Data for 1966

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1966

Name: Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1966
Creator: Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC)
License: https://doi.org/10.34894/INZBF2

1966, 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), 1966 covers 149 countries. Qatar is highest, at 50,660; Botswana is lowest, at 663. The middle country reads 3,351. Against 1965, 148 values changed (116 up, 32 down), the same countries are covered.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison) · Data for 1966

HighestQatar

50,660

LowestBotswana

663

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

149countries
1measure
1966the 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), 1966, 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), 1966: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
derived
1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	50,660
2	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	42,213
3	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	38,335
4	United States`USA`Northern America	22,529
5	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	20,225
6	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	18,111
7	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	18,084
8	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	17,789
9	Canada`CAN`Northern America	17,448
10	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	17,432
11	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	16,324
12	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	15,838
13	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	15,757
14	France`FRA`Western Europe	15,213
15	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	15,058
16	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	14,964
17	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	14,258
18	Venezuela`VEN`South America	14,174
19	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	13,989
20	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	12,930
21	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	12,659
22	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	12,471
23	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	11,531
24	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	10,370
25	Argentina`ARG`South America	10,076
26	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	10,029
27	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	9,867
28	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	9,726
29	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	8,097
30	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	7,957
31	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	7,873
32	Chile`CHL`South America	7,844
33	Uruguay`URY`South America	7,693
34	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	7,570
35	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	7,517
36	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	7,412
37	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	7,406
38	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	7,184
39	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	6,873
40	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	6,811
41	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	6,808
42	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	6,637
43	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	6,575
44	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	6,362
45	Peru`PER`South America	6,038
46	Mexico`MEX`Central America	5,950
47	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	5,762
48	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	5,649
49	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	5,338
50	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	5,308
51	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	5,233
52	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	5,193
53	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	5,083
54	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	5,004
55	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	5,000
56	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	4,988
57	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	4,921
58	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	4,761
59	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	4,686
60	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	4,417
61	Colombia`COL`South America	4,383
62	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	4,342
63	Panama`PAN`Central America	4,331
64	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	4,317
65	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	4,213
66	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	4,208
67	Ecuador`ECU`South America	4,074
68	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	4,063
69	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	4,033
70	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	3,948
71	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	3,824
72	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	3,810
73	Brazil`BRA`South America	3,747
74	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	3,464
75	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	3,351
76	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	3,185
77	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	3,054
78	Bolivia`BOL`South America	3,014
79	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	2,942
80	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	2,917
81	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	2,828
82	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	2,770
83	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	2,750
84	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	2,646
=85	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	2,636
=85	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	2,636
87	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	2,595
88	Paraguay`PRY`South America	2,584
89	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2,404
90	Honduras`HND`Central America	2,364
91	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	2,289
92	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	2,251
93	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	2,206
94	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	2,174
95	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	2,158
96	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	2,157
97	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	2,094
98	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	2,047
99	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1,989
100	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	1,953
101	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	1,921
102	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1,900
103	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,733
104	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	1,722
105	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1,683
106	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	1,605
107	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1,549
108	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1,546
109	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,545
110	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,541
111	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	1,535
112	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	1,510
113	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1,503
114	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1,441
115	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1,431
116	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1,427
117	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,414
118	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	1,369
119	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	1,345
120	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1,342
121	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1,341
122	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	1,323
123	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	1,309
=124	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,294
=124	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	1,294
126	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,280
127	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1,272
128	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1,261
129	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1,224
130	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,215
131	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,165
132	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1,116
133	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1,087
134	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1,082
135	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1,071
136	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,065
137	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1,025
138	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	963
139	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	937
140	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	925
141	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	899
142	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	888
143	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	878
144	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	867
145	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	818
146	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	759
147	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	716
148	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	679
149	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	663

02In 1966

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar50,660
2United Arab Emirates42,213
3Kuwait38,335
4United States22,529
5Switzerland20,225

Lowest

149Botswana663
148Malawi679
147Burundi716
146Guinea759
145Laos818

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

031965 → 1966

Since 1965

+0 / −0countries joined / left
148values changed, of 149 in both
116 · 32rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Qatar41,101 → 50,660+9,559
United States21,390 → 22,529+1,139
Saudi Arabia8,717 → 9,726+1,009
Iceland14,100 → 15,058+958
Japan9,459 → 10,370+911

Fell most

Syria5,598 → 5,004−594
Mauritius5,227 → 4,921−306
Algeria2,981 → 2,750−231
Venezuela14,347 → 14,174−173
Zambia1,828 → 1,683−145

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 1966.
147 distinct values among 149
Values are stored exactly as published, to 13 decimals. 2 countries share 2,636. 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) (1966). Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1966 [data set], describing 1966. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/historical-gdp-per-capita/1966

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