Data for 1969

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1969

Name: Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1969
Creator: Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC)
License: https://doi.org/10.34894/INZBF2

1969, 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), 1969 covers 149 countries. Qatar is highest, at 56,236; Burundi is lowest, at 717. The middle country reads 3,720. Against 1968, 148 values changed (123 up, 25 down), the same countries are covered.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison) · Data for 1969

HighestQatar

56,236

LowestBurundi

717

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

149countries
1measure
1969the year it describes
146distinct 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), 1969, 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), 1969: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
derived
1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	56,236
2	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	40,639
3	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	33,415
4	United States`USA`Northern America	24,195
5	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	22,308
6	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	20,516
7	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	19,974
8	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	19,215
9	Canada`CAN`Northern America	18,988
10	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	18,428
11	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	18,348
12	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	18,270
13	France`FRA`Western Europe	17,352
14	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	16,820
15	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	16,641
16	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	15,969
17	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	15,779
18	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	15,248
19	Venezuela`VEN`South America	14,655
20	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	14,555
21	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	14,151
22	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	14,145
23	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	13,880
24	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	12,588
25	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	12,310
26	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	11,775
27	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	11,429
28	Argentina`ARG`South America	11,217
29	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	9,706
30	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	9,306
31	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	9,299
32	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	9,247
33	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	9,191
34	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	8,563
35	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	8,534
36	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	8,209
37	Chile`CHL`South America	8,187
38	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	8,069
39	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	7,949
40	Uruguay`URY`South America	7,740
41	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	7,246
42	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	6,824
43	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	6,760
44	Mexico`MEX`Central America	6,629
45	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	6,539
46	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	6,446
47	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	6,379
48	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	6,303
49	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	6,290
50	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	6,212
51	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	6,129
52	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	6,059
53	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	6,028
54	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	5,931
55	Peru`PER`South America	5,859
56	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	5,812
57	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	5,773
58	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	5,745
59	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	5,547
60	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	5,252
61	Panama`PAN`Central America	4,976
62	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	4,758
63	Colombia`COL`South America	4,744
64	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	4,564
65	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	4,546
66	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	4,501
67	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	4,497
68	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	4,420
69	Ecuador`ECU`South America	4,366
70	Brazil`BRA`South America	4,313
71	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	4,309
72	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	4,267
73	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	4,132
74	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	4,018
75	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	3,720
76	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	3,520
77	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	3,483
=78	Bolivia`BOL`South America	3,379
=78	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	3,379
80	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	3,355
81	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	3,196
82	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	3,137
83	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	3,080
84	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	2,805
85	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	2,791
86	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	2,789
87	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	2,764
88	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	2,737
89	Paraguay`PRY`South America	2,730
90	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	2,699
91	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	2,695
92	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	2,608
93	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	2,503
94	Honduras`HND`Central America	2,396
95	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	2,335
96	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	2,329
97	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	2,316
98	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2,171
99	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	2,165
100	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2,150
101	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	2,112
102	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	2,015
103	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1,914
104	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,900
105	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	1,739
106	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,731
107	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1,707
108	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1,683
109	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	1,658
110	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,629
=111	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1,551
=111	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1,551
113	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1,527
114	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1,525
115	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	1,521
116	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1,476
117	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	1,425
118	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	1,411
=119	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,404
=119	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,404
121	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	1,388
122	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,372
123	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	1,366
124	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1,350
125	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,347
126	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,333
127	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1,326
128	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1,278
129	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1,264
130	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1,262
131	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,243
132	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1,199
133	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1,189
134	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	1,178
135	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1,151
136	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1,074
137	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1,049
138	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	998
139	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	980
140	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	918
141	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	917
142	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	899
143	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	883
144	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	881
145	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	843
146	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	842
147	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	784
148	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	722
149	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	717

02In 1969

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar56,236
2United Arab Emirates40,639
3Kuwait33,415
4United States24,195
5Switzerland22,308

Lowest

149Burundi717
148Malawi722
147Guinea784
146Laos842
145Botswana843

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 3,720. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031968 → 1969

Since 1968

+0 / −0countries joined / left
148values changed, of 149 in both
123 · 25rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Luxembourg18,774 → 20,516+1,742
New Zealand16,809 → 18,348+1,539
Japan12,725 → 14,145+1,420
Finland12,900 → 14,151+1,251
Denmark18,868 → 19,974+1,106

Fell most

Kuwait35,546 → 33,415−2,131
Qatar58,010 → 56,236−1,774
United Arab Emirates42,040 → 40,639−1,401
Senegal2,389 → 2,171−218
Poland6,881 → 6,760−121

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 1969.
146 distinct values among 149
Values are stored exactly as published, to 13 decimals. 2 countries share 3,379. 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) (1969). Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1969 [data set], describing 1969. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/historical-gdp-per-capita/1969

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