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	38,806
100	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	38,030
101	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	37,279
102	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	36,335
103	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	34,703
104	Paraguay`PRY`South America	32,550
105	Belize`BLZ`Central America	30,188
106	Peru`PER`South America	29,912
107	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	29,483
108	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	29,095
109	Ecuador`ECU`South America	29,090
110	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	28,781
111	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	28,616
112	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	27,779
113	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	27,300
114	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	27,058
115	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	26,460
116	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	26,215
117	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	25,802
118	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	24,615
119	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	24,352
120	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	23,201
121	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	23,123
122	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	22,886
123	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	22,082
124	Bolivia`BOL`South America	21,923
125	India`IND`Southern Asia	21,460
126	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	21,184
127	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	20,958
128	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	20,946
129	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	18,581
130	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	18,559
131	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	18,358
132	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	18,167
133	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	17,907
134	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	17,412
135	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	17,376
136	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	16,606
137	Honduras`HND`Central America	16,374
138	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	16,285
139	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	16,197
140	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	16,155
141	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	15,295
142	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	14,037
143	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	13,883
144	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	13,687
145	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	13,250
146	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	13,067
147	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	12,977
148	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	12,102
149	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	11,357
150	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	10,766
151	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	10,678
152	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	10,651
153	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	10,543
154	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	10,467
155	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	9,685
156	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	9,231
157	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	9,094
158	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	8,901
159	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	8,506
160	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	8,268
161	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	8,237
162	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	8,053
163	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	7,965
164	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	7,249
165	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	6,813
166	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	6,587
167	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	6,343
168	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	6,231
169	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	4,946
170	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	4,759
171	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	4,317
172	Niger`NER`Western Africa	3,999
173	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	3,593
174	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	3,551
175	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	3,266
176	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	3,211
177	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2,468

02In 2021

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Luxembourg280,240
2Ireland244,557
3Singapore226,322
4Norway176,825
5Brunei163,717

Lowest

177Burundi2,468
176Madagascar3,211
175Central African Republic3,266
174Liberia3,551
173Mozambique3,593

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 42,347. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 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

Singapore201,623 → 226,322+24,699
Ireland220,975 → 244,557+23,582
Macau104,108 → 127,204+23,095
Qatar140,049 → 160,400+20,351
Italy119,220 → 130,053+10,834

Fell most

Brunei172,926 → 163,717−9,209
Saint Lucia52,817 → 45,085−7,732
Puerto Rico129,686 → 122,346−7,340
Afghanistan13,527 → 10,678−2,849
Suriname54,442 → 51,694−2,748

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 2021.
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 (2021). GDP per Person Employed, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gdp-per-worker/2021

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