Dataset · World Bank Group
Human Capital Wealth per Capita
26 years, 1995–2020 · 151 countries
Human capital wealth is the World Bank’s estimate of what a country’s people are worth to its economy: the expected lifetime earnings of everyone of working age, valued today and divided by the population. It counts people as an asset — the largest one most countries have.
This site holds every year from 1995 to 2020, read from World Bank Group’s own data and stored exactly as published.
Human Capital Wealth per Capita · the file
- Newest
- Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2020
- Held
- 26 years · 3,885 rows
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
0126 years
Every year
Every year comes from World Bank Group’s 2024 release, recalculated on one method. Each opens the full table for that year; each downloads as a CSV.
| Year | Countries | Change | Read | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2020Newest | 151 | ±0 | October 3, 2026 | CSV |
| Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2019 | 151 | ±0 | October 3, 2026 | CSV |
| Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2018 | 151 | ±0 | October 3, 2026 | CSV |
| Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2017 | 151 | ±0 | October 3, 2026 | CSV |
| Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2016 | 151 | ±0 | October 3, 2026 | CSV |
| Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2015 | 151 | ±0 | October 3, 2026 | CSV |
| Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2014 | 151 | ±0 | October 3, 2026 | CSV |
| Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2013 | 151 | ±0 | October 3, 2026 | CSV |
| Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2012 | 151 | +1 | October 3, 2026 | CSV |
| Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2011 | 150 | ±0 | October 3, 2026 | CSV |
| Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2010 | 150 | ±0 | October 3, 2026 | CSV |
| Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2009 | 150 | ±0 | October 3, 2026 | CSV |
Show all 26 years
| Year | Countries | Change | Read | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2008 | 150 | ±0 | October 3, 2026 | CSV |
| Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2007 | 150 | +2 | October 3, 2026 | CSV |
| Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2006 | 148 | ±0 | October 3, 2026 | CSV |
| Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2005 | 148 | ±0 | October 3, 2026 | CSV |
| Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2004 | 148 | ±0 | October 3, 2026 | CSV |
| Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2003 | 148 | ±0 | October 3, 2026 | CSV |
| Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2002 | 148 | ±0 | October 3, 2026 | CSV |
| Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2001 | 148 | ±0 | October 3, 2026 | CSV |
| Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2000 | 148 | ±0 | October 3, 2026 | CSV |
| Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 1999 | 148 | ±0 | October 3, 2026 | CSV |
| Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 1998 | 148 | ±0 | October 3, 2026 | CSV |
| Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 1997 | 148 | ±0 | October 3, 2026 | CSV |
| Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 1996 | 148 | ±0 | October 3, 2026 | CSV |
| Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 1995 | 148 | — | October 3, 2026 | CSV |
Every year in one file, one row per country per year: human-capital-per-capita-all-editions-nations-inquiry.csv
023 columns
What’s in the file
Every column, what it holds, how it is stored and what its values look like — what a reader needs before opening the file.
| Column | What it holds | Stored as | Range, 2020 | Distinct | Empty | Spread |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CountrycountryName | The country’s name, as this file spells it. | Text | — | 151 | 0 | |
ISO Codecountry_codeIdentifier | The ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code, added by this site. Every table here joins on it. | Text · 3 letters | — | 151 | 0 | |
Human capital per capita (real chained 2019 US$)human_capital_per_capitaHeadline | The headline figure: Human capital per person — present value of future earnings (real chained 2019 US$). | Number · up to 11 decimals | 700 | 151 | 0 |
Profiled from the newest file. Range: the lowest and highest value, with the country holding it when only one does. Spread: countries in ten equal steps from lowest to highest. A higher value is the better result.
03151 countries across every year
Who is covered
How many countries each year holds, continent by continent, who joined and who left, and which places this site covers that the dataset never has.
| 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | 45 | 45 | 45 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 46 |
| Americas | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 |
| Asia | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 |
| Europe | 39 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 39 |
| Oceania | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| All | 150 | 150 | 150 | 151 | 151 | 151 | 151 | 151 | 151 | 151 | 151 | 151 |
The newest 12 of 26 years.
Not in this dataset · 74 places this site covers
World Bank Group gives no figure for these in any year held here. It is the publisher’s choice of scope, and each place’s profile shows what is measured.
04Provenance
Where it comes from
The path from the publisher to this page, and what was checked and changed on the way.
1 · Publisher
World Bank Group
2 · Their file
Human Capital Wealth per Capita 2020
3 · Read by this site
October 3, 2026
Imported by a script that parses each figure and writes it down unrounded.4 · Stored as
26 files, one per year
Each downloads as a CSV, or every year together as human-capital-per-capita-all-editions-nations-inquiry.csv5 · Used on
Its statistic page, and every profile it measures
Precision
The headline is stored to 11 decimals, as published.
Rounded by this site
Never. Tables on screen may show fewer decimals; the files never do.
Changed by this site
Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.
From the World Bank’s The Changing Wealth of Nations 2024, through its indicator API (Wealth Accounts, NW.HCA.PC). The Bank’s separate figures for women and men are shares of this total rather than rates for each, so they are not shown.
05Reuse
Licence and credit
What the publisher’s licence lets you do, what it asks of you, and a credit line and citation ready to copy.
Licence · checked October 3, 2026
- Share and redistribute it
- Adapt it and build on it
- Use it commercially
- Credit the publisher
- Say what you changed
Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.
A credit line
Source: World Bank Group, Human Capital Wealth per Capita, via Nations Inquiry.
Cite this dataset
World Bank Group. Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 1995–2020 [data set]. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/human-capital-per-capita
The publisher’s own citation: World Bank. 2024. The Changing Wealth of Nations 2024: Revisiting the Measurement of Comprehensive Wealth. Washington, DC: World Bank.
Plain-language summary, not legal advice. The licence text is what binds.
06Where it is used
Around the site
Where these numbers appear on this site, and the datasets nearest to it.
Charted
Human Capital Wealth per Capita by countryWho is highest, the map, the spread, who rose and fell, and the records.
Subjects
Near neighbours
- Human Development IndexUNDP Human Development Report Office · 34 held · 1990–2023
- Maternal Mortality RatioMMEIG · 24 held · 2000–2023
- Social Protection CoverageILO · 1 held · 2025
07Questions
Human Capital Wealth per Capita: questions and answers
What is the Human Capital Wealth per Capita?
Human capital wealth is the World Bank’s estimate of what a country’s people are worth to its economy: the expected lifetime earnings of everyone of working age, valued today and divided by the population. It counts people as an asset — the largest one most countries have.
Which years of the Human Capital Wealth per Capita can I download?
All 26, from 1995 to 2020, each as a CSV file, or every year together in one CSV.
Does World Bank Group rank countries on it?
No. World Bank Group publishes values only. The positions shown on this site are derived by ordering the published values, and are labelled as ours.
Can I use it commercially?
Yes, under CC BY 4.0, with credit to World Bank Group. The licence text is linked on this page.