Data for 2003

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2003

Name: Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2003
Creator: Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC)
License: https://doi.org/10.34894/INZBF2

2003, 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), 2003 covers 166 countries. Qatar is highest, at 62,234; DR Congo is lowest, at 436. The middle country reads 7,405. Against 2002, 166 values changed (148 up, 18 down), the same countries are covered.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison) · Data for 2003

HighestQatar

62,234

LowestDR Congo

436

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

166countries
1measure
2003the 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), 2003, 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), 2003: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
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1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	62,234
2	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	60,852
3	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	59,823
4	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	51,717
5	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	48,810
6	United States`USA`Northern America	47,158
7	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	45,442
8	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	44,373
9	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	39,983
10	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	39,524
11	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	38,951
12	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	38,804
13	Canada`CAN`Northern America	38,560
14	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	36,436
15	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	36,063
16	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	34,716
17	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	34,607
18	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	34,588
19	France`FRA`Western Europe	34,292
20	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	34,232
21	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	33,921
22	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	33,918
23	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	33,620
24	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	33,594
25	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	30,688
26	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	29,372
27	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	28,876
28	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	28,349
29	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	27,571
30	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	27,367
31	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	27,314
32	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	25,679
33	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	24,545
34	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	24,380
35	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	24,347
36	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	23,814
37	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	23,678
38	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	23,257
39	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	21,392
40	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	21,273
41	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	19,772
42	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	19,344
43	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	15,830
44	Chile`CHL`South America	15,809
45	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	15,773
46	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	15,740
47	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	14,623
48	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	14,362
49	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	14,142
50	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	14,036
51	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	13,918
52	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	13,836
53	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	13,521
54	Argentina`ARG`South America	13,089
55	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	12,871
56	Mexico`MEX`Central America	12,794
57	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	12,726
58	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	12,380
59	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	12,095
60	Venezuela`VEN`South America	11,728
61	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	11,666
62	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	11,503
63	Uruguay`URY`South America	11,439
64	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	10,869
65	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	10,493
66	Brazil`BRA`South America	10,355
67	Panama`PAN`Central America	10,154
68	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	10,081
69	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	9,831
70	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	9,369
71	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	9,043
72	Colombia`COL`South America	8,855
73	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	8,671
74	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	8,670
75	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	8,590
76	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	8,451
77	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	8,282
78	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	8,160
79	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	7,638
80	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	7,602
81	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	7,551
82	Ecuador`ECU`South America	7,469
83	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	7,445
84	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	7,366
85	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	7,325
86	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	7,030
87	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	6,987
88	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	6,909
89	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	6,785
90	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	6,743
91	Peru`PER`South America	6,472
92	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	6,322
93	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	6,082
94	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	6,013
95	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	6,005
96	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	6,004
97	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	5,964
98	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	5,957
99	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	5,939
100	Paraguay`PRY`South America	5,727
101	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	5,649
102	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	5,409
103	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	5,387
104	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	5,378
105	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	4,845
106	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	4,507
107	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	4,468
108	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	4,333
109	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	4,327
110	Bolivia`BOL`South America	4,230
111	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	4,185
112	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	4,158
113	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	3,782
114	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	3,775
115	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	3,575
116	Honduras`HND`Central America	3,527
117	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	3,465
118	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	3,438
119	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	3,242
120	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	3,049
121	India`IND`Southern Asia	3,036
122	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	2,848
123	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	2,712
124	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	2,625
125	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	2,411
126	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	2,373
127	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	2,363
128	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	2,263
129	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	2,257
130	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	2,144
131	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	2,136
132	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	2,076
133	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2,025
134	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2,003
135	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,998
136	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	1,946
137	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1,920
138	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1,850
139	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1,748
140	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	1,730
141	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1,711
142	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,701
143	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1,699
144	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1,496
145	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,479
146	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1,391
147	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1,370
148	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,335
149	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1,278
150	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	1,240
151	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,198
152	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,182
153	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1,157
154	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1,156
155	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1,146
156	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,130
157	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1,114
158	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	926
159	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	906
160	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	852
161	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	846
162	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	843
163	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	765
164	Niger`NER`Western Africa	758
165	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	704
166	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	436

02In 2003

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar62,234
2Norway60,852
3United Arab Emirates59,823
4Luxembourg51,717
5Kuwait48,810

Lowest

166DR Congo436
165Burundi704
164Niger758
163Ethiopia765
162Afghanistan843

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 7,405. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

+0 / −0countries joined / left
166values changed, of 166 in both
148 · 18rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Kuwait39,943 → 48,810+8,867
United Arab Emirates54,077 → 59,823+5,746
Qatar57,541 → 62,234+4,693
Saudi Arabia24,054 → 27,367+3,313
Trinidad and Tobago21,052 → 23,814+2,762

Fell most

Venezuela12,856 → 11,728−1,128
Iraq4,632 → 3,782−849
Seychelles14,581 → 13,836−745
Syria7,530 → 6,987−543
Liberia1,343 → 852−491

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 2003.
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Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC) (2003). Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/historical-gdp-per-capita/2003

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