Data for 1974

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1974

Name: Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1974
Creator: Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC)
License: https://doi.org/10.34894/INZBF2

1974, 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), 1974 covers 150 countries. Qatar is highest, at 57,594; Chad is lowest, at 829. The middle country reads 4,537. Against 1973, 150 values changed (113 up, 37 down), 14 left.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison) · Data for 1974

HighestQatar

57,594

LowestChad

829

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

150countries
1measure
1974the year it describes
150distinct values12 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), 1974, 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), 1974: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
derived
1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	57,594
2	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	45,347
3	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	34,962
4	United States`USA`Northern America	26,286
5	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	25,718
6	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	24,503
7	Canada`CAN`Northern America	22,643
8	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	22,132
9	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	21,919
10	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	21,514
11	France`FRA`Western Europe	20,902
12	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	20,698
13	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	20,529
14	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	20,153
15	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	19,659
16	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	19,228
17	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	19,054
18	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	18,903
19	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	18,691
20	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	18,583
21	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	18,109
22	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	17,765
23	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	17,607
24	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	16,420
25	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	15,980
26	Venezuela`VEN`South America	15,943
27	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	14,430
28	Argentina`ARG`South America	13,284
29	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	12,380
30	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	11,719
31	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	11,716
32	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	11,552
33	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	11,234
34	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	11,225
35	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	10,801
36	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	10,786
37	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	10,444
38	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	10,080
39	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	9,314
40	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	9,210
41	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	9,111
42	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	9,083
43	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	8,928
44	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	8,630
45	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	8,383
46	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	8,322
47	Uruguay`URY`South America	8,176
48	Chile`CHL`South America	7,857
49	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	7,803
50	Mexico`MEX`Central America	7,801
51	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	7,685
52	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	7,291
53	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	7,061
54	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	6,923
55	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	6,853
56	Peru`PER`South America	6,566
57	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	6,503
58	Brazil`BRA`South America	6,416
59	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	6,387
60	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	6,229
61	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	6,097
62	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	6,038
63	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	5,797
64	Colombia`COL`South America	5,767
65	Panama`PAN`Central America	5,695
66	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	5,644
67	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	5,461
68	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	5,455
69	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	5,394
70	Ecuador`ECU`South America	5,392
71	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	5,353
72	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	5,112
73	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	5,064
74	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	4,863
75	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	4,616
76	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	4,457
77	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	4,414
78	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	4,285
79	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	4,159
80	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	4,113
81	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	3,995
82	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	3,912
83	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	3,870
84	Bolivia`BOL`South America	3,854
85	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	3,735
86	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	3,637
87	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	3,609
88	Paraguay`PRY`South America	3,319
89	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	3,295
90	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	3,154
91	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	3,045
92	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	2,931
93	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	2,848
94	Honduras`HND`Central America	2,797
95	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	2,791
96	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	2,727
97	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	2,703
98	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	2,684
99	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	2,466
100	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	2,439
101	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	2,418
102	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	2,399
103	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2,356
104	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	2,319
105	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	2,275
106	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	2,204
107	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	2,179
108	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2,118
109	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	2,099
110	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	1,894
111	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,816
112	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1,776
113	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1,742
114	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1,733
115	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1,656
116	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1,632
117	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1,612
118	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1,581
119	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	1,570
120	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,564
121	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	1,533
122	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1,519
123	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	1,497
124	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,458
125	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,452
126	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1,414
127	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,344
128	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1,342
129	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1,333
130	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	1,328
131	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1,312
132	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,302
133	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,262
134	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	1,248
135	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1,132
136	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1,105
137	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1,052
138	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1,049
139	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1,039
140	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1,033
141	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	1,004
142	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	993
143	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	958
144	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	937
145	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	928
146	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	904
147	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	883
148	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	872
149	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	848
150	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	829

02In 1974

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar57,594
2United Arab Emirates45,347
3Kuwait34,962
4United States26,286
5Switzerland25,718

Lowest

150Chad829
149Guinea848
148Bangladesh872
147Mali883
146Burundi904

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 4,537. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031973 → 1974

Since 1973

+0 / −14countries joined / left
150values changed, of 150 in both
113 · 37rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

United Arab Emirates39,669 → 45,347+5,678
Gabon6,935 → 9,083+2,148
Saudi Arabia17,598 → 19,659+2,061
Slovenia15,079 → 16,420+1,341
Syria6,403 → 7,685+1,282

Fell most

Qatar68,407 → 57,594−10,813
Kuwait42,542 → 34,962−7,580
Cyprus7,913 → 6,503−1,410
Barbados10,635 → 10,080−555
Greece12,202 → 11,716−486

− Armenia

− Azerbaijan

− Belarus

− Estonia

− Georgia

− Kazakhstan

− Kyrgyzstan

− Lithuania

− Latvia

− Moldova

− Tajikistan

− Turkmenistan

− Ukraine

− Uzbekistan

04Caveats

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Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC) (1974). Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1974 [data set], describing 1974. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/historical-gdp-per-capita/1974

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