Data for 1993

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1993

Name: Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1993
Creator: Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC)
License: https://doi.org/10.34894/INZBF2

1993, 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), 1993 covers 166 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 40,179; Liberia is lowest, at 560. The middle country reads 5,283. Against 1992, 165 values changed (96 up, 69 down), 1 country joined.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison) · Data for 1993

HighestLuxembourg

40,179

LowestLiberia

560

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

166countries
1measure
1993the year it describes
166distinct values13 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), 1993, 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), 1993: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
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1	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	40,179
2	United States`USA`Northern America	37,762
3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	34,820
4	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	34,626
5	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	31,242
6	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	30,921
7	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	30,650
8	Canada`CAN`Northern America	29,658
9	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	28,880
10	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	28,622
11	France`FRA`Western Europe	28,336
12	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	28,101
13	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	27,857
14	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	27,251
15	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	27,074
16	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	26,902
17	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	26,834
18	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	26,559
19	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	26,349
20	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	25,559
21	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	23,944
22	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	21,898
23	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	21,485
24	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	20,627
25	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	20,057
26	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	19,955
27	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	19,279
28	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	19,088
29	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	18,520
30	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	18,101
31	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	16,503
32	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	16,439
33	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	16,331
34	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	16,221
35	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	15,872
36	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	14,840
37	Venezuela`VEN`South America	14,694
38	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	13,746
39	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	13,227
40	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	12,974
41	Argentina`ARG`South America	12,927
42	Chile`CHL`South America	12,297
43	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	12,229
44	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	12,207
45	Uruguay`URY`South America	11,582
46	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	11,344
47	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	10,481
48	Mexico`MEX`Central America	10,358
49	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	10,132
50	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	10,072
51	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	10,010
52	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	9,865
53	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	9,789
54	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	9,294
55	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	9,174
56	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	9,102
57	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	9,077
58	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	8,964
59	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	8,740
60	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	8,621
61	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	8,551
62	Panama`PAN`Central America	8,451
63	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	8,439
64	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	8,363
65	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	8,230
66	Colombia`COL`South America	8,181
67	Brazil`BRA`South America	8,166
68	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	7,959
69	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	7,318
70	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	7,090
71	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	6,915
72	Ecuador`ECU`South America	6,770
73	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	6,461
74	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	6,414
75	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	6,191
76	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	5,966
77	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	5,843
78	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	5,804
79	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	5,787
80	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	5,528
81	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	5,384
82	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	5,383
83	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	5,294
84	Paraguay`PRY`South America	5,271
85	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	5,193
86	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	5,056
87	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	5,053
88	Peru`PER`South America	4,857
89	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	4,837
90	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	4,817
91	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	4,674
92	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	4,604
93	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	4,543
94	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	4,490
95	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	4,340
96	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	4,315
97	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	4,247
98	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	4,130
99	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	4,097
100	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	4,053
101	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	3,982
102	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	3,874
103	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	3,793
104	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	3,765
105	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	3,712
106	Bolivia`BOL`South America	3,670
107	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	3,506
108	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	3,427
109	Honduras`HND`Central America	3,217
110	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	3,137
111	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	2,982
112	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	2,880
113	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	2,831
114	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	2,777
115	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	2,657
116	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	2,482
117	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	2,291
118	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	2,184
119	India`IND`Southern Asia	2,176
120	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	2,159
121	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	2,132
122	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	2,115
123	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	1,996
124	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1,983
125	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,949
126	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1,907
127	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1,904
128	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	1,895
129	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1,846
130	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,818
131	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1,792
132	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1,791
133	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,698
134	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1,677
135	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	1,669
136	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1,623
137	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1,443
138	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1,439
139	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1,405
140	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,386
141	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1,385
142	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1,384
143	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	1,374
144	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1,322
145	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1,312
146	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,280
147	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1,240
148	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	1,211
149	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,154
150	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1,115
151	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,111
152	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1,096
153	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	1,080
154	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1,076
155	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1,003
156	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	959
157	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	933
158	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	900
159	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	866
160	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	863
161	Niger`NER`Western Africa	772
162	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	699
163	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	681
164	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	578
165	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	564
166	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	560

02In 1993

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Luxembourg40,179
2United States37,762
3Norway34,820
4Switzerland34,626
5Hong Kong31,242

Lowest

166Liberia560
165DR Congo564
164Afghanistan578
163Chad681
162Ethiopia699

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 5,283. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031992 → 1993

Since 1992

+1 / −0countries joined / left
165values changed, of 165 in both
96 · 69rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Kuwait12,965 → 19,955+6,990
Singapore24,776 → 27,074+2,298
Norway33,041 → 34,820+1,778
Qatar15,042 → 16,221+1,179
Bahrain7,994 → 9,102+1,108

Fell most

Serbia6,568 → 4,674−1,894
Montenegro4,605 → 2,982−1,623
Lithuania10,241 → 8,621−1,620
Georgia5,287 → 3,793−1,494
Azerbaijan5,639 → 4,315−1,324

+ United Arab Emirates

04Caveats

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Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC) (1993). Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1993 [data set], describing 1993. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/historical-gdp-per-capita/1993

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