Data for 2023

GDP per Person Employed, 2023

Name: GDP per Person Employed, 2023
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

2023, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

GDP per Person Employed, 2023 covers 172 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 264,777; Burundi is lowest, at 2,421. The middle country reads 43,771. Against 2022, 172 values changed (97 up, 75 down), 4 left.

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GDP per Person Employed · Data for 2023

HighestLuxembourg

264,777

LowestBurundi

2,421

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

172countries
1measure
2023the year it describes
172distinct 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, 2023, 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, 2023: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	264,777
2	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	229,250
3	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	220,446
4	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	183,557
5	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	177,742
6	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	158,246
7	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	156,589
8	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	155,212
9	United States`USA`Northern America	150,828
10	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	146,547
11	Guyana`GUY`South America	144,809
12	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	135,535
13	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	135,453
14	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	130,749
15	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	130,630
16	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	129,848
17	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	126,676
18	France`FRA`Western Europe	125,877
19	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	125,143
20	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	123,949
21	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	122,557
22	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	117,737
23	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	117,212
24	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	114,665
25	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	112,198
26	Canada`CAN`Northern America	110,939
27	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	109,489
28	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	109,038
29	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	107,874
30	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	104,765
31	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	102,026
32	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	100,844
33	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	98,097
34	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	97,627
35	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	97,027
36	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	95,793
37	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	92,923
38	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	92,880
39	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	92,146
40	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	89,295
41	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	88,266
42	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	87,582
43	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	87,546
44	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	81,664
45	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	81,557
46	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	81,142
47	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	81,059
48	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	79,990
49	Panama`PAN`Central America	78,854
50	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	77,515
51	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	76,398
52	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	73,513
53	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	71,811
54	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	71,090
55	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	68,511
56	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	66,454
57	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	66,443
58	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	65,582
59	Uruguay`URY`South America	64,621
60	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	64,212
61	Chile`CHL`South America	64,008
62	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	63,680
63	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	62,942
64	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	62,763
65	Argentina`ARG`South America	59,861
66	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	59,596
67	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	59,477
68	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	59,310
69	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	57,915
70	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	56,382
71	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	55,984
72	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	54,328
73	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	53,443
74	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	52,472
75	Suriname`SUR`South America	51,933
76	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	51,686
77	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	50,507
78	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	49,596
79	Mexico`MEX`Central America	48,507
80	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	47,749
81	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	45,957
82	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	45,896
83	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	45,828
84	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	45,198
85	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	44,805
86	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	43,924
87	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	43,618
88	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	43,342
89	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	43,307
90	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	43,077
91	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	42,096
92	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	41,750
93	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	41,613
94	Brazil`BRA`South America	41,148
95	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	41,132
96	Colombia`COL`South America	40,230
97	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	39,998
98	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	39,356
99	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	37,186
100	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	37,169
101	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	33,913
102	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	33,551
103	Paraguay`PRY`South America	33,352
104	Belize`BLZ`Central America	32,062
105	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	31,352
106	Ecuador`ECU`South America	30,689
107	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	30,377
108	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	30,037
109	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	29,546
110	Peru`PER`South America	29,342
111	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	29,181
112	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	28,667
113	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	28,184
114	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	27,562
115	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	25,534
116	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	24,901
117	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	24,493
118	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	24,097
119	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	23,082
120	India`IND`Southern Asia	22,582
121	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	21,947
122	Bolivia`BOL`South America	21,877
123	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	20,923
124	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	19,890
125	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	19,552
126	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	19,335
127	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	19,202
128	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	18,587
129	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	18,489
130	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	17,780
131	Honduras`HND`Central America	17,666
132	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	17,341
133	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	16,925
134	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	16,863
135	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	16,752
136	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	14,472
137	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	14,259
138	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	13,907
139	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	13,271
140	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	13,266
141	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	13,248
142	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	12,562
143	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	11,663
144	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	11,244
145	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	11,109
146	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	10,850
147	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	10,810
148	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	10,515
149	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	10,044
150	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	9,617
151	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	9,566
152	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	9,500
153	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	9,118
154	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	8,528
155	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	8,288
156	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	8,194
157	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	7,786
158	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	7,735
159	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	7,431
160	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	6,941
161	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	6,876
162	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	6,400
163	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	6,289
164	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	4,702
165	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	4,696
166	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	4,497
167	Niger`NER`Western Africa	4,076
168	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	3,722
169	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	3,621
170	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	3,254
171	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	3,235
172	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2,421

02In 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Luxembourg264,777
2Ireland229,250
3Singapore220,446
4Macau183,557
5Norway177,742

Lowest

172Burundi2,421
171Central African Republic3,235
170Madagascar3,254
169Liberia3,621
168Mozambique3,722

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 43,771. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −4countries joined / left
172values changed, of 172 in both
97 · 75rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Macau107,509 → 183,557+76,048
Guyana110,338 → 144,809+34,470
Malta106,075 → 112,198+6,123
Costa Rica57,860 → 62,763+4,903
Panama74,857 → 78,854+3,997

Fell most

Ireland248,056 → 229,250−18,806
Saudi Arabia148,002 → 135,453−12,549
Singapore227,908 → 220,446−7,462
Kuwait87,406 → 81,059−6,347
Luxembourg271,034 → 264,777−6,258

− Palestine

− Sudan

− Syria

− United States Virgin Islands

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

Read before you use

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 2023.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 172 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (2023). GDP per Person Employed, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gdp-per-worker/2023

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

07Questions