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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1975

1975, as GGDC’s 2023 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

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. A higher value is the better result.

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.

Showing 25 of 150 countries · select a heading to sort

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1975: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
derived
1QatarQATWestern Asia54,866
2United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia40,591
3KuwaitKWTWestern Asia28,950
4United StatesUSANorthern America25,956
5SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe24,468
6CanadaCANNorthern America22,819
7LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe22,643
8SwedenSWENorthern Europe22,607
9DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe21,712
10NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe21,318
11AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand20,993
12FranceFRAWestern Europe20,653
13New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand19,907
14BelgiumBELWestern Europe19,831
15NorwayNORNorthern Europe19,560
16GermanyDEUWestern Europe19,193
17IcelandISLNorthern Europe18,935
18United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe18,884
19Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia18,788
20AustriaAUTWestern Europe18,564
21FinlandFINNorthern Europe18,237
22JapanJPNEastern Asia18,082
23SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe17,205
24ItalyITASouthern Europe17,123
25VenezuelaVENSouth America16,385

02In 1975

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

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

Lowest

  1. 150Bangladesh843
  2. 149Guinea854
  3. 148Burundi883
  4. 147Cambodia925
  5. 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

What changed between 1974 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +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

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • One year of the 2023 release

    Every year in this series comes from GGDC’s 2023 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1975.

  • The position is ours

    GGDC publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the better result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 150 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

Cite this edition

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

06112 held

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07Questions

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1975: questions and answers

Which country has the highest Historical GDP per capita in Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1975?

Qatar, at 54,866, of the 150 countries in the file.

What year does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1975 describe?

1975.

How many countries does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1975 cover?

150.

Where can I download Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1975?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1975 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2022.

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