Data for 1965

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1965

Name: Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1965
Creator: Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC)
License: https://doi.org/10.34894/INZBF2

1965, 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), 1965 covers 149 countries. United Arab Emirates is highest, at 41,705; Botswana is lowest, at 612. The middle country reads 3,351. Against 1964, 147 values changed (118 up, 29 down), the same countries are covered.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison) · Data for 1965

HighestUnited Arab Emirates

41,705

LowestBotswana

612

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

149countries
1measure
1965the 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), 1965, 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), 1965: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
derived
1	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	41,705
2	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	41,101
3	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	37,511
4	United States`USA`Northern America	21,390
5	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	19,803
6	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	18,002
7	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	17,459
8	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	17,341
9	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	17,239
10	Canada`CAN`Northern America	16,694
11	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	16,182
12	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	15,618
13	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	15,545
14	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	14,642
15	France`FRA`Western Europe	14,609
16	Venezuela`VEN`South America	14,347
17	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	14,100
18	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	13,852
19	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	13,643
20	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	12,328
21	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	12,226
22	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	12,111
23	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	11,206
24	Argentina`ARG`South America	10,155
25	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	9,997
26	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	9,589
27	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	9,459
28	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	8,717
29	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	8,051
30	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	7,519
31	Uruguay`URY`South America	7,498
32	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	7,414
33	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	7,412
34	Chile`CHL`South America	7,208
35	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	7,187
36	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	7,068
37	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	7,029
38	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	6,741
39	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	6,728
40	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	6,572
41	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	6,468
42	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	6,363
43	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	6,137
44	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	6,036
45	Mexico`MEX`Central America	5,737
46	Peru`PER`South America	5,729
47	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	5,673
48	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	5,598
49	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	5,241
50	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	5,231
51	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	5,227
52	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	5,074
53	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	5,058
54	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	4,983
55	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	4,933
56	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	4,894
57	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	4,825
58	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	4,626
59	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	4,388
60	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	4,340
61	Colombia`COL`South America	4,286
62	Panama`PAN`Central America	4,151
63	Ecuador`ECU`South America	4,090
64	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	4,047
65	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	3,991
66	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	3,900
67	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	3,889
68	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	3,803
69	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	3,802
70	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	3,639
71	Brazil`BRA`South America	3,617
72	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	3,569
73	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	3,481
=74	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	3,351
=74	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	3,351
76	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	3,088
77	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	2,981
78	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	2,885
79	Bolivia`BOL`South America	2,879
80	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	2,876
81	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	2,703
82	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	2,670
83	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	2,635
84	Paraguay`PRY`South America	2,624
85	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	2,603
86	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	2,544
87	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	2,539
88	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	2,520
89	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2,409
90	Honduras`HND`Central America	2,314
91	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	2,222
92	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	2,220
93	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	2,153
94	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	2,118
95	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	2,099
96	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	2,085
97	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	2,007
98	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1,946
99	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1,934
100	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1,917
101	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	1,898
102	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1,828
103	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	1,816
104	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,734
105	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	1,678
=106	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1,588
=106	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	1,588
=108	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	1,568
=108	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,568
110	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	1,567
111	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1,532
112	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,505
113	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1,490
114	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1,466
115	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1,412
116	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	1,398
117	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1,393
118	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,368
119	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	1,358
120	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1,320
121	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1,290
122	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	1,286
123	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1,282
124	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1,253
125	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,242
=126	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,229
=126	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	1,229
128	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	1,203
129	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,184
130	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1,176
131	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,097
132	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1,095
133	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1,087
134	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1,057
135	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1,054
136	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,023
137	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1,019
138	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	983
139	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	969
140	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	913
141	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	881
142	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	872
143	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	870
144	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	810
145	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	792
146	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	756
147	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	703
148	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	633
149	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	612

02In 1965

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1United Arab Emirates41,705
2Qatar41,101
3Kuwait37,511
4United States21,390
5Switzerland19,803

Lowest

149Botswana612
148Malawi633
147Burundi703
146Guinea756
145Tanzania792

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 3,351. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031964 → 1965

Since 1964

+0 / −0countries joined / left
147values changed, of 149 in both
118 · 29rose · fell
2unchanged

Rose most

United States20,360 → 21,390+1,030
Cyprus3,971 → 4,825+854
United Arab Emirates40,927 → 41,705+778
Canada15,938 → 16,694+756
Hong Kong6,664 → 7,414+750

Fell most

Kuwait40,333 → 37,511−2,822
Qatar42,186 → 41,101−1,085
North Macedonia5,450 → 4,933−517
Dominican Republic2,365 → 2,007−358
Dominica1,419 → 1,203−216

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 1965.
145 distinct values among 149
Values are stored exactly as published, to 13 decimals. 2 countries share 3,351. 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) (1965). Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1965 [data set], describing 1965. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/historical-gdp-per-capita/1965

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