Data for 1952

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1952

Name: Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1952
Creator: Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC)
License: https://doi.org/10.34894/INZBF2

1952, as GGDC’s 2023 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Historical GDP per capita follows each country's output per person back to 1820, in 2011 international dollars, from the Maddison Project Database. It joins economic historians' reconstructions of old national accounts onto modern statistics, so that incomes two centuries apart can be set on one scale.

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1952 covers 149 countries. Qatar is highest, at 47,990; Botswana is lowest, at 504. The middle country reads 2,193. Against 1951, 143 values changed (121 up, 22 down), 6 countries joined.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison) · Data for 1952

HighestQatar

47,990

LowestBotswana

504

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

149countries
1measure
1952the year it describes
148distinct values13 decimals, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1952, as published. GGDC ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1952: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
derived
1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	47,990
2	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	47,856
3	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	27,490
4	United States`USA`Northern America	16,444
5	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	13,162
6	Canada`CAN`Northern America	12,486
7	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	12,427
8	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	12,016
9	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	11,824
10	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	11,303
11	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	11,152
12	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	11,086
13	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	9,698
14	Venezuela`VEN`South America	9,309
15	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	9,267
16	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	9,035
17	France`FRA`Western Europe	8,869
18	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	8,823
19	Argentina`ARG`South America	7,519
20	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	7,450
21	Uruguay`URY`South America	7,353
22	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	7,257
23	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	6,371
24	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	6,323
25	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	6,282
26	Chile`CHL`South America	6,252
27	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	5,805
28	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	5,327
29	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	4,828
30	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	4,441
31	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	4,403
32	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	4,175
33	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	4,099
34	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	4,066
35	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	4,018
36	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	4,002
37	Peru`PER`South America	3,964
38	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	3,937
39	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	3,934
40	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	3,846
41	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	3,730
42	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	3,724
43	Mexico`MEX`Central America	3,706
44	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	3,687
45	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	3,655
46	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	3,614
47	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	3,585
48	Colombia`COL`South America	3,529
49	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	3,445
50	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	3,370
51	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	3,277
52	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	3,272
53	Bolivia`BOL`South America	3,237
54	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	3,226
55	Ecuador`ECU`South America	3,202
56	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	3,143
=57	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	3,017
=57	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	3,017
59	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	3,016
60	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	2,844
61	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	2,821
62	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	2,751
63	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	2,738
64	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	2,597
65	Panama`PAN`Central America	2,557
66	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	2,522
67	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	2,482
68	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2,472
69	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	2,397
70	Brazil`BRA`South America	2,377
71	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	2,345
72	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2,342
73	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	2,327
74	Paraguay`PRY`South America	2,273
75	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	2,193
76	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	2,150
77	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	2,125
78	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	2,093
79	Honduras`HND`Central America	2,083
80	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2,077
81	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	2,032
82	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1,945
83	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	1,894
84	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1,890
85	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1,878
86	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1,868
87	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1,860
88	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	1,784
89	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	1,758
90	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	1,755
91	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1,728
92	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1,714
93	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1,701
94	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	1,669
95	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	1,667
96	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	1,639
97	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,581
98	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1,565
99	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	1,473
100	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1,435
101	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	1,401
102	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	1,385
103	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1,369
104	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	1,363
105	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,323
106	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1,288
107	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	1,272
108	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1,189
109	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,154
110	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1,140
111	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1,122
112	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	1,121
113	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	1,106
114	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	1,079
115	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,071
116	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1,065
117	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,063
118	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,058
119	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1,047
120	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1,038
121	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	1,031
122	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1,023
123	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,022
124	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,003
125	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	958
126	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	950
127	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	899
128	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	874
129	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	851
130	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	845
131	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	835
132	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	803
133	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	797
134	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	752
135	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	740
136	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	719
137	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	717
138	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	716
139	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	714
140	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	697
141	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	666
142	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	636
143	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	628
144	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	626
145	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	559
146	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	550
147	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	540
148	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	516
149	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	504

02In 1952

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar47,990
2Kuwait47,856
3United Arab Emirates27,490
4United States16,444
5Luxembourg13,162

Lowest

149Botswana504
148Guinea-Bissau516
147Malawi540
146Guinea550
145Comoros559

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 2,193. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031951 → 1952

Since 1951

+6 / −0countries joined / left
143values changed, of 143 in both
121 · 22rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

United Arab Emirates26,634 → 27,490+856
Syria3,609 → 4,441+832
Luxembourg12,337 → 13,162+825
Iceland8,080 → 8,823+743
Germany6,704 → 7,257+553

Fell most

Singapore3,368 → 2,342−1,026
Qatar48,653 → 47,990−663
Argentina8,086 → 7,519−567
Israel5,035 → 4,828−207
Uruguay7,548 → 7,353−195

+ Bosnia and Herzegovina

+ Croatia

+ North Macedonia

+ Montenegro

+ Serbia

+ Slovenia

04Caveats

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Using the series

One year of the 2023 release
Every year in this series comes from GGDC’s 2023 release, recalculated on one method, so a change from one year to the next is not a revision. It can differ from what was first published for 1952.
148 distinct values among 149
Values are stored exactly as published, to 13 decimals. 2 countries share 3,017. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 149 countries has every column.

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Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC) (1952). Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1952 [data set], describing 1952. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/historical-gdp-per-capita/1952

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