Data for 1980

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1980

Name: Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1980
Creator: Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC)
License: https://doi.org/10.34894/INZBF2

1980, 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), 1980 covers 164 countries. Qatar is highest, at 45,860; Chad is lowest, at 583. The middle country reads 6,359. Against 1979, 150 values changed (94 up, 56 down), 14 countries joined.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison) · Data for 1980

HighestQatar

45,860

LowestChad

583

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

164countries
1measure
1980the year it describes
161distinct 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), 1980, 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), 1980: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
derived
1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	45,860
2	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	44,168
3	United States`USA`Northern America	29,611
4	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	27,406
5	Canada`CAN`Northern America	25,784
6	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	24,951
7	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	24,528
8	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	24,272
9	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	24,031
10	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	23,809
11	France`FRA`Western Europe	23,537
12	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	23,438
13	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	23,060
14	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	22,972
15	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	22,497
16	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	21,932
17	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	21,404
18	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	21,154
19	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	21,151
20	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	21,068
21	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	20,959
22	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	20,640
23	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	20,612
24	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	19,734
25	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	19,681
26	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	17,508
27	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	17,086
28	Venezuela`VEN`South America	16,270
29	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	15,044
30	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	14,300
31	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	14,193
32	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	14,006
33	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	13,739
34	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	13,614
35	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	13,601
36	Argentina`ARG`South America	13,080
37	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	13,040
38	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	12,822
39	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	12,734
40	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	12,336
41	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	12,318
42	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	12,204
43	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	11,899
44	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	10,724
45	Uruguay`URY`South America	10,546
46	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	10,519
47	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	10,374
48	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	10,165
49	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	10,052
50	Mexico`MEX`Central America	9,929
51	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	9,899
52	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	9,634
53	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	9,487
54	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	9,451
55	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	9,291
56	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	9,149
57	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	9,078
58	Chile`CHL`South America	9,024
59	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	8,920
60	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	8,741
61	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	8,467
62	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	8,402
63	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	8,384
64	Brazil`BRA`South America	8,249
65	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	7,992
66	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	7,828
67	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	7,453
68	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	7,165
69	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	7,141
70	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	6,998
71	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	6,994
72	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	6,970
73	Panama`PAN`Central America	6,849
74	Peru`PER`South America	6,795
75	Colombia`COL`South America	6,786
76	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	6,763
77	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	6,592
78	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	6,588
79	Ecuador`ECU`South America	6,582
80	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	6,491
81	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	6,424
82	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	6,384
83	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	6,334
84	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	6,293
85	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	6,070
86	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	6,064
87	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	5,848
88	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	5,829
89	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	5,746
90	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	5,239
91	Paraguay`PRY`South America	5,113
92	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	5,024
93	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	4,975
94	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	4,693
95	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	4,608
96	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	4,138
97	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	4,106
98	Bolivia`BOL`South America	4,100
99	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	4,071
100	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	3,787
=101	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	3,781
=101	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	3,781
103	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	3,741
104	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	3,650
105	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	3,622
106	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	3,414
107	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	3,298
108	Honduras`HND`Central America	3,282
109	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	3,253
110	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	3,182
111	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	3,167
112	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	3,075
113	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	3,011
114	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	2,981
115	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	2,946
116	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	2,917
117	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	2,613
118	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2,348
119	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	2,219
120	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	2,080
121	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	2,064
122	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	2,063
123	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2,021
124	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1,945
125	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1,930
126	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1,900
127	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	1,851
128	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1,844
129	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1,691
130	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	1,682
131	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,680
132	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,675
133	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,672
134	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1,618
135	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1,589
136	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1,584
137	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1,572
138	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	1,532
139	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,495
140	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	1,484
141	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1,452
142	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	1,352
143	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,325
=144	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1,320
=144	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1,320
146	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1,291
147	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1,234
=148	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,207
=148	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	1,207
150	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1,168
151	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1,165
152	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	1,065
153	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1,057
154	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1,054
155	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	1,033
156	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1,019
157	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,004
158	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	958
159	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	953
160	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	952
161	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	912
162	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	875
163	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	872
164	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	583

02In 1980

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar45,860
2United Arab Emirates44,168
3United States29,611
4Switzerland27,406
5Canada25,784

Lowest

164Chad583
163Guinea872
162Bangladesh875
161Uganda912
160Burundi952

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 6,359. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031979 → 1980

Since 1979

+14 / −0countries joined / left
150values changed, of 150 in both
94 · 56rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

United Arab Emirates39,534 → 44,168+4,634
Montenegro6,523 → 7,992+1,469
Hong Kong15,903 → 17,086+1,183
Trinidad and Tobago18,568 → 19,734+1,166
Iceland23,443 → 24,528+1,085

Fell most

Kuwait28,174 → 21,154−7,020
Iran7,678 → 6,334−1,344
Mauritius7,889 → 6,970−919
Venezuela17,135 → 16,270−865
Iraq10,769 → 10,165−604

+ Armenia

+ Azerbaijan

+ Belarus

+ Estonia

+ Georgia

+ Kazakhstan

+ Kyrgyzstan

+ Lithuania

+ Latvia

+ Moldova

+ Tajikistan

+ Turkmenistan

+ Ukraine

+ Uzbekistan

04Caveats

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Using the series

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 1980.
161 distinct values among 164
Values are stored exactly as published, to 12 decimals. 2 countries share 3,781. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 164 countries has every column.

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Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC) (1980). Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1980 [data set], describing 1980. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/historical-gdp-per-capita/1980

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