Data for 2020

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2020

Name: Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2020
Creator: Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC)
License: https://doi.org/10.34894/INZBF2

2020, 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), 2020 covers 166 countries. Qatar is highest, at 143,118.5; Central African Republic is lowest, at 613.8. The middle country reads 11,631.8. Against 2019, 166 values changed (17 up, 149 down), the same countries are covered.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison) · Data for 2020

HighestQatar

143,118.5

LowestCentral African Republic

613.8

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

166countries
1measure
2020the 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), 2020, 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), 2020: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
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1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	143,118.5
2	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	83,543.1
3	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	71,964.7
4	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	70,188.3
5	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	66,366.0
6	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	60,521.3
7	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	55,134.9
8	United States`USA`Northern America	54,379.2
9	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	53,489.3
10	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	48,779.4
11	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	48,268.9
12	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	47,171.1
13	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	46,723.9
14	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	46,550.3
15	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	46,133.2
16	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	46,014.5
17	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	44,996.4
18	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	44,128.3
19	Canada`CAN`Northern America	42,493.6
20	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	40,503.0
21	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	39,368.4
22	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	38,871.7
23	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	38,763.4
24	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	38,607.0
25	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	36,890.5
26	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	36,826.6
27	France`FRA`Western Europe	35,913.8
28	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	35,853.7
29	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	34,651.2
30	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	33,787.4
31	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	32,730.9
32	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	32,385.3
33	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	30,834.5
34	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	30,365.4
35	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	29,703.8
36	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	29,647.5
37	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	28,971.8
38	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	28,733.3
39	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	28,634.5
40	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	28,577.1
41	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	28,261.6
42	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	26,468.3
43	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	26,091.4
44	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	25,700.3
45	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	25,548.5
46	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	25,453.1
47	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	25,124.5
48	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	24,799.7
49	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	24,625.4
50	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	24,279.3
51	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	23,721.9
52	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	23,300.3
53	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	21,767.2
54	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	21,672.5
55	Chile`CHL`South America	20,205.9
56	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	19,053.2
57	Panama`PAN`Central America	18,840.7
58	Uruguay`URY`South America	18,460.0
59	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	18,446.0
60	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	18,203.8
61	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	17,355.6
62	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	17,296.3
63	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	17,226.0
64	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	16,580.8
65	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	16,189.5
66	Argentina`ARG`South America	15,975.8
67	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	15,815.9
68	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	15,745.7
69	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	15,325.7
70	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	15,256.4
71	Mexico`MEX`Central America	15,253.7
72	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	14,162.7
73	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	13,996.4
74	Brazil`BRA`South America	13,685.9
75	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	13,125.8
76	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	13,086.3
77	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	12,990.3
78	Colombia`COL`South America	12,377.1
79	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	12,234.5
80	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	11,895.1
81	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	11,770.8
82	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	11,741.9
83	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	11,717.4
84	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	11,546.2
85	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	11,447.2
86	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	11,372.5
87	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	11,341.9
88	Peru`PER`South America	11,137.0
89	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	10,839.1
90	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	10,736.2
91	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	10,487.4
92	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	10,354.2
93	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	10,182.6
94	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	9,769.8
95	Ecuador`ECU`South America	9,646.1
96	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	8,896.4
97	Paraguay`PRY`South America	8,603.1
98	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	8,167.7
99	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	8,164.9
100	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	8,138.0
101	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	7,974.3
102	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	7,849.2
103	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	7,734.6
104	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	7,624.4
105	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	7,395.4
106	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	7,364.1
107	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	7,309.4
108	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	6,880.5
109	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	6,824.1
110	India`IND`Southern Asia	6,730.5
111	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	6,560.7
112	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	6,282.8
113	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	6,279.9
114	Bolivia`BOL`South America	6,062.1
115	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	5,832.0
116	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	5,242.7
117	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	4,976.3
118	Venezuela`VEN`South America	4,952.5
119	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	4,899.1
120	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	4,828.4
121	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	4,575.2
122	Honduras`HND`Central America	4,567.9
123	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	4,490.8
124	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	4,419.0
125	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	4,203.1
126	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	4,069.3
127	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	3,826.4
128	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	3,728.2
129	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	3,682.1
130	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	3,532.3
131	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	3,426.7
132	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	3,270.6
133	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	3,129.6
134	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2,948.5
135	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	2,903.7
136	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	2,832.9
137	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	2,769.3
138	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	2,586.9
139	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2,524.3
140	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	2,297.8
141	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2,297.4
142	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	2,121.9
143	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	2,032.3
144	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	2,031.4
145	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,935.3
146	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1,928.5
147	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1,914.2
148	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	1,869.9
149	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1,726.5
150	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1,641.8
151	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1,638.9
152	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1,638.8
153	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1,635.7
154	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,586.0
155	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	1,584.4
156	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,531.3
157	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1,482.8
158	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1,463.5
159	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,300.5
160	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,186.7
161	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1,076.7
162	Niger`NER`Western Africa	962.8
163	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	794.3
164	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	768.4
165	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	720.4
166	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	613.8

02In 2020

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar143,118.5
2Norway83,543.1
3Singapore71,964.7
4United Arab Emirates70,188.3
5Kuwait66,366.0

Lowest

166Central African Republic613.8
165Burundi720.4
164Liberia768.4
163DR Congo794.3
162Niger962.8

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 11,631.8. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

+0 / −0countries joined / left
166values changed, of 166 in both
17 · 149rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Taiwan47,200.3 → 48,779.4+1,579.2
Romania23,267.5 → 24,799.7+1,532.2
China16,879.5 → 17,226.0+346.4
Türkiye23,497.5 → 23,721.9+224.4
Bangladesh4,242.8 → 4,419.0+176.2

Fell most

Qatar150,732.2 → 143,118.5−7,613.7
Kuwait73,748.4 → 66,366.0−7,382.4
Libya16,971.5 → 11,741.9−5,229.6
Ireland59,733.9 → 55,134.9−4,599.1
United Kingdom39,113.0 → 34,651.2−4,461.8

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Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC) (2020). Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/historical-gdp-per-capita/2020

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