Data for 1958

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1958

Name: Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1958
Creator: Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC)
License: https://doi.org/10.34894/INZBF2

1958, 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), 1958 covers 149 countries. Qatar is highest, at 50,042; Botswana is lowest, at 550. The middle country reads 2,576. Against 1957, 147 values changed (103 up, 44 down), the same countries are covered.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison) · Data for 1958

HighestQatar

50,042

LowestBotswana

550

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

149countries
1measure
1958the year it describes
147distinct 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), 1958, 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), 1958: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
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1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	50,042
2	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	47,671
3	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	32,473
4	United States`USA`Northern America	16,946
5	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	15,093
6	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	14,644
7	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	14,641
8	Canada`CAN`Northern America	13,603
9	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	13,238
10	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	12,903
11	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	12,884
12	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	12,698
13	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	11,926
14	Venezuela`VEN`South America	11,615
15	France`FRA`Western Europe	10,927
16	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	10,739
17	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	10,603
18	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	10,568
19	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	10,268
20	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	9,416
21	Argentina`ARG`South America	9,083
22	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	8,941
23	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	8,725
24	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	8,544
25	Uruguay`URY`South America	7,788
26	Chile`CHL`South America	6,958
27	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	6,550
28	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	6,169
29	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	6,005
30	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	5,510
31	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	5,367
32	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	5,243
33	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	5,169
34	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	5,115
35	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	5,107
36	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	4,873
37	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	4,855
38	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	4,844
39	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	4,799
40	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	4,784
41	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	4,723
42	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	4,685
43	Mexico`MEX`Central America	4,501
44	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	4,409
45	Peru`PER`South America	4,372
46	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	4,366
47	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	4,285
48	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	4,259
49	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	4,152
50	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	4,132
51	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	3,998
52	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	3,974
53	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	3,918
54	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	3,840
55	Colombia`COL`South America	3,798
56	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	3,749
57	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	3,660
58	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	3,545
59	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	3,539
60	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	3,470
61	Ecuador`ECU`South America	3,441
62	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	3,301
63	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	3,258
64	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	3,057
65	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	3,027
66	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	3,022
67	Panama`PAN`Central America	3,014
68	Brazil`BRA`South America	3,005
69	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	2,973
70	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	2,922
71	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2,880
72	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2,751
73	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	2,747
74	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	2,740
75	Bolivia`BOL`South America	2,576
76	Paraguay`PRY`South America	2,453
77	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	2,308
78	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	2,284
79	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2,278
80	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	2,255
81	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	2,252
82	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	2,214
83	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	2,114
84	Honduras`HND`Central America	2,106
85	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	2,104
86	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	2,074
87	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	2,072
88	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	2,058
89	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	2,056
90	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	2,048
91	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	2,040
92	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	1,978
93	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	1,946
94	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1,892
95	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1,879
96	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1,855
97	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,773
98	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1,553
99	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1,545
100	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	1,530
101	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	1,522
102	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1,518
103	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	1,513
104	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1,510
105	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	1,457
106	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,444
107	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1,435
108	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	1,380
109	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	1,364
110	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1,298
111	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1,283
112	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,270
113	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	1,261
114	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	1,251
115	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1,237
116	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,178
117	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1,176
118	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1,173
119	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,156
120	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1,143
121	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,141
122	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1,109
123	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,097
124	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,092
125	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	1,025
126	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	1,020
127	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	1,004
128	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	982
129	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	974
130	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	969
131	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	966
132	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	956
133	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	929
134	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	859
135	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	837
136	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	830
137	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	813
138	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	778
139	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	764
140	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	762
141	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	759
=142	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	708
=142	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	708
144	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	684
145	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	674
146	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	630
=147	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	618
=147	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	618
149	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	550

02In 1958

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar50,042
2Kuwait47,671
3United Arab Emirates32,473
4United States16,946
5Luxembourg15,093

Lowest

149Botswana550
147Malawishared618
147Comorosshared618
146Guinea630
145Ethiopia674

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 2,576. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031957 → 1958

Since 1957

+0 / −0countries joined / left
147values changed, of 149 in both
103 · 44rose · fell
2unchanged

Rose most

Slovenia5,432 → 6,005+573
Iceland10,079 → 10,568+489
Trinidad and Tobago8,518 → 8,941+423
Germany10,348 → 10,739+391
Italy8,158 → 8,544+386

Fell most

Kuwait50,126 → 47,671−2,455
Lebanon6,599 → 5,510−1,089
Syria5,781 → 4,844−937
United States17,406 → 16,946−460
Uruguay8,176 → 7,788−388

04Caveats

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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 1958.
147 distinct values among 149
Values are stored exactly as published, to 13 decimals. 2 countries share 708. 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) (1958). Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1958 [data set], describing 1958. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/historical-gdp-per-capita/1958

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