Data for 1960

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1960

Name: Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1960
Creator: Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC)
License: https://doi.org/10.34894/INZBF2

1960, 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), 1960 covers 149 countries. Qatar is highest, at 52,299; Botswana is lowest, at 564. The middle country reads 2,813. Against 1959, 149 values changed (128 up, 21 down), the same countries are covered.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison) · Data for 1960

HighestQatar

52,299

LowestBotswana

564

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

149countries
1measure
1960the year it describes
146distinct 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), 1960, 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), 1960: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
derived
1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	52,299
2	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	45,929
3	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	35,758
4	United States`USA`Northern America	18,057
5	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	16,358
6	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	15,870
7	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	15,087
8	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	14,046
9	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	14,013
10	Canada`CAN`Northern America	13,952
11	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	13,849
12	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	13,780
13	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	13,209
14	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	12,282
15	Venezuela`VEN`South America	12,116
16	France`FRA`Western Europe	11,792
17	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	11,483
18	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	11,081
19	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	10,959
20	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	10,391
21	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	9,964
22	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	9,931
23	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	9,430
24	Argentina`ARG`South America	8,861
25	Uruguay`URY`South America	7,643
26	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	7,433
27	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	7,165
28	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	6,825
29	Chile`CHL`South America	6,781
30	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	6,354
31	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	5,928
32	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	5,816
33	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	5,812
34	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	5,557
35	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	5,451
36	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	5,316
37	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	5,125
38	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	5,088
39	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	5,067
40	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	5,032
41	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	5,015
42	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	4,855
43	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	4,847
44	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	4,819
45	Peru`PER`South America	4,733
46	Mexico`MEX`Central America	4,723
47	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	4,712
48	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	4,642
49	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	4,532
50	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	4,396
51	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	4,360
52	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	4,328
53	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	4,230
54	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	4,087
55	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	3,982
56	Colombia`COL`South America	3,980
57	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	3,948
58	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	3,714
59	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	3,674
60	Ecuador`ECU`South America	3,649
61	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	3,586
=62	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	3,496
=62	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	3,496
64	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	3,464
65	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	3,437
66	Brazil`BRA`South America	3,398
67	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	3,328
68	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	3,257
69	Panama`PAN`Central America	3,217
70	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	3,148
71	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	3,041
72	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	2,994
73	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	2,939
74	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	2,871
75	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2,813
76	Bolivia`BOL`South America	2,560
=77	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	2,439
=77	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	2,439
79	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	2,383
80	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	2,353
81	Paraguay`PRY`South America	2,346
82	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	2,313
83	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2,303
84	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	2,248
85	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	2,197
86	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	2,157
87	Honduras`HND`Central America	2,147
88	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	2,141
89	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	2,118
90	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	2,115
91	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	2,075
92	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	2,064
93	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	2,002
94	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	1,999
95	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	1,997
96	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1,809
97	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,793
98	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	1,718
99	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1,691
100	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	1,632
101	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	1,613
102	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1,580
103	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1,567
104	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1,548
105	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	1,537
106	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1,530
107	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,495
108	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	1,490
109	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1,468
110	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	1,352
=111	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1,326
=111	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1,326
113	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	1,323
114	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,307
115	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	1,274
116	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	1,245
117	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,224
118	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1,213
119	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,200
120	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1,192
121	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1,176
122	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,167
123	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,157
124	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,137
125	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	1,135
126	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	1,101
127	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1,070
128	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1,058
129	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1,057
130	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	1,031
131	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	980
132	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	974
133	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	971
134	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	913
135	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	912
136	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	899
137	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	869
138	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	851
139	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	813
140	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	800
141	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	783
142	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	771
143	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	733
144	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	732
145	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	701
146	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	679
147	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	671
148	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	628
149	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	564

02In 1960

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar52,299
2Kuwait45,929
3United Arab Emirates35,758
4United States18,057
5Switzerland16,358

Lowest

149Botswana564
148Malawi628
147Guinea671
146Comoros679
145Ethiopia701

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 2,813. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031959 → 1960

Since 1959

+0 / −0countries joined / left
149values changed, of 149 in both
128 · 21rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

United Arab Emirates34,153 → 35,758+1,605
Switzerland15,470 → 16,358+889
Netherlands12,333 → 13,209+876
Slovenia6,304 → 7,165+861
Germany11,440 → 12,282+842

Fell most

Kuwait47,131 → 45,929−1,202
Cyprus3,814 → 3,496−318
New Zealand15,350 → 15,087−263
Qatar52,436 → 52,299−137
Syria4,881 → 4,819−62

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 1960.
146 distinct values among 149
Values are stored exactly as published, to 13 decimals. 2 countries share 3,496. 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) (1960). Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1960 [data set], describing 1960. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/historical-gdp-per-capita/1960

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