Data for 2005

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2005

Name: Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2005
Creator: Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC)
License: https://doi.org/10.34894/INZBF2

2005, 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), 2005 covers 166 countries. Qatar is highest, at 76,808.4; DR Congo is lowest, at 490.7. The middle country reads 8,337.8. Against 2004, 166 values changed (154 up, 12 down), the same countries are covered.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison) · Data for 2005

HighestQatar

76,808.4

LowestDR Congo

490.7

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

166countries
1measure
2005the 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), 2005, 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), 2005: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
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1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	76,808.4
2	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	68,108.6
3	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	65,599.1
4	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	62,959.6
5	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	53,262.1
6	United States`USA`Northern America	49,654.8
7	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	49,273.9
8	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	49,223.4
9	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	44,698.8
10	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	42,264.6
11	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	41,904.4
12	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	40,679.5
13	Canada`CAN`Northern America	40,485.0
14	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	39,259.0
15	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	38,191.9
16	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	37,884.1
17	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	37,642.8
18	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	36,787.3
19	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	36,338.4
20	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	36,205.6
21	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	35,623.6
22	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	35,569.7
23	France`FRA`Western Europe	35,495.5
24	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	34,872.1
25	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	34,857.8
26	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	32,700.3
27	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	32,013.5
28	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	31,374.5
29	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	30,885.6
30	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	30,392.6
31	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	30,270.2
32	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	27,443.3
33	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	26,651.8
34	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	26,164.2
35	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	26,091.5
36	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	25,686.4
37	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	25,230.9
38	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	24,966.9
39	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	24,377.9
40	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	22,518.5
41	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	22,128.6
42	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	21,905.2
43	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	18,140.6
44	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	17,649.5
45	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	17,581.4
46	Chile`CHL`South America	17,137.5
47	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	17,069.7
48	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	16,538.6
49	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	16,417.9
50	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	16,243.1
51	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	15,651.1
52	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	15,580.9
53	Argentina`ARG`South America	15,344.2
54	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	15,233.8
55	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	15,172.6
56	Venezuela`VEN`South America	14,944.3
57	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	14,725.2
58	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	14,487.8
59	Mexico`MEX`Central America	13,655.8
60	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	13,110.1
61	Uruguay`URY`South America	12,757.5
62	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	12,629.6
63	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	12,438.0
64	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	12,379.5
65	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	11,758.1
66	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	11,742.1
67	Panama`PAN`Central America	11,389.2
68	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	11,313.8
69	Brazil`BRA`South America	11,305.8
70	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	10,308.4
71	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	9,969.6
72	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	9,933.1
73	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	9,860.8
74	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	9,798.1
75	Colombia`COL`South America	9,524.7
76	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	9,393.7
77	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	9,198.4
78	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	9,002.2
79	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	8,984.5
80	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	8,983.4
81	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	8,791.7
82	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	8,496.7
83	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	8,418.9
84	Ecuador`ECU`South America	8,256.8
85	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	8,156.4
86	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	8,057.7
87	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	8,021.9
88	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	8,007.0
89	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	7,553.6
90	Peru`PER`South America	7,091.1
91	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	7,073.8
92	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	7,037.7
93	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	6,858.5
94	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	6,849.8
95	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	6,807.6
96	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	6,697.5
97	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	6,626.6
98	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	6,491.2
99	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	6,482.0
100	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	6,441.5
101	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	6,441.4
102	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	6,130.5
103	Paraguay`PRY`South America	5,922.8
104	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	5,867.2
105	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	5,708.0
106	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	5,284.0
107	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	4,822.2
108	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	4,820.7
109	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	4,721.0
110	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	4,713.7
111	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	4,659.4
112	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	4,589.6
113	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	4,485.6
114	Bolivia`BOL`South America	4,445.3
115	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	4,073.7
116	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	3,883.9
117	Honduras`HND`Central America	3,851.1
118	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	3,708.8
119	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	3,637.7
120	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	3,554.2
121	India`IND`Southern Asia	3,396.6
122	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	3,370.8
123	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	3,347.8
124	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	2,948.7
125	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	2,947.1
126	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	2,642.5
127	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	2,532.9
128	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	2,416.9
129	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	2,411.3
130	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	2,371.0
131	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	2,312.8
132	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	2,222.9
133	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	2,157.8
134	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	2,144.8
135	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	2,126.8
136	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2,121.2
137	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2,013.8
138	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1,970.0
139	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1,925.6
140	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1,875.9
141	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1,836.3
142	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	1,808.1
143	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1,554.2
144	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,541.6
145	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,496.0
146	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1,461.8
147	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,451.1
148	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1,414.8
149	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1,310.0
150	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,276.5
151	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1,266.1
152	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	1,265.7
153	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,226.6
154	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1,223.7
155	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,210.5
156	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1,186.6
157	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1,119.8
158	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1,107.5
159	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	964.4
160	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	920.0
161	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	858.5
162	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	829.2
163	Niger`NER`Western Africa	757.2
164	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	755.2
165	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	691.6
166	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	490.7

02In 2005

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar76,808.4
2Norway68,108.6
3United Arab Emirates65,599.1
4Kuwait62,959.6
5Luxembourg53,262.1

Lowest

166DR Congo490.7
165Burundi691.6
164Liberia755.2
163Niger757.2
162Ethiopia829.2

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 8,337.8. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

+0 / −0countries joined / left
166values changed, of 166 in both
154 · 12rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Kuwait55,911.8 → 62,959.6+7,047.8
Norway64,824.1 → 68,108.6+3,284.4
Singapore42,111.2 → 44,698.8+2,587.7
Saudi Arabia30,233.5 → 32,700.3+2,466.8
Qatar74,372.9 → 76,808.4+2,435.5

Fell most

Mauritius14,854.6 → 14,725.2−129.4
Zimbabwe1,604.5 → 1,496.0−108.5
Puerto Rico32,110.8 → 32,013.5−97.3
Kyrgyzstan3,632.1 → 3,554.2−78.0
Benin1,923.7 → 1,875.9−47.8

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Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC) (2005). Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/historical-gdp-per-capita/2005

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