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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1924

1924, as GGDC’s 2023 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1924 covers 60 countries. United States is highest, at 11,127; Malawi is lowest, at 495. The middle country reads 2,413. Against 1923, 56 values changed (42 up, 14 down), 3 countries joined.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison) · Data for 1924

HighestUnited States

11,127

LowestMalawi

495

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

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1924, as published. GGDC ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 60 countries · select a heading to sort

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1924: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
derived
1United StatesUSANorthern America11,127
2AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand8,635
3New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand8,198
4SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe8,196
5United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe7,844
6NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe7,803
7BelgiumBELWestern Europe7,393
8DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe7,218
9FranceFRAWestern Europe6,661
10ArgentinaARGSouth America6,464
11CanadaCANNorthern America6,339
12SwedenSWENorthern Europe5,365
13GermanyDEUWestern Europe5,099
14AustriaAUTWestern Europe5,042
15NorwayNORNorthern Europe4,787
16ChileCHLSouth America4,779
17ItalyITASouthern Europe4,324
18UruguayURYSouth America4,258
19IrelandIRLNorthern Europe4,095
20FinlandFINNorthern Europe3,545
21SpainESPSouthern Europe3,514
22JapanJPNEastern Asia3,316
23GreeceGRCSouthern Europe3,279
24HungaryHUNEastern Europe3,048
25IcelandISLNorthern Europe3,029

02In 1924

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1United States11,127
  2. 2Australia8,635
  3. 3New Zealand8,198
  4. 4Switzerland8,196
  5. 5United Kingdom7,844

Lowest

  1. 60Malawi495
  2. 59Zambia595
  3. 58Zimbabwe711
  4. 57Nigeria856
  5. 56Russia901

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 2,413. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031923 → 1924

Since 1923

What changed between 1923 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +3 / −0countries joined / left
  • 56values changed, of 57 in both
  • 42 · 14rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Bulgaria+ Hungary+ South Africa

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.

The site’s method

  • One year of the 2023 release

    Every year in this series comes from GGDC’s 2023 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1924.

  • The position is ours

    GGDC publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the better result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 60 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

Cite this edition

Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC) (1924). Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1924 [data set], describing 1924. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/historical-gdp-per-capita/1924

06112 held

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07Questions

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1924: questions and answers

Which country has the highest Historical GDP per capita in Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1924?

United States, at 11,127, of the 60 countries in the file.

What year does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1924 describe?

1924.

How many countries does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1924 cover?

60.

Where can I download Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1924?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1924 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2022.

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