Data for 2022

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2022

Name: Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2022
Creator: Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC)
License: https://doi.org/10.34894/INZBF2

2022, 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), 2022 covers 166 countries. Qatar is highest, at 149,171; Central African Republic is lowest, at 596. The middle country reads 12,890. Against 2021, 166 values changed (142 up, 24 down), the same countries are covered.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison) · Data for 2022

HighestQatar

149,171

LowestCentral African Republic

596

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

166countries
1measure
2022the 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), 2022, 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), 2022: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
derived
1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	149,171
2	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	88,366
3	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	80,320
4	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	77,204
5	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	71,534
6	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	63,323
7	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	60,257
8	United States`USA`Northern America	58,487
9	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	55,485
10	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	53,517
11	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	53,143
12	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	52,049
13	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	50,690
14	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	49,670
15	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	48,289
16	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	47,989
17	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	47,126
18	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	46,648
19	Canada`CAN`Northern America	45,530
20	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	43,793
21	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	42,146
22	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	41,872
23	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	41,321
24	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	40,701
25	France`FRA`Western Europe	39,066
26	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	38,652
27	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	38,407
28	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	38,269
29	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	38,250
30	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	36,649
31	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	36,224
32	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	35,281
33	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	34,496
34	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	34,123
35	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	32,674
36	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	32,468
37	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	32,247
38	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	31,523
39	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	31,055
40	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	30,863
41	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	30,067
42	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	29,452
43	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	28,992
44	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	27,519
45	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	27,362
46	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	27,220
47	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	26,987
48	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	26,629
49	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	26,492
50	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	26,198
51	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	25,773
52	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	25,437
53	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	25,284
54	Panama`PAN`Central America	23,557
55	Chile`CHL`South America	22,741
56	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	22,707
57	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	20,942
58	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	20,643
59	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	20,592
60	Uruguay`URY`South America	20,182
61	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	19,238
62	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	18,700
63	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	18,473
64	Argentina`ARG`South America	18,292
65	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	17,714
66	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	17,683
67	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	17,235
68	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	17,098
69	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	16,421
70	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	16,352
71	Mexico`MEX`Central America	16,235
72	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	15,721
73	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	15,497
74	Brazil`BRA`South America	14,640
75	Colombia`COL`South America	14,469
76	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	14,360
77	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	14,051
78	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	13,838
79	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	13,506
80	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	13,443
81	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	13,205
82	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	13,072
83	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	12,978
84	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	12,802
85	Peru`PER`South America	12,763
86	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	12,755
87	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	12,559
88	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	12,143
89	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	11,546
90	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	11,416
91	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	10,914
92	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	10,705
93	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	10,452
94	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	10,341
95	Ecuador`ECU`South America	10,124
96	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	9,219
97	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	9,151
98	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	8,880
99	Paraguay`PRY`South America	8,763
100	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	8,522
101	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	8,400
102	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	8,371
103	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	8,050
104	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	7,979
105	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	7,969
106	India`IND`Southern Asia	7,766
107	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	7,749
108	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	7,649
109	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	7,482
110	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	7,203
111	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	7,168
112	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	6,675
113	Bolivia`BOL`South America	6,481
114	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	6,119
115	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	5,532
116	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	5,508
117	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	5,305
118	Venezuela`VEN`South America	5,267
119	Honduras`HND`Central America	5,187
120	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	5,177
121	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	5,093
122	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	5,070
123	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	4,926
124	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	4,775
125	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	4,242
126	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	4,188
127	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	4,012
128	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	3,944
129	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	3,752
130	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	3,680
131	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	3,623
132	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	3,404
133	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	3,342
134	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3,057
135	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	3,014
136	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	2,812
137	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2,661
138	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	2,495
139	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	2,477
140	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	2,405
141	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2,313
142	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	2,289
143	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	2,198
144	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	2,122
145	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	2,011
146	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	1,959
147	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	1,900
148	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1,809
149	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1,705
150	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1,704
151	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1,690
152	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1,652
153	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,625
154	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1,587
155	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	1,569
156	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1,546
157	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1,394
158	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,367
159	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1,358
160	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,190
161	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1,088
162	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1,008
163	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	844
164	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	811
165	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	717
166	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	596

02In 2022

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar149,171
2Norway88,366
3Singapore80,320
4United Arab Emirates77,204
5Kuwait71,534

Lowest

166Central African Republic596
165Burundi717
164Liberia811
163DR Congo844
162Niger1,008

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 12,890. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

+0 / −0countries joined / left
166values changed, of 166 in both
142 · 24rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Qatar143,469 → 149,171+5,702
Kuwait66,418 → 71,534+5,115
United Arab Emirates72,460 → 77,204+4,744
Saudi Arabia49,841 → 53,517+3,676
Ireland57,278 → 60,257+2,979

Fell most

Ukraine10,134 → 7,749−2,385
Libya14,797 → 12,755−2,042
Hong Kong50,006 → 48,289−1,717
Sri Lanka11,752 → 10,705−1,046
Moldova7,557 → 6,675−883

04Caveats

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Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC) (2022). Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/historical-gdp-per-capita/2022

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