Data for 1962

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1962

Name: Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1962
Creator: Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC)
License: https://doi.org/10.34894/INZBF2

1962, 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), 1962 covers 149 countries. Qatar is highest, at 46,304; Botswana is lowest, at 582. The middle country reads 2,847. Against 1961, 148 values changed (120 up, 28 down), the same countries are covered.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison) · Data for 1962

HighestQatar

46,304

LowestBotswana

582

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

149countries
1measure
1962the year it describes
145distinct 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), 1962, 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), 1962: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
derived
1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	46,304
2	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	42,150
3	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	38,654
4	United States`USA`Northern America	18,976
5	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	17,794
6	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	16,370
7	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	15,537
8	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	15,511
9	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	15,093
10	Canada`CAN`Northern America	14,787
11	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	14,389
12	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	14,131
13	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	13,770
14	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	13,106
15	France`FRA`Western Europe	12,859
16	Venezuela`VEN`South America	12,848
17	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	12,347
18	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	12,087
19	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	11,435
20	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	11,078
21	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	10,882
22	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	10,869
23	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	10,383
24	Argentina`ARG`South America	9,049
25	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	8,396
26	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	8,027
27	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	7,614
28	Uruguay`URY`South America	7,498
29	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	7,390
30	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	7,085
31	Chile`CHL`South America	7,071
32	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	6,315
33	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	6,229
34	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	6,183
35	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	6,089
36	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	6,076
37	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	6,051
38	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	5,923
39	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	5,780
40	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	5,577
41	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	5,509
42	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	5,325
43	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	5,324
44	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	5,308
45	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	5,252
46	Peru`PER`South America	5,230
47	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	5,144
48	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	5,067
49	Mexico`MEX`Central America	4,881
50	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	4,809
51	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	4,672
52	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	4,497
53	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	4,439
54	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	4,339
55	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	4,237
56	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	4,211
57	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	4,176
58	Colombia`COL`South America	4,135
59	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	4,057
60	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	3,775
61	Ecuador`ECU`South America	3,716
62	Brazil`BRA`South America	3,711
63	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	3,666
64	Panama`PAN`Central America	3,647
65	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	3,612
66	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	3,586
67	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	3,543
68	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	3,521
69	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	3,199
70	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	3,174
71	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	3,142
72	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	3,062
73	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	2,974
74	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	2,868
75	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	2,847
76	Bolivia`BOL`South America	2,636
77	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	2,609
78	Paraguay`PRY`South America	2,499
79	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	2,450
80	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	2,409
81	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	2,381
82	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2,370
83	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	2,326
84	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	2,284
85	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	2,260
86	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	2,257
87	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	2,232
88	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	2,222
89	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	2,198
90	Honduras`HND`Central America	2,174
91	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	2,158
=92	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	2,128
=92	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	2,128
94	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	2,067
95	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	2,039
96	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	1,831
97	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1,828
98	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,800
99	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1,798
100	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	1,788
101	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	1,728
102	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1,712
=103	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	1,653
=103	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	1,653
105	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1,620
106	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	1,554
107	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	1,549
108	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1,525
109	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,497
110	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1,443
111	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	1,411
112	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1,400
113	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,349
114	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1,341
115	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1,339
116	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	1,333
117	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	1,310
118	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1,302
119	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,296
120	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,262
121	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1,223
122	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1,216
123	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,208
124	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	1,207
=125	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,117
=125	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1,117
127	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	1,114
128	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,106
129	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1,084
130	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1,060
131	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	1,019
132	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1,017
133	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1,004
134	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	998
=135	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	966
=135	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	966
137	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	926
138	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	918
139	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	899
140	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	877
141	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	827
142	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	787
143	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	746
144	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	741
145	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	736
146	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	714
147	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	657
148	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	626
149	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	582

02In 1962

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar46,304
2Kuwait42,150
3United Arab Emirates38,654
4United States18,976
5Switzerland17,794

Lowest

149Botswana582
148Malawi626
147Burundi657
146Comoros714
145Ethiopia736

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 2,847. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031961 → 1962

Since 1961

+0 / −0countries joined / left
148values changed, of 149 in both
120 · 28rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

United Arab Emirates36,949 → 38,654+1,705
Syria5,050 → 6,051+1,001
United States18,175 → 18,976+801
Italy10,158 → 10,882+724
Canada14,080 → 14,787+707

Fell most

Qatar48,516 → 46,304−2,212
Algeria2,868 → 2,284−584
Argentina9,344 → 9,049−295
Uruguay7,740 → 7,498−242
Poland5,461 → 5,325−136

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 1962.
145 distinct values among 149
Values are stored exactly as published, to 13 decimals. 2 countries share 2,128. 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) (1962). Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1962 [data set], describing 1962. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/historical-gdp-per-capita/1962

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