Data for 2017

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2017

Name: Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2017
Creator: Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC)
License: https://doi.org/10.34894/INZBF2

2017, 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), 2017 covers 166 countries. Qatar is highest, at 153,819.1; Central African Republic is lowest, at 608.3. The middle country reads 12,012.8. Against 2016, 166 values changed (138 up, 28 down), the same countries are covered.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison) · Data for 2017

HighestQatar

153,819.1

LowestCentral African Republic

608.3

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

166countries
1measure
2017the year it describes
166distinct values13 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), 2017, 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), 2017: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
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1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	153,819.1
2	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	84,600.7
3	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	74,427.0
4	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	73,973.3
5	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	72,292.0
6	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	60,903.2
7	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	55,465.7
8	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	55,037.2
9	United States`USA`Northern America	54,152.4
10	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	50,593.3
11	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	50,502.7
12	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	49,841.5
13	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	49,001.9
14	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	47,022.0
15	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	46,706.4
16	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	46,065.1
17	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	44,658.5
18	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	44,618.3
19	Canada`CAN`Northern America	44,493.7
20	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	42,419.4
21	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	42,216.9
22	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	39,940.8
23	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	39,553.2
24	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	39,043.2
25	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	38,283.9
26	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	38,079.0
27	France`FRA`Western Europe	38,037.3
28	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	37,296.0
29	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	35,574.0
30	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	35,248.4
31	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	34,754.8
32	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	33,924.1
33	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	32,549.8
34	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	31,495.5
35	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	30,531.4
36	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	30,206.9
37	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	30,072.2
38	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	28,618.2
39	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	28,288.9
40	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	27,872.8
41	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	26,661.6
42	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	26,530.0
43	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	26,318.0
44	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	26,310.1
45	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	25,788.8
46	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	24,641.2
47	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	24,396.8
48	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	24,301.6
49	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	24,014.0
50	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	23,893.8
51	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	23,279.0
52	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	23,003.7
53	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	22,972.9
54	Panama`PAN`Central America	22,331.2
55	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	21,852.0
56	Chile`CHL`South America	21,709.4
57	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	20,259.9
58	Uruguay`URY`South America	19,656.6
59	Argentina`ARG`South America	19,150.5
60	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	18,640.2
61	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	18,456.0
62	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	18,416.5
63	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	18,193.3
64	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	18,104.4
65	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	17,386.3
66	Mexico`MEX`Central America	16,900.1
67	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	16,647.0
68	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	16,576.2
69	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	15,994.5
70	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	15,121.7
71	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	15,053.8
72	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	15,030.4
73	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	14,372.7
74	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	14,149.9
75	Brazil`BRA`South America	14,062.7
76	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	13,876.7
77	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	13,403.6
78	Colombia`COL`South America	13,380.6
79	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	13,209.3
80	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	12,878.0
81	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	12,728.4
82	Peru`PER`South America	12,390.0
83	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	12,157.3
84	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	11,868.2
85	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	11,867.5
86	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	11,545.6
87	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	11,479.4
88	Venezuela`VEN`South America	11,364.0
89	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	11,292.3
90	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	11,194.4
91	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	10,958.3
92	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	10,895.0
93	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	10,796.2
94	Ecuador`ECU`South America	10,715.2
95	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	10,305.9
96	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	10,182.7
97	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	9,477.5
98	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	9,186.5
99	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	8,882.6
100	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	8,877.9
101	Paraguay`PRY`South America	8,741.2
102	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	8,454.2
103	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	8,222.7
104	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	8,092.3
105	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	8,075.5
106	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	7,865.8
107	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	7,535.6
108	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	7,433.1
109	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	7,279.7
110	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	6,677.0
111	India`IND`Southern Asia	6,638.7
112	Bolivia`BOL`South America	6,503.4
113	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	6,437.7
114	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	6,425.9
115	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	6,168.2
116	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	5,503.6
117	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	5,269.6
118	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	5,248.7
119	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	5,189.9
120	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	5,174.2
121	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	5,104.1
122	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	4,977.3
123	Honduras`HND`Central America	4,949.0
124	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	4,192.4
125	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	3,841.9
126	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	3,808.9
127	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	3,707.4
128	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	3,495.2
129	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	3,489.9
130	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	3,488.6
131	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	3,450.2
132	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	3,422.2
133	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	3,198.0
134	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	3,068.8
135	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	3,021.0
136	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	2,779.5
137	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2,683.1
138	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2,654.4
139	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	2,632.3
140	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2,436.0
141	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	2,315.0
142	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	2,115.6
143	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,998.6
144	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1,909.7
145	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,843.9
146	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	1,840.4
147	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,805.9
148	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,799.5
149	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1,767.9
150	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	1,764.7
151	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	1,749.1
152	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1,643.3
153	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1,642.5
154	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1,583.5
155	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1,555.7
156	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1,548.5
157	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,492.0
158	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1,433.8
159	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,398.0
160	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,153.0
161	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1,114.4
162	Niger`NER`Western Africa	913.8
163	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	848.3
164	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	785.1
165	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	715.1
166	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	608.3

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar153,819.1
2Norway84,600.7
3Kuwait74,427.0
4United Arab Emirates73,973.3
5Singapore72,292.0

Lowest

166Central African Republic608.3
165Burundi715.1
164DR Congo785.1
163Liberia848.3
162Niger913.8

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 12,012.8. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

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

Rose most

Libya14,219.2 → 18,456.0+4,236.8
Romania19,825.6 → 23,003.7+3,178.1
Singapore69,211.0 → 72,292.0+3,081.0
Malta29,207.3 → 31,495.5+2,288.2
Ireland53,686.8 → 55,465.7+1,778.8

Fell most

Qatar160,051.2 → 153,819.1−6,232.1
Kuwait79,289.2 → 74,427.0−4,862.1
Equatorial Guinea33,206.6 → 30,206.9−2,999.8
Venezuela13,428.8 → 11,364.0−2,064.8
Trinidad and Tobago30,158.1 → 28,618.2−1,539.9

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Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC) (2017). Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/historical-gdp-per-capita/2017

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