Data for 1976

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1976

Name: Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1976
Creator: Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC)
License: https://doi.org/10.34894/INZBF2

1976, 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), 1976 covers 150 countries. Qatar is highest, at 55,169; Bangladesh is lowest, at 862. The middle country reads 4,907. Against 1975, 150 values changed (119 up, 31 down), the same countries are covered.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison) · Data for 1976

HighestQatar

55,169

LowestBangladesh

862

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

150countries
1measure
1976the year it describes
149distinct 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), 1976, 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), 1976: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
derived
1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	55,169
2	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	40,803
3	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	28,956
4	United States`USA`Northern America	27,058
5	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	24,753
6	Canada`CAN`Northern America	23,754
7	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	23,100
8	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	23,059
9	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	22,765
10	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	22,132
11	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	21,613
12	France`FRA`Western Europe	21,465
13	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	20,916
14	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	20,610
15	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	20,218
16	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	20,161
17	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	19,877
18	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	19,448
19	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	19,311
20	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	19,297
21	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	18,600
22	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	18,147
23	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	18,104
24	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	17,462
25	Venezuela`VEN`South America	17,174
26	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	16,053
27	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	15,696
28	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	13,045
29	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	12,929
30	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	12,919
31	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	12,747
32	Argentina`ARG`South America	12,696
33	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	11,639
34	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	11,469
35	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	11,426
36	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	11,317
37	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	11,308
38	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	10,861
39	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	10,665
40	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	10,222
41	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	10,178
42	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	9,535
43	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	9,526
44	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	9,397
45	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	9,231
46	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	8,877
47	Uruguay`URY`South America	8,853
48	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	8,319
49	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	8,142
50	Mexico`MEX`Central America	8,131
51	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	8,007
52	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	7,328
53	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	7,264
54	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	7,182
55	Brazil`BRA`South America	7,079
56	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	6,875
57	Chile`CHL`South America	6,868
58	Peru`PER`South America	6,808
59	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	6,802
60	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	6,684
61	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	6,652
62	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	6,245
63	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	6,243
64	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	6,150
65	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	6,110
66	Colombia`COL`South America	5,918
67	Ecuador`ECU`South America	5,877
68	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	5,740
69	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	5,705
70	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	5,681
71	Panama`PAN`Central America	5,604
72	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	5,268
73	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	5,149
74	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	5,099
75	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	4,935
76	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	4,878
77	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	4,856
78	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	4,638
79	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	4,605
80	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	4,415
81	Bolivia`BOL`South America	4,219
82	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	4,157
83	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	4,095
84	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	4,084
85	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	3,786
86	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	3,665
87	Paraguay`PRY`South America	3,629
88	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	3,504
89	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	3,453
90	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	3,430
91	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	3,333
92	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	3,193
93	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	3,175
94	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	3,142
95	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	3,017
96	Honduras`HND`Central America	2,954
97	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2,820
98	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	2,794
99	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	2,560
100	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	2,536
101	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	2,464
102	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	2,442
103	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	2,432
104	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2,370
105	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	2,208
106	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	2,163
107	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	2,066
108	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	2,064
109	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1,878
110	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1,835
111	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1,801
112	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	1,779
113	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1,707
114	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,694
=115	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1,664
=115	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	1,664
117	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	1,604
118	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1,548
119	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	1,521
120	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1,519
121	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1,511
122	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1,505
123	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,503
124	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1,447
125	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,443
126	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,436
127	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,417
128	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1,401
129	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,387
130	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1,345
131	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	1,290
132	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	1,251
133	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,219
134	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1,111
135	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1,105
136	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1,103
137	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1,090
138	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1,071
139	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1,039
140	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1,033
141	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1,025
142	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1,023
143	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	1,009
144	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	996
145	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	974
146	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	956
147	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	942
148	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	918
149	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	905
150	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	862

02In 1976

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar55,169
2United Arab Emirates40,803
3Kuwait28,956
4United States27,058
5Switzerland24,753

Lowest

150Bangladesh862
149Guinea905
148Chad918
147Malawi942
146Burundi956

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 4,907. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031975 → 1976

Since 1975

+0 / −0countries joined / left
150values changed, of 150 in both
119 · 31rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Gabon9,985 → 12,747+2,762
Hong Kong11,456 → 12,929+1,473
Denmark21,712 → 23,059+1,347
Iran9,377 → 10,665+1,288
Libya6,872 → 8,142+1,270

Fell most

Lebanon5,742 → 2,442−3,300
Jamaica6,129 → 5,681−448
Argentina12,946 → 12,696−250
Angola1,710 → 1,521−189
Mozambique2,238 → 2,064−174

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 1976.
149 distinct values among 150
Values are stored exactly as published, to 12 decimals. 2 countries share 1,664. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 150 countries has every column.

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Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC) (1976). Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1976 [data set], describing 1976. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/historical-gdp-per-capita/1976

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