Data for 2008

GNI per Capita (PPP), 2008

Name: GNI per Capita (PPP), 2008
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2008, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

GNI per Capita (PPP), 2008 covers 136 countries. Brunei is highest, at 106,355; Mozambique is lowest, at 1,096. The middle country reads 14,014. Against 2007, 133 values changed (88 up, 45 down), 3 countries joined.

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GNI per Capita (PPP) · Data for 2008

HighestBrunei

106,355

LowestMozambique

1,096

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

136countries
1measure
2008the year it describes
136distinct values11 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of GNI per Capita (PPP), 2008, 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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GNI per Capita (PPP), 2008: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	106,355
2	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	104,275
3	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	95,917
4	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	88,489
5	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	80,302
6	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	74,736
7	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	73,212
8	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	67,329
9	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	62,912
10	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	61,582
11	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	60,590
12	United States`USA`Northern America	58,994
13	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	57,984
14	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	57,918
15	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	57,719
16	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	57,525
17	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	57,027
18	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	55,539
19	Canada`CAN`Northern America	53,019
20	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	51,818
21	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	50,943
22	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	50,830
23	France`FRA`Western Europe	50,601
24	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	50,059
25	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	48,309
26	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	47,350
27	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	43,907
28	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	43,814
29	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	43,361
30	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	41,437
31	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	40,814
32	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	40,574
33	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	37,516
34	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	37,288
35	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	36,171
36	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	35,829
37	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	34,692
38	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	34,602
39	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	32,918
40	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	31,251
41	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	31,241
42	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	30,683
43	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	29,993
44	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	28,068
45	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	26,917
46	Argentina`ARG`South America	26,094
47	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	24,440
48	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	23,287
49	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	21,994
50	Mexico`MEX`Central America	21,666
51	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	21,233
52	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	21,214
53	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	20,233
54	Chile`CHL`South America	19,745
55	Panama`PAN`Central America	19,527
56	Uruguay`URY`South America	18,950
57	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	18,254
58	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	18,193
59	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	17,550
60	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	17,277
61	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	17,074
62	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	16,814
63	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	16,587
64	Brazil`BRA`South America	16,494
65	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	15,181
66	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	14,267
67	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	14,120
68	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	14,065
69	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	13,962
70	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	13,302
71	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	13,269
72	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	13,041
73	Colombia`COL`South America	12,826
74	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	12,765
75	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	12,020
76	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	11,884
77	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	11,746
78	Ecuador`ECU`South America	11,637
79	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	11,168
80	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	11,114
81	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	11,090
82	Belize`BLZ`Central America	10,979
83	Paraguay`PRY`South America	10,762
84	Peru`PER`South America	9,515
85	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	9,313
86	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	9,217
87	Bolivia`BOL`South America	9,178
88	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	8,986
89	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	8,953
90	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	8,908
91	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	8,286
92	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	7,927
93	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	7,484
94	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	6,712
95	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	6,566
96	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	6,548
97	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	5,969
98	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	5,857
99	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	5,698
100	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	5,679
101	Honduras`HND`Central America	5,463
102	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	5,403
103	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	4,836
104	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	4,628
105	India`IND`Southern Asia	4,301
106	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	4,124
107	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	4,057
108	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	4,048
109	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	4,040
110	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	3,900
111	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	3,706
112	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	3,210
113	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	3,197
114	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	3,062
115	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	2,996
116	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	2,962
117	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2,960
118	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	2,664
119	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	2,579
120	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	2,569
121	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	2,554
122	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2,507
123	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	2,482
124	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2,338
125	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	2,191
126	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	2,130
127	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	2,088
128	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	2,078
129	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	2,071
130	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,938
131	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,697
132	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,607
133	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1,567
134	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1,382
135	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1,181
136	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1,096

02In 2008

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Brunei106,355
2United Arab Emirates104,275
3Luxembourg95,917
4Norway88,489
5Singapore80,302

Lowest

136Mozambique1,096
135DR Congo1,181
134Niger1,382
133Burkina Faso1,567
132Rwanda1,607

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 14,014. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+3 / −0countries joined / left
133values changed, of 133 in both
88 · 45rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Brunei88,185 → 106,355+18,170
Saudi Arabia59,262 → 67,329+8,067
Equatorial Guinea33,470 → 41,437+7,966
Oman43,762 → 50,059+6,297
Norway84,605 → 88,489+3,884

Fell most

Iceland61,439 → 50,830−10,609
Macau81,381 → 73,212−8,170
Singapore88,137 → 80,302−7,836
Luxembourg102,557 → 95,917−6,640
Switzerland79,412 → 74,736−4,676

+ Côte d’Ivoire

+ São Tomé and Príncipe

+ Kosovo

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 2008.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 136 countries has every column.

05The files

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World Bank Group (2008). GNI per Capita (PPP), 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gni-per-capita/2008

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