Data for 1999

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1999

Name: Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1999
Creator: Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC)
License: https://doi.org/10.34894/INZBF2

1999, 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), 1999 covers 166 countries. Norway is highest, at 51,129; DR Congo is lowest, at 452. The middle country reads 6,421. Against 1998, 166 values changed (130 up, 36 down), the same countries are covered.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison) · Data for 1999

HighestNorway

51,129

LowestDR Congo

452

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

166countries
1measure
1999the 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), 1999, 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), 1999: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
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1	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	51,129
2	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	47,061
3	United States`USA`Northern America	44,576
4	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	42,372
5	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	41,092
6	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	40,135
7	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	37,523
8	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	36,409
9	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	35,551
10	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	35,377
11	Canada`CAN`Northern America	35,346
12	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	35,156
13	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	33,608
14	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	33,351
15	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	32,705
16	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	32,572
17	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	32,395
18	France`FRA`Western Europe	32,285
19	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	32,187
20	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	32,088
21	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	31,340
22	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	31,134
23	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	30,987
24	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	30,933
25	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	26,186
26	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	25,868
27	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	25,550
28	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	25,472
29	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	24,644
30	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	22,590
31	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	22,059
32	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	21,541
33	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	21,520
34	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	21,148
35	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	20,794
36	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	20,077
37	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	19,254
38	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	18,160
39	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	16,103
40	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	15,335
41	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	15,264
42	Chile`CHL`South America	14,846
43	Argentina`ARG`South America	14,578
44	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	14,236
45	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	13,750
46	Venezuela`VEN`South America	13,669
47	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	13,573
48	Uruguay`URY`South America	13,349
49	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	12,637
50	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	12,580
51	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	12,317
52	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	12,238
53	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	12,058
54	Mexico`MEX`Central America	11,894
55	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	11,690
56	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	11,152
57	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	10,708
58	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	10,648
59	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	10,336
60	Panama`PAN`Central America	9,785
61	Brazil`BRA`South America	9,442
62	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	9,347
63	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	9,340
64	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	9,184
65	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	9,064
66	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	8,715
67	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	8,690
68	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	8,421
69	Colombia`COL`South America	8,382
70	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	7,960
71	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	7,922
72	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	7,876
73	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	7,732
74	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	7,340
75	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	7,297
76	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	7,234
77	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	7,148
78	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	7,112
79	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	7,026
80	Ecuador`ECU`South America	6,885
81	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	6,614
82	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	6,485
83	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	6,422
84	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	6,420
85	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	6,211
86	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	6,205
87	Peru`PER`South America	5,945
88	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	5,926
89	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	5,825
90	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	5,584
91	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	5,533
92	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	5,489
93	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	5,264
94	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	5,187
95	Paraguay`PRY`South America	5,150
96	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	5,143
97	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	5,000
98	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	4,827
99	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	4,763
100	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	4,751
101	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	4,721
102	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	4,631
103	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	4,467
104	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	4,432
105	Bolivia`BOL`South America	4,146
106	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	4,080
107	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	3,960
108	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	3,926
109	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	3,917
110	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	3,624
111	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	3,527
112	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	3,347
113	Honduras`HND`Central America	3,215
114	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	3,157
115	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	3,144
116	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	3,112
117	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	2,950
118	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	2,802
119	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	2,748
120	India`IND`Southern Asia	2,708
121	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	2,641
122	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	2,417
123	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	2,323
124	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	2,247
125	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	2,168
126	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	2,067
127	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	2,035
128	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1,978
129	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	1,954
130	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	1,931
131	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1,924
132	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,921
133	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1,902
134	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	1,899
135	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1,882
136	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	1,837
137	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1,668
138	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	1,665
139	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	1,621
140	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1,609
141	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1,586
142	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1,513
143	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1,413
144	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,386
145	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1,374
146	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1,319
147	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1,302
148	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,256
149	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,207
150	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1,192
151	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	1,189
152	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,185
153	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1,183
154	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1,100
155	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1,031
156	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	990
157	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	976
158	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	968
159	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	848
160	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	814
161	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	772
162	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	762
163	Niger`NER`Western Africa	737
164	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	734
165	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	519
166	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	452

02In 1999

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

166DR Congo452
165Afghanistan519
164Chad734
163Niger737
162Ethiopia762

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 6,421. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031998 → 1999

Since 1998

+0 / −0countries joined / left
166values changed, of 166 in both
130 · 36rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Qatar36,448 → 40,135+3,687
Ireland31,909 → 35,377+3,469
Luxembourg44,143 → 47,061+2,919
United Arab Emirates39,668 → 42,372+2,705
Norway48,957 → 51,129+2,172

Fell most

Gabon11,758 → 10,648−1,110
Serbia6,604 → 5,533−1,071
Venezuela14,739 → 13,669−1,070
Syria8,743 → 7,960−783
Türkiye11,773 → 11,152−621

04Caveats

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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 1999.
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Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC) (1999). Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1999 [data set], describing 1999. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/historical-gdp-per-capita/1999

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