Data for 2019

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2019

Name: Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2019
Creator: Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC)
License: https://doi.org/10.34894/INZBF2

2019, 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), 2019 covers 166 countries. Qatar is highest, at 150,732; Central African Republic is lowest, at 624. The middle country reads 12,515. Against 2018, 166 values changed (121 up, 45 down), the same countries are covered.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison) · Data for 2019

HighestQatar

150,732

LowestCentral African Republic

624

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

166countries
1measure
2019the 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), 2019, 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), 2019: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
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1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	150,732
2	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	85,115
3	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	74,650
4	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	74,396
5	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	73,748
6	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	62,449
7	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	59,734
8	United States`USA`Northern America	56,469
9	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	54,752
10	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	50,123
11	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	49,815
12	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	49,631
13	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	48,597
14	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	48,239
15	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	48,143
16	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	47,200
17	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	46,762
18	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	45,434
19	Canada`CAN`Northern America	45,284
20	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	43,489
21	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	43,137
22	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	41,156
23	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	39,875
24	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	39,500
25	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	39,113
26	France`FRA`Western Europe	39,085
27	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	38,936
28	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	38,333
29	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	36,912
30	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	35,407
31	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	35,041
32	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	34,957
33	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	33,952
34	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	33,220
35	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	32,746
36	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	32,227
37	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	30,285
38	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	30,229
39	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	29,142
40	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	28,986
41	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	28,506
42	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	28,056
43	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	27,583
44	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	27,429
45	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	27,272
46	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	26,026
47	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	25,986
48	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	25,859
49	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	25,244
50	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	25,006
51	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	23,870
52	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	23,590
53	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	23,498
54	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	23,268
55	Panama`PAN`Central America	23,218
56	Chile`CHL`South America	21,924
57	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	21,625
58	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	20,449
59	Uruguay`URY`South America	19,714
60	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	19,130
61	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	18,841
62	Argentina`ARG`South America	17,913
63	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	17,400
64	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	17,264
65	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	17,030
66	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	16,972
67	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	16,905
68	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	16,880
69	Mexico`MEX`Central America	16,802
70	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	16,587
71	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	16,450
72	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	15,747
73	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	15,293
74	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	14,775
75	Brazil`BRA`South America	14,258
76	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	14,204
77	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	14,000
78	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	13,871
79	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	13,751
80	Colombia`COL`South America	13,604
81	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	12,855
82	Peru`PER`South America	12,680
83	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	12,632
84	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	12,399
85	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	12,300
86	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	12,250
87	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	12,040
88	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	11,940
89	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	11,740
90	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	11,715
91	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	11,452
92	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	11,219
93	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	11,048
94	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	10,978
95	Ecuador`ECU`South America	10,587
96	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	10,140
97	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	9,575
98	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	9,166
99	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	8,850
100	Paraguay`PRY`South America	8,776
101	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	8,602
102	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	8,568
103	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	8,541
104	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	8,375
105	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	8,258
106	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	7,641
107	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	7,566
108	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	7,297
109	India`IND`Southern Asia	7,294
110	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	7,266
111	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	7,078
112	Venezuela`VEN`South America	7,062
113	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	6,887
114	Bolivia`BOL`South America	6,731
115	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	6,706
116	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	6,141
117	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	5,413
118	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	5,220
119	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	5,197
120	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	5,177
121	Honduras`HND`Central America	5,100
122	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	4,722
123	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	4,696
124	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	4,583
125	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	4,243
126	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	4,143
127	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	3,897
128	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	3,781
129	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	3,703
130	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	3,659
131	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	3,466
132	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	3,437
133	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	3,385
134	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	3,207
135	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	2,954
136	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2,895
137	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	2,832
138	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	2,757
139	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2,560
140	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2,514
141	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	2,276
142	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	2,265
143	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	2,129
144	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	2,043
145	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	2,032
146	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	2,031
147	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,952
148	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	1,832
149	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,753
150	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1,719
151	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1,707
152	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1,706
153	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1,691
154	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	1,667
155	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1,651
156	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1,544
157	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,543
158	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1,502
159	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,434
160	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,205
161	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1,119
162	Niger`NER`Western Africa	964
163	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	807
164	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	806
165	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	739
166	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	624

02In 2019

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar150,732
2Norway85,115
3Singapore74,650
4United Arab Emirates74,396
5Kuwait73,748

Lowest

166Central African Republic624
165Burundi739
164DR Congo806
163Liberia807
162Niger964

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 12,515. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

+0 / −0countries joined / left
166values changed, of 166 in both
121 · 45rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Ireland58,083 → 59,734+1,650
Taiwan45,818 → 47,200+1,382
Lithuania27,631 → 28,986+1,355
Hungary25,996 → 27,272+1,277
Poland27,881 → 29,142+1,261

Fell most

Libya19,505 → 16,972−2,533
Venezuela9,446 → 7,062−2,384
Equatorial Guinea27,354 → 25,006−2,348
Qatar152,454 → 150,732−1,722
Oman50,135 → 48,597−1,539

04Caveats

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Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC) (2019). Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/historical-gdp-per-capita/2019

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