Data for 1975

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1975

Name: Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1975
Creator: Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC)
License: https://doi.org/10.34894/INZBF2

1975, 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), 1975 covers 150 countries. Qatar is highest, at 54,866; Bangladesh is lowest, at 843. The middle country reads 4,599. Against 1974, 150 values changed (82 up, 68 down), the same countries are covered.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison) · Data for 1975

HighestQatar

54,866

LowestBangladesh

843

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

150countries
1measure
1975the year it describes
150distinct 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), 1975, 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), 1975: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
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1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	54,866
2	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	40,591
3	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	28,950
4	United States`USA`Northern America	25,956
5	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	24,468
6	Canada`CAN`Northern America	22,819
7	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	22,643
8	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	22,607
9	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	21,712
10	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	21,318
11	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	20,993
12	France`FRA`Western Europe	20,653
13	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	19,907
14	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	19,831
15	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	19,560
16	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	19,193
17	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	18,935
18	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	18,884
19	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	18,788
20	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	18,564
21	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	18,237
22	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	18,082
23	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	17,205
24	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	17,123
25	Venezuela`VEN`South America	16,385
26	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	16,176
27	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	14,534
28	Argentina`ARG`South America	12,946
29	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	12,613
30	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	12,309
31	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	11,662
32	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	11,456
33	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	11,164
34	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	11,073
35	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	11,053
36	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	10,954
37	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	10,388
38	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	9,985
39	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	9,825
40	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	9,602
41	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	9,377
42	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	9,295
43	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	9,258
44	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	9,253
45	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	8,878
46	Uruguay`URY`South America	8,563
47	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	8,498
48	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	8,064
49	Mexico`MEX`Central America	8,011
50	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	7,007
51	Peru`PER`South America	6,896
52	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	6,878
53	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	6,872
54	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	6,808
55	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	6,802
56	Chile`CHL`South America	6,731
57	Brazil`BRA`South America	6,582
58	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	6,293
59	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	6,252
60	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	6,129
61	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	6,030
62	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	5,995
63	Colombia`COL`South America	5,772
64	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	5,742
65	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	5,738
66	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	5,719
67	Panama`PAN`Central America	5,649
68	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	5,614
69	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	5,528
70	Ecuador`ECU`South America	5,514
71	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	5,512
72	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	5,439
73	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	5,247
74	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	5,013
75	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	4,691
76	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	4,506
77	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	4,362
78	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	4,326
79	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	4,221
80	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	4,117
81	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	4,085
82	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	4,030
83	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	4,020
84	Bolivia`BOL`South America	4,010
85	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	3,899
86	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	3,733
87	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	3,649
88	Paraguay`PRY`South America	3,464
89	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	3,365
90	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	3,241
91	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	3,123
92	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	3,080
93	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	2,919
94	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	2,856
95	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	2,844
96	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	2,812
97	Honduras`HND`Central America	2,764
98	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	2,745
99	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	2,469
100	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	2,434
101	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2,428
102	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	2,386
103	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	2,265
104	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	2,238
105	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	2,235
106	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2,225
107	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	2,051
108	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1,988
109	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	1,940
110	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,795
111	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1,726
112	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1,712
113	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	1,710
114	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	1,699
115	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1,677
116	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1,659
117	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1,594
118	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1,570
119	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	1,559
120	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1,556
121	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1,551
122	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,502
123	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,497
124	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,479
125	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	1,451
126	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,430
127	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1,387
128	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1,323
129	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1,270
130	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,243
131	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	1,237
132	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1,213
133	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,199
134	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	1,132
135	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1,074
136	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1,068
137	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1,057
138	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1,050
139	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1,047
140	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	1,038
141	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	999
142	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	982
143	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	972
144	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	956
145	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	952
146	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	934
147	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	925
148	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	883
149	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	854
150	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	843

02In 1975

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar54,866
2United Arab Emirates40,591
3Kuwait28,950
4United States25,956
5Switzerland24,468

Lowest

150Bangladesh843
149Guinea854
148Burundi883
147Cambodia925
146Malawi934

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 4,599. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031974 → 1975

Since 1974

+0 / −0countries joined / left
150values changed, of 150 in both
82 · 68rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Syria7,685 → 8,878+1,193
Oman5,644 → 6,802+1,158
Gabon9,083 → 9,985+902
Malta4,863 → 5,738+875
Norway18,691 → 19,560+869

Fell most

Kuwait34,962 → 28,950−6,012
United Arab Emirates45,347 → 40,591−4,756
Qatar57,594 → 54,866−2,728
Lebanon8,383 → 5,742−2,641
Luxembourg24,503 → 22,643−1,860

04Caveats

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Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC) (1975). Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1975 [data set], describing 1975. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/historical-gdp-per-capita/1975

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