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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1977

1977, as GGDC’s 2023 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

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. A higher value is the better result.

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.

Showing 25 of 150 countries · select a heading to sort

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1977: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
derived
1QatarQATWestern Asia45,999
2United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia41,915
3United StatesUSANorthern America28,001
4KuwaitKWTWestern Asia26,168
5SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe25,431
6CanadaCANNorthern America24,265
7LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe23,417
8DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe23,360
9NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe22,598
10SwedenSWENorthern Europe22,322
11FranceFRAWestern Europe22,177
12AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand21,592
13IcelandISLNorthern Europe21,465
14NorwayNORNorthern Europe21,399
15BelgiumBELWestern Europe21,025
16GermanyDEUWestern Europe20,837
17Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia20,824
18AustriaAUTWestern Europe20,350
19United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe19,740
20JapanJPNEastern Asia19,230
21New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand19,110
22ItalyITASouthern Europe18,599
23SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe18,595
24FinlandFINNorthern Europe18,100
25VenezuelaVENSouth America17,693

02In 1977

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

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

Lowest

  1. 150Chad830
  2. 149Bangladesh843
  3. 148Guinea858
  4. 147Malawi961
  5. 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

What changed between 1976 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

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

Rose most

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 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.

  • 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) (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

06112 held

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07Questions

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1977: questions and answers

Which country has the highest Historical GDP per capita in Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1977?

Qatar, at 45,999, of the 150 countries in the file.

What year does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1977 describe?

1977.

How many countries does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1977 cover?

150.

Where can I download Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1977?

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), 1977 the newest?

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

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