Data for 1994

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1994

Name: Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1994
Creator: Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC)
License: https://doi.org/10.34894/INZBF2

1994, 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), 1994 covers 166 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 40,990.7; Liberia is lowest, at 418.1. The middle country reads 5,420.8. Against 1993, 166 values changed (124 up, 42 down), the same countries are covered.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison) · Data for 1994

HighestLuxembourg

40,990.7

LowestLiberia

418.1

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

166countries
1measure
1994the year it describes
166distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1994, 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), 1994: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
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1	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	40,990.7
2	United States`USA`Northern America	38,807.3
3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	37,492.8
4	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	35,423.8
5	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	32,359.3
6	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	32,219.4
7	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	31,135.4
8	Canada`CAN`Northern America	30,745.8
9	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	29,844.2
10	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	29,727.6
11	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	29,454.6
12	France`FRA`Western Europe	28,908.0
13	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	28,780.8
14	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	28,706.5
15	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	28,334.6
16	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	28,140.1
17	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	27,668.3
18	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	27,506.0
19	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	27,457.8
20	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	27,277.5
21	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	24,797.7
22	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	24,532.4
23	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	23,076.9
24	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	22,128.8
25	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	22,004.8
26	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	20,674.0
27	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	20,269.3
28	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	20,213.1
29	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	18,819.0
30	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	18,678.9
31	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	17,955.3
32	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	17,720.4
33	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	17,211.0
34	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	16,724.3
35	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	16,664.7
36	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	15,539.1
37	Venezuela`VEN`South America	14,129.3
38	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	14,079.5
39	Argentina`ARG`South America	13,571.4
40	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	13,517.6
41	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	13,350.9
42	Chile`CHL`South America	12,692.6
43	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	12,381.1
44	Uruguay`URY`South America	12,344.2
45	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	12,070.1
46	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	11,405.6
47	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	11,063.9
48	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	10,867.3
49	Mexico`MEX`Central America	10,721.0
50	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	10,060.8
51	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	9,969.4
52	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	9,935.0
53	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	9,772.2
54	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	9,499.5
55	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	9,352.6
56	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	9,308.7
57	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	9,192.6
58	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	8,743.7
59	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	8,721.8
60	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	8,704.3
61	Brazil`BRA`South America	8,615.7
62	Panama`PAN`Central America	8,549.6
63	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	8,479.6
64	Colombia`COL`South America	8,447.9
65	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	8,212.3
66	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	8,178.8
67	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	7,932.0
68	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	7,830.0
69	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	7,154.1
70	Ecuador`ECU`South America	6,940.1
71	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	6,884.7
72	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	6,645.1
73	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	6,538.2
74	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	6,517.1
75	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	6,173.0
76	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	5,968.8
77	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	5,946.4
78	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	5,945.8
79	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	5,893.5
80	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	5,585.7
81	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	5,585.4
82	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	5,545.5
83	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	5,427.1
84	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	5,414.5
85	Peru`PER`South America	5,361.4
86	Paraguay`PRY`South America	5,305.5
87	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	5,140.0
88	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	4,910.8
89	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	4,857.0
90	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	4,746.6
91	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	4,744.5
92	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	4,597.2
93	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	4,500.8
94	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	4,461.1
95	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	4,459.4
96	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	4,393.0
97	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	4,316.4
98	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	4,134.2
99	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	3,775.1
100	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	3,769.6
101	Bolivia`BOL`South America	3,765.2
102	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	3,730.2
103	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	3,662.2
104	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	3,636.0
105	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	3,529.0
106	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	3,463.5
107	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	3,453.4
108	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	3,399.7
109	Honduras`HND`Central America	3,106.0
110	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	3,081.2
111	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	3,073.9
112	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	3,017.0
113	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	2,993.8
114	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	2,855.9
115	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	2,683.1
116	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	2,291.1
117	India`IND`Southern Asia	2,254.9
118	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	2,204.9
119	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	2,175.4
120	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	2,154.3
121	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	2,110.7
122	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	2,108.5
123	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	2,018.4
124	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1,955.5
125	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1,951.5
126	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	1,928.3
127	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	1,926.0
128	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1,924.1
129	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1,847.6
130	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,820.3
131	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1,813.6
132	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	1,733.0
133	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1,731.8
134	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,729.7
135	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1,718.1
136	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1,615.6
137	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1,500.2
138	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1,456.0
139	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1,416.5
140	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	1,386.1
141	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1,374.0
142	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,345.0
143	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1,312.4
144	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,284.9
145	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1,262.3
146	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1,189.1
147	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1,145.8
148	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1,142.2
149	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	1,136.7
150	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1,136.4
151	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,132.2
152	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	1,120.8
153	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1,111.8
154	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1,057.6
155	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	994.5
156	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	952.0
157	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	904.8
158	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	882.5
159	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	791.6
160	Niger`NER`Western Africa	776.8
161	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	731.8
162	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	713.8
163	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	707.3
164	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	525.4
165	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	428.4
166	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	418.1

02In 1994

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Luxembourg40,990.7
2United States38,807.3
3Norway37,492.8
4Switzerland35,423.8
5Denmark32,359.3

Lowest

166Liberia418.1
165Afghanistan428.4
164DR Congo525.4
163Rwanda707.3
162Chad713.8

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 5,420.8. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031993 → 1994

Since 1993

+0 / −0countries joined / left
166values changed, of 166 in both
124 · 42rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Kuwait19,955.3 → 24,532.4+4,577.1
United Arab Emirates25,558.8 → 28,334.6+2,775.8
Norway34,819.5 → 37,492.8+2,673.3
Singapore27,073.7 → 29,454.6+2,380.9
Qatar16,221.0 → 17,955.3+1,734.3

Fell most

Moldova5,383.9 → 3,662.2−1,721.6
Ukraine7,090.3 → 5,585.4−1,504.8
Belarus9,077.4 → 7,932.0−1,145.4
Russia9,789.1 → 8,743.7−1,045.3
Kazakhstan9,173.6 → 8,178.8−994.8

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Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC) (1994). Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1994 [data set], describing 1994. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/historical-gdp-per-capita/1994

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