Data for 2022

GDP per Person Employed, 2022

Name: GDP per Person Employed, 2022
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

2022, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

GDP per Person Employed, 2022 covers 176 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 271,034; Burundi is lowest, at 2,428. The middle country reads 42,983. Against 2021, 176 values changed (103 up, 73 down), 1 left.

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GDP per Person Employed · Data for 2022

HighestLuxembourg

271,034

LowestBurundi

2,428

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

176countries
1measure
2022the year it describes
176distinct 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, 2022, 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, 2022: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	271,034
2	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	248,056
3	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	227,908
4	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	179,054
5	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	159,455
6	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	157,014
7	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	154,793
8	United States`USA`Northern America	148,960
9	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	148,002
10	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	145,530
11	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	135,587
12	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	132,596
13	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	132,513
14	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	129,912
15	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	129,855
16	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	126,821
17	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	125,726
18	France`FRA`Western Europe	124,989
19	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	122,797
20	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	119,432
21	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	116,146
22	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	114,009
23	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	113,856
24	Canada`CAN`Northern America	112,243
25	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	111,830
26	Guyana`GUY`South America	110,338
27	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	110,004
28	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	108,027
29	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	107,509
30	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	106,933
31	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	106,075
32	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	102,525
33	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	98,358
34	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	97,781
35	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	96,960
36	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	95,065
37	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	94,085
38	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	93,042
39	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	91,630
40	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	90,689
41	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	89,476
42	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	89,318
43	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	87,406
44	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	87,269
45	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	87,041
46	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	83,729
47	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	82,351
48	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	81,695
49	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	80,128
50	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	79,314
51	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	79,009
52	Panama`PAN`Central America	74,857
53	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	71,821
54	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	71,293
55	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	69,787
56	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	67,793
57	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	67,534
58	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	66,420
59	Uruguay`URY`South America	65,469
60	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	65,445
61	Chile`CHL`South America	65,141
62	Argentina`ARG`South America	62,862
63	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	62,815
64	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	61,343
65	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	61,235
66	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	60,893
67	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	60,861
68	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	58,368
69	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	57,860
70	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	57,845
71	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	56,841
72	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	55,903
73	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	55,088
74	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	52,845
75	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	52,340
76	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	52,227
77	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	51,750
78	Suriname`SUR`South America	51,708
79	Mexico`MEX`Central America	48,577
80	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	48,486
81	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	47,956
82	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	47,271
83	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	47,266
84	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	46,912
85	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	44,616
86	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	44,197
87	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	43,845
88	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	42,990
89	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	42,975
90	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	42,236
91	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	41,490
92	Colombia`COL`South America	41,332
93	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	41,105
94	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	40,846
95	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	40,701
96	Brazil`BRA`South America	40,323
97	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	39,534
98	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	38,740
99	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	37,686
100	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	36,903
101	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	36,098
102	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	33,616
103	Belize`BLZ`Central America	32,593
104	Paraguay`PRY`South America	32,545
105	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	31,023
106	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	30,904
107	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	30,394
108	Ecuador`ECU`South America	30,048
109	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	29,874
110	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	29,171
111	Peru`PER`South America	29,028
112	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	27,596
113	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	27,581
114	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	26,746
115	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	26,371
116	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	25,573
117	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	25,375
118	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	24,515
119	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	24,210
120	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	23,275
121	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	22,362
122	India`IND`Southern Asia	21,965
123	Bolivia`BOL`South America	21,896
124	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	21,264
125	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	21,021
126	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	20,776
127	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	19,465
128	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	19,030
129	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	18,900
130	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	18,760
131	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	18,467
132	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	18,167
133	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	17,761
134	Honduras`HND`Central America	17,308
135	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	17,087
136	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	16,584
137	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	16,390
138	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	16,240
139	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	15,277
140	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	14,712
141	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	13,911
142	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	13,771
143	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	13,280
144	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	13,230
145	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	12,957
146	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	12,524
147	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	12,379
148	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	11,306
149	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	11,129
150	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	10,888
151	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	10,863
152	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	10,785
153	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	10,437
154	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	9,510
155	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	9,442
156	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	9,257
157	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	9,252
158	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	8,309
159	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	8,267
160	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	8,051
161	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	8,038
162	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	7,875
163	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	7,305
164	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	6,835
165	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	6,658
166	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	6,295
167	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	6,224
168	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	4,772
169	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	4,508
170	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	4,483
171	Niger`NER`Western Africa	4,130
172	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	3,652
173	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	3,565
174	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	3,253
175	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	3,221
176	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2,428

02In 2022

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Luxembourg271,034
2Ireland248,056
3Singapore227,908
4Norway179,054
5Brunei159,455

Lowest

176Burundi2,428
175Madagascar3,221
174Central African Republic3,253
173Liberia3,565
172Mozambique3,652

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 42,983. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −1countries joined / left
176values changed, of 176 in both
103 · 73rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Guyana74,113 → 110,338+36,225
Saudi Arabia141,332 → 148,002+6,670
Armenia38,030 → 43,845+5,815
Croatia89,589 → 95,065+5,476
Switzerland152,867 → 157,014+4,147

Fell most

Macau127,204 → 107,509−19,695
Luxembourg280,240 → 271,034−9,206
Libya48,826 → 40,701−8,125
Montenegro72,396 → 66,420−5,976
Qatar160,400 → 154,793−5,607

− Ukraine

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 2022.
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World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 176 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (2022). GDP per Person Employed, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gdp-per-worker/2022

0635 held

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172 countries
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GDP per Person Employed: every year
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How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions