Data for 2001

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2001

Name: Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2001
Creator: Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC)
License: https://doi.org/10.34894/INZBF2

2001, 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), 2001 covers 166 countries. Norway is highest, at 56,578; DR Congo is lowest, at 404. The middle country reads 6,916. Against 2000, 166 values changed (134 up, 32 down), the same countries are covered.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison) · Data for 2001

HighestNorway

56,578

LowestDR Congo

404

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

166countries
1measure
2001the year it describes
166distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2001, 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), 2001: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
derived
1	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	56,578
2	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	51,263
3	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	50,528
4	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	50,526
5	United States`USA`Northern America	45,878
6	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	44,399
7	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	40,966
8	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	39,426
9	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	38,636
10	Canada`CAN`Northern America	37,307
11	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	37,276
12	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	37,226
13	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	36,865
14	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	35,272
15	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	34,667
16	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	34,260
17	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	33,923
18	France`FRA`Western Europe	33,920
19	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	33,794
20	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	33,511
21	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	33,482
22	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	33,246
23	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	32,734
24	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	32,660
25	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	29,517
26	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	28,154
27	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	27,167
28	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	26,431
29	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	26,204
30	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	25,427
31	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	24,192
32	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	23,804
33	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	23,751
34	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	23,096
35	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	22,007
36	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	21,914
37	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	21,168
38	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	20,413
39	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	19,737
40	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	18,153
41	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	17,869
42	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	17,697
43	Chile`CHL`South America	15,448
44	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	14,362
45	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	14,348
46	Venezuela`VEN`South America	14,298
47	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	14,221
48	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	13,934
49	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	13,818
50	Argentina`ARG`South America	13,652
51	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	13,307
52	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	13,018
53	Mexico`MEX`Central America	12,565
54	Uruguay`URY`South America	12,464
55	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	12,112
56	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	12,104
57	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	11,607
58	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	11,391
59	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	11,105
60	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	10,951
61	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	10,589
62	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	10,354
63	Brazil`BRA`South America	9,953
64	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	9,819
65	Panama`PAN`Central America	9,805
66	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	9,621
67	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	9,462
68	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	9,452
69	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	8,832
70	Colombia`COL`South America	8,528
71	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	8,083
72	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	7,983
73	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	7,860
74	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	7,848
75	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	7,840
76	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	7,837
77	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	7,835
78	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	7,509
79	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	7,218
80	Ecuador`ECU`South America	7,131
81	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	7,129
82	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	7,014
83	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	6,917
84	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	6,915
85	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	6,615
86	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	6,543
87	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	6,430
88	Peru`PER`South America	6,010
89	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	5,888
90	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	5,883
91	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	5,800
92	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	5,794
93	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	5,621
94	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	5,550
95	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	5,526
96	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	5,458
97	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	5,286
98	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	5,125
99	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	5,042
100	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	5,014
101	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	4,995
102	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	4,977
103	Paraguay`PRY`South America	4,918
104	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	4,725
105	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	4,626
106	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	4,499
107	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	4,257
108	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	4,249
109	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	4,231
110	Bolivia`BOL`South America	4,166
111	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	4,148
112	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	4,090
113	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	3,799
114	Honduras`HND`Central America	3,365
115	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	3,358
116	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	3,177
117	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	3,151
118	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	3,134
119	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	2,944
120	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	2,916
121	India`IND`Southern Asia	2,838
122	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	2,365
123	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	2,343
124	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	2,283
125	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	2,246
126	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	2,194
127	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	2,162
128	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	2,143
129	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	2,076
130	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	2,029
131	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2,010
132	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1,997
133	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1,996
134	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,972
135	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	1,964
136	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1,928
137	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	1,846
138	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	1,845
139	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1,738
140	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1,726
141	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	1,704
142	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1,551
143	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1,504
144	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1,501
145	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,495
146	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1,309
147	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,290
148	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1,283
149	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,256
150	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,233
151	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1,219
152	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	1,217
153	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1,214
154	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1,116
155	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1,097
156	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1,091
157	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,067
158	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	953
159	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	923
160	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	899
161	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	784
162	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	783
163	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	730
164	Niger`NER`Western Africa	723
165	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	490
166	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	404

02In 2001

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Norway56,578
2United Arab Emirates51,263
3Luxembourg50,528
4Qatar50,526
5United States45,878

Lowest

166DR Congo404
165Afghanistan490
164Niger723
163Burundi730
162Chad783

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 6,916. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032000 → 2001

Since 2000

+0 / −0countries joined / left
166values changed, of 166 in both
134 · 32rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Equatorial Guinea12,915 → 21,168+8,253
Qatar45,788 → 50,526+4,738
Norway54,040 → 56,578+2,538
United Arab Emirates48,888 → 51,263+2,375
Oman24,186 → 26,431+2,245

Fell most

Türkiye11,904 → 10,951−953
Singapore37,773 → 36,865−908
Palestine5,377 → 4,626−751
Argentina14,369 → 13,652−717
Israel26,059 → 25,427−632

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Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC) (2001). Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2001 [data set], describing 2001. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/historical-gdp-per-capita/2001

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