Data for 1964

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1964

Name: Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1964
Creator: Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC)
License: https://doi.org/10.34894/INZBF2

1964, 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), 1964 covers 149 countries. Qatar is highest, at 42,186; Malawi is lowest, at 572. The middle country reads 3,158. Against 1963, 149 values changed (125 up, 24 down), the same countries are covered.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison) · Data for 1964

HighestQatar

42,186

LowestMalawi

572

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

149countries
1measure
1964the 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), 1964, 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), 1964: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
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1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	42,186
2	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	40,927
3	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	40,333
4	United States`USA`Northern America	20,360
5	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	19,195
6	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	17,864
7	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	16,832
8	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	16,761
9	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	16,606
10	Canada`CAN`Northern America	15,938
11	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	15,699
12	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	15,251
13	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	15,042
14	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	14,062
15	France`FRA`Western Europe	14,057
16	Venezuela`VEN`South America	14,019
17	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	13,386
18	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	13,295
19	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	13,256
20	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	12,062
21	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	11,934
22	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	11,647
23	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	10,841
24	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	9,624
25	Argentina`ARG`South America	9,446
26	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	9,430
27	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	9,035
28	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	7,978
29	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	7,948
30	Uruguay`URY`South America	7,498
31	Chile`CHL`South America	7,320
32	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	7,012
33	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	6,994
34	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	6,938
35	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	6,754
36	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	6,664
37	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	6,601
38	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	6,591
39	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	6,468
40	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	6,355
41	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	6,156
42	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	5,926
43	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	5,829
44	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	5,797
45	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	5,773
46	Mexico`MEX`Central America	5,555
47	Peru`PER`South America	5,523
48	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	5,499
49	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	5,450
50	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	5,196
51	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	5,166
52	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	4,965
53	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	4,898
54	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	4,752
55	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	4,720
56	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	4,629
57	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	4,616
58	Colombia`COL`South America	4,264
59	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	4,092
60	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	4,055
61	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	4,026
62	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	3,971
63	Panama`PAN`Central America	3,929
64	Ecuador`ECU`South America	3,843
65	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	3,814
66	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	3,800
67	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	3,732
68	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	3,679
69	Brazil`BRA`South America	3,637
70	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	3,599
71	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	3,469
72	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	3,453
73	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	3,424
74	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	3,282
75	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	3,158
76	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	3,156
77	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	2,879
78	Bolivia`BOL`South America	2,809
79	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	2,754
80	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	2,691
81	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	2,676
82	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	2,585
83	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	2,576
84	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	2,550
85	Paraguay`PRY`South America	2,546
86	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	2,533
87	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	2,407
88	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2,389
89	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	2,365
90	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	2,343
91	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	2,254
92	Honduras`HND`Central America	2,209
93	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	2,201
94	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	2,150
95	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	2,104
96	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	2,079
97	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	1,991
98	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1,900
99	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1,859
100	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1,835
101	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,779
102	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	1,733
103	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	1,714
104	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	1,690
105	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1,604
106	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1,588
107	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	1,583
108	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	1,576
109	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,519
110	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	1,505
111	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1,492
112	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1,486
113	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,451
114	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	1,427
115	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	1,419
116	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1,415
117	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1,390
118	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,309
119	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1,291
120	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1,275
121	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,274
122	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	1,262
123	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,251
124	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1,215
=125	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,208
=125	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	1,208
=125	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	1,208
128	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1,191
129	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1,172
130	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1,152
131	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1,074
132	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1,055
133	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1,054
=134	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,027
=134	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1,027
136	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1,012
137	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	980
138	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	976
139	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	939
140	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	929
=141	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	888
=141	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	888
143	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	840
144	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	802
145	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	787
146	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	720
147	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	695
148	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	604
149	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	572

02In 1964

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar42,186
2United Arab Emirates40,927
3Kuwait40,333
4United States20,360
5Switzerland19,195

Lowest

149Malawi572
148Botswana604
147Burundi695
146Guinea720
145Tanzania787

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 3,158. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031963 → 1964

Since 1963

+0 / −0countries joined / left
149values changed, of 149 in both
125 · 24rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Denmark15,513 → 16,832+1,319
North Macedonia4,261 → 5,450+1,189
Luxembourg16,766 → 17,864+1,098
United Arab Emirates39,889 → 40,927+1,038
Iceland12,366 → 13,386+1,020

Fell most

Qatar44,912 → 42,186−2,726
Mauritius5,745 → 5,196−549
Cyprus4,423 → 3,971−452
Singapore4,049 → 3,800−249
Rwanda1,140 → 980−160

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 1964.
145 distinct values among 149
Values are stored exactly as published, to 13 decimals. 3 countries share 1,208. 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) (1964). Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1964 [data set], describing 1964. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/historical-gdp-per-capita/1964

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