Data for 2011

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2011

Name: Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2011
Creator: Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC)
License: https://doi.org/10.34894/INZBF2

2011, 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), 2011 covers 166 countries. Qatar is highest, at 155,533; DR Congo is lowest, at 681. The middle country reads 11,029. Against 2010, 166 values changed (138 up, 28 down), the same countries are covered.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison) · Data for 2011

HighestQatar

155,533

LowestDR Congo

681

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

166countries
1measure
2011the year it describes
163distinct 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), 2011, 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), 2011: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
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1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	155,533
2	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	80,623
3	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	77,126
4	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	65,307
5	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	61,672
6	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	58,686
7	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	54,031
8	United States`USA`Northern America	49,675
9	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	48,980
10	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	48,470
11	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	46,132
12	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	44,591
13	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	44,532
14	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	44,454
15	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	43,841
16	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	43,575
17	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	43,189
18	Canada`CAN`Northern America	42,197
19	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	42,079
20	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	41,446
21	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	38,565
22	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	38,432
23	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	38,130
24	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	36,740
25	France`FRA`Western Europe	36,691
26	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	36,372
27	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	35,151
28	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	34,979
29	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	34,971
30	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	33,981
31	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	32,225
32	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	32,057
33	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	31,600
34	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	29,745
35	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	29,370
36	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	27,272
37	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	26,725
38	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	26,004
39	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	25,133
40	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	24,349
41	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	23,871
42	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	23,130
43	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	22,483
44	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	21,997
45	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	21,837
46	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	21,545
47	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	21,302
48	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	20,886
49	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	20,243
50	Argentina`ARG`South America	20,003
51	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	19,813
52	Chile`CHL`South America	19,705
53	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	19,390
54	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	18,428
55	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	18,024
56	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	17,919
57	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	17,918
58	Venezuela`VEN`South America	17,746
59	Uruguay`URY`South America	17,211
60	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	17,174
61	Panama`PAN`Central America	16,762
62	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	16,518
63	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	16,483
64	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	16,403
65	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	16,230
66	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	16,176
67	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	15,747
68	Mexico`MEX`Central America	15,210
69	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	15,112
70	Brazil`BRA`South America	14,831
71	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	13,376
72	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	13,318
73	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	13,204
74	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	12,893
75	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	12,463
76	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	12,366
77	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	11,870
78	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	11,838
79	Colombia`COL`South America	11,788
80	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	11,679
81	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	11,615
82	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	11,484
83	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	11,321
84	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	10,737
85	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	10,437
86	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	10,333
87	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	10,255
88	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	10,221
89	Peru`PER`South America	10,044
90	Ecuador`ECU`South America	9,985
=91	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	9,484
=91	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	9,484
93	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	8,961
94	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	8,946
95	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	8,944
96	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	8,918
97	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	8,849
98	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	8,465
99	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	8,203
100	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	8,016
101	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	7,607
102	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	7,396
103	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	7,389
104	Paraguay`PRY`South America	7,377
105	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	7,226
106	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	7,141
107	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	6,928
108	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	6,650
109	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	6,295
110	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	5,979
111	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	5,875
112	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	5,851
113	Bolivia`BOL`South America	5,331
114	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	5,136
115	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	4,892
116	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	4,863
117	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	4,786
118	India`IND`Southern Asia	4,768
119	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	4,464
120	Honduras`HND`Central America	4,421
121	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	4,401
122	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	4,189
123	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	4,142
124	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	4,088
125	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	3,884
126	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	3,669
127	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	3,283
128	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	3,205
129	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	3,179
130	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	3,111
131	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	3,104
132	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	2,772
133	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	2,712
134	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	2,590
135	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	2,496
136	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	2,494
137	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	2,444
138	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2,346
139	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2,227
140	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	2,189
141	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2,123
142	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,890
143	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1,836
144	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1,792
145	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	1,757
146	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,669
147	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1,661
148	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1,648
149	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,515
150	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1,500
=151	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	1,479
=151	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1,479
153	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,449
154	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,413
=155	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1,347
=155	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,347
157	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1,344
158	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1,227
159	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	1,199
160	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,102
161	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	925
162	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	909
163	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	820
164	Niger`NER`Western Africa	799
165	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	719
166	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	681

02In 2011

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar155,533
2Norway80,623
3Kuwait77,126
4United Arab Emirates65,307
5Singapore61,672

Lowest

166DR Congo681
165Burundi719
164Niger799
163Liberia820
162Central African Republic909

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 11,029. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032010 → 2011

Since 2010

+0 / −0countries joined / left
166values changed, of 166 in both
138 · 28rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Qatar134,803 → 155,533+20,730
Kuwait68,865 → 77,126+8,261
Saudi Arabia42,738 → 48,470+5,732
United Arab Emirates60,112 → 65,307+5,195
Singapore58,613 → 61,672+3,059

Fell most

Libya29,157 → 12,893−16,264
Greece26,517 → 24,349−2,168
Oman46,182 → 44,454−1,728
Yemen4,812 → 4,088−724
Sweden42,635 → 42,079−556

04Caveats

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Using the series

One year of the 2023 release
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 2011.
163 distinct values among 166
Values are stored exactly as published, to 13 decimals. 2 countries share 9,484. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 166 countries has every column.

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Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC) (2011). Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2011 [data set], describing 2011. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/historical-gdp-per-capita/2011

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