Data for 1968

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1968

Name: Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1968
Creator: Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC)
License: https://doi.org/10.34894/INZBF2

1968, 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), 1968 covers 149 countries. Qatar is highest, at 58,010; Malawi is lowest, at 697. The middle country reads 3,524. Against 1967, 149 values changed (113 up, 36 down), the same countries are covered.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison) · Data for 1968

HighestQatar

58,010

LowestMalawi

697

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

149countries
1measure
1968the year it describes
144distinct 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), 1968, 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), 1968: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
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1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	58,010
2	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	42,040
3	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	35,546
4	United States`USA`Northern America	23,691
5	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	21,395
6	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	18,868
7	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	18,774
8	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	18,428
9	Canada`CAN`Northern America	18,297
10	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	17,770
11	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	17,365
12	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	16,809
13	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	16,593
14	France`FRA`Western Europe	16,365
15	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	15,723
16	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	15,224
17	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	15,009
18	Venezuela`VEN`South America	14,520
19	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	14,513
20	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	13,742
21	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	13,648
22	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	12,900
23	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	12,725
24	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	12,248
25	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	11,210
26	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	10,916
27	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	10,822
28	Argentina`ARG`South America	10,485
29	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	9,197
30	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	8,705
31	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	8,599
32	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	8,429
33	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	8,394
34	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	8,391
35	Chile`CHL`South America	8,053
36	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	7,865
37	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	7,767
38	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	7,696
39	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	7,667
40	Uruguay`URY`South America	7,353
41	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	6,963
42	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	6,881
43	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	6,876
44	Mexico`MEX`Central America	6,432
45	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	6,253
46	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	6,087
47	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	6,071
48	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	5,947
49	Peru`PER`South America	5,874
50	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	5,761
51	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	5,745
52	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	5,659
53	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	5,611
54	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	5,606
55	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	5,574
56	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	5,294
57	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	5,270
58	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	5,235
59	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	4,932
60	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	4,927
61	Panama`PAN`Central America	4,752
62	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	4,602
63	Colombia`COL`South America	4,581
64	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	4,419
65	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	4,385
66	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	4,366
67	Ecuador`ECU`South America	4,264
68	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	4,262
69	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	4,160
70	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	4,136
71	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	4,122
72	Brazil`BRA`South America	4,050
73	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	4,028
74	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	3,849
75	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	3,524
76	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	3,484
77	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	3,470
78	Bolivia`BOL`South America	3,314
79	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	3,309
80	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	3,229
81	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	3,151
82	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	3,096
83	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	2,979
84	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	2,766
85	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	2,758
86	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	2,745
87	Paraguay`PRY`South America	2,699
88	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	2,665
89	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	2,636
90	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	2,488
91	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	2,469
92	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	2,468
93	Honduras`HND`Central America	2,463
94	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	2,429
95	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2,389
96	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	2,291
97	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	2,275
98	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	2,150
99	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	2,102
100	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	2,101
101	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2,091
102	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	2,083
103	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,871
104	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1,827
105	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1,741
106	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	1,639
107	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,592
108	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1,581
109	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	1,580
110	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1,545
111	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,519
112	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1,510
113	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1,508
=114	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	1,471
=114	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	1,471
116	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1,435
117	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1,420
118	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1,398
119	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,366
120	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	1,361
121	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	1,347
122	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1,329
123	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,304
=124	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1,290
=124	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,290
126	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	1,288
127	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,270
=128	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1,189
=128	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1,189
130	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1,178
131	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1,164
=132	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1,154
=132	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,154
=134	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,114
=134	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	1,114
136	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1,084
137	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1,023
138	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	987
139	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	976
140	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	928
141	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	923
142	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	902
143	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	894
144	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	843
145	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	834
146	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	781
147	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	776
148	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	740
149	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	697

02In 1968

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar58,010
2United Arab Emirates42,040
3Kuwait35,546
4United States23,691
5Switzerland21,395

Lowest

149Malawi697
148Burundi740
147Guinea776
146Botswana781
145Laos834

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 3,524. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031967 → 1968

Since 1967

+0 / −0countries joined / left
149values changed, of 149 in both
113 · 36rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Qatar55,566 → 58,010+2,444
Oman2,788 → 4,932+2,144
Libya4,733 → 6,071+1,338
Japan11,400 → 12,725+1,325
Israel9,918 → 11,210+1,292

Fell most

Iceland14,642 → 13,648−994
Jordan4,876 → 4,262−614
Mauritius5,035 → 4,602−433
United Arab Emirates42,416 → 42,040−376
Cuba3,489 → 3,229−260

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 1968.
144 distinct values among 149
Values are stored exactly as published, to 13 decimals. 2 countries share 1,471. 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) (1968). Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1968 [data set], describing 1968. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/historical-gdp-per-capita/1968

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