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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1957

1957, as GGDC’s 2023 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1957 covers 149 countries. Kuwait is highest, at 50,126; Botswana is lowest, at 544. The middle country reads 2,573. Against 1956, 149 values changed (120 up, 29 down), the same countries are covered.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison) · Data for 1957

HighestKuwait

50,126

LowestBotswana

544

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), 1957, 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 149 countries · select a heading to sort

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1957: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
derived
1KuwaitKWTWestern Asia50,126
2QatarQATWestern Asia49,973
3United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia32,329
4United StatesUSANorthern America17,406
5LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe14,961
6SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe14,668
7New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand14,418
8CanadaCANNorthern America13,719
9SwedenSWENorthern Europe12,899
10AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand12,895
11United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe12,779
12DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe12,696
13NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe12,137
14VenezuelaVENSouth America11,923
15FranceFRAWestern Europe10,779
16NorwayNORNorthern Europe10,697
17BelgiumBELWestern Europe10,353
18GermanyDEUWestern Europe10,348
19IcelandISLNorthern Europe10,079
20AustriaAUTWestern Europe9,111
21FinlandFINNorthern Europe8,751
22ArgentinaARGSouth America8,705
23Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean8,518
24UruguayURYSouth America8,176
25ItalyITASouthern Europe8,158

02In 1957

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Kuwait50,126
  2. 2Qatar49,973
  3. 3United Arab Emirates32,329
  4. 4United States17,406
  5. 5Luxembourg14,961

Lowest

  1. 149Botswana544
  2. 148Malawi610
  3. 147Comoros615
  4. 146Guinea622
  5. 145Ethiopia665

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 2,573. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031956 → 1957

Since 1956

What changed between 1956 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 149values changed, of 149 in both
  • 120 · 29rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

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 1957.

  • 146 distinct values among 149

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 13 decimals. 2 countries share 3,848. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • 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 149 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) (1957). Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1957 [data set], describing 1957. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/historical-gdp-per-capita/1957

06112 held

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07Questions

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1957: questions and answers

Which country has the highest Historical GDP per capita in Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1957?

Kuwait, at 50,126, of the 149 countries in the file.

What year does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1957 describe?

1957.

How many countries does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1957 cover?

149.

Where can I download Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1957?

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), 1957 the newest?

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

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