Data for 1977

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1977

Name: Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1977
Creator: Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC)
License: https://doi.org/10.34894/INZBF2

1977, 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), 1977 covers 150 countries. Qatar is highest, at 45,999; Chad is lowest, at 830. The middle country reads 5,160. Against 1976, 150 values changed (106 up, 44 down), the same countries are covered.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison) · Data for 1977

HighestQatar

45,999

LowestChad

830

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

150countries
1measure
1977the year it describes
146distinct 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), 1977, 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), 1977: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
derived
1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	45,999
2	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	41,915
3	United States`USA`Northern America	28,001
4	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	26,168
5	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	25,431
6	Canada`CAN`Northern America	24,265
7	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	23,417
8	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	23,360
9	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	22,598
10	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	22,322
11	France`FRA`Western Europe	22,177
12	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	21,592
13	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	21,465
14	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	21,399
15	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	21,025
16	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	20,837
17	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	20,824
18	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	20,350
19	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	19,740
20	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	19,230
21	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	19,110
22	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	18,599
23	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	18,595
24	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	18,100
25	Venezuela`VEN`South America	17,693
26	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	16,412
27	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	15,721
28	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	13,986
29	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	13,335
30	Argentina`ARG`South America	13,236
31	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	13,158
32	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	12,425
33	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	12,385
34	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	11,832
35	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	11,692
36	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	11,634
37	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	11,422
38	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	10,849
39	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	10,790
40	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	10,541
41	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	10,205
42	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	9,765
43	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	9,529
44	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	9,483
45	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	9,398
46	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	9,094
47	Uruguay`URY`South America	8,950
48	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	8,738
49	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	8,682
50	Mexico`MEX`Central America	8,177
51	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	7,957
52	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	7,704
53	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	7,610
54	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	7,602
=55	Chile`CHL`South America	7,438
=55	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	7,438
57	Brazil`BRA`South America	7,248
58	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	7,084
59	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	6,998
60	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	6,752
61	Peru`PER`South America	6,626
62	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	6,623
63	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	6,322
64	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	6,298
65	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	6,271
66	Ecuador`ECU`South America	6,073
67	Colombia`COL`South America	6,046
68	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	6,005
69	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	5,984
70	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	5,647
71	Panama`PAN`Central America	5,512
72	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	5,501
73	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	5,491
74	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	5,368
75	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	5,247
76	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	5,072
77	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	4,903
78	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	4,439
79	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	4,417
80	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	4,398
81	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	4,339
82	Bolivia`BOL`South America	4,289
83	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	4,221
84	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	4,132
85	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	4,036
86	Paraguay`PRY`South America	3,945
87	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	3,913
88	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	3,681
89	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	3,668
90	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	3,586
91	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	3,585
92	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	3,524
93	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	3,446
94	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	3,268
95	Honduras`HND`Central America	3,153
96	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	3,083
97	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	3,033
98	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	3,027
99	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	2,911
100	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	2,817
101	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	2,670
102	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	2,582
103	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	2,517
104	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2,236
105	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	2,220
106	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	2,117
107	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	2,013
108	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,946
109	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1,889
110	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1,882
111	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	1,857
112	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1,808
113	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	1,742
114	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1,706
115	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,691
116	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1,658
117	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	1,631
118	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1,583
119	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,580
120	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1,578
121	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1,570
122	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1,543
123	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	1,500
124	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1,495
125	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,494
126	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1,470
=127	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1,417
=127	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,417
129	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,409
130	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,317
131	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	1,304
132	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,207
133	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	1,176
=134	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1,148
=134	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1,148
136	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1,143
137	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1,090
138	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1,087
139	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1,086
140	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1,081
141	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1,022
142	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1,020
=143	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	993
=143	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	993
145	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	977
146	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	966
147	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	961
148	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	858
149	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	843
150	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	830

02In 1977

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar45,999
2United Arab Emirates41,915
3United States28,001
4Kuwait26,168
5Switzerland25,431

Lowest

150Chad830
149Bangladesh843
148Guinea858
147Malawi961
146Comoros966

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 5,160. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031976 → 1977

Since 1976

+0 / −0countries joined / left
150values changed, of 150 in both
106 · 44rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Lebanon2,442 → 4,417+1,975
Iceland19,877 → 21,465+1,588
Saudi Arabia19,297 → 20,824+1,527
Slovenia17,462 → 18,595+1,133
United Arab Emirates40,803 → 41,915+1,112

Fell most

Qatar55,169 → 45,999−9,170
Kuwait28,956 → 26,168−2,788
Gabon12,747 → 10,849−1,898
New Zealand20,161 → 19,110−1,051
Djibouti4,878 → 4,036−842

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 1977.
146 distinct values among 150
Values are stored exactly as published, to 12 decimals. 2 countries share 7,438. 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) (1977). Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1977 [data set], describing 1977. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/historical-gdp-per-capita/1977

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