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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.

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Human Capital Wealth per Capita · the file

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Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2020
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26 years · 3,885 rows
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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.

1995bar height: countries covered, up to 1512020
Every year of Human Capital Wealth per Capita held on this site, newest first, with its download files.
YearCountriesChangeReadDownload
Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2020Newest151±0October 3, 2026CSV
Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2019151±0October 3, 2026CSV
Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2018151±0October 3, 2026CSV
Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2017151±0October 3, 2026CSV
Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2016151±0October 3, 2026CSV
Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2015151±0October 3, 2026CSV
Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2014151±0October 3, 2026CSV
Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2013151±0October 3, 2026CSV
Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2012151+1October 3, 2026CSV
Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2011150±0October 3, 2026CSV
Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2010150±0October 3, 2026CSV
Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2009150±0October 3, 2026CSV
Show all 26 years

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.

Every column in the newest file of Human Capital Wealth per Capita: what it holds, how it is stored, and its range.
ColumnWhat it holdsStored asRange, 2020DistinctEmptySpread
CountrycountryNameThe country’s name, as this file spells it.Text—1510
ISO Codecountry_codeIdentifierThe ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code, added by this site. Every table here joins on it.Text · 3 letters—1510
Human capital per capita (real chained 2019 US$)human_capital_per_capitaHeadlineThe headline figure: Human capital per person — present value of future earnings (real chained 2019 US$).Number · up to 11 decimals700Central African Republic735,422Switzerlandmiddle 25,2301510

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.

All regions
Countries in each year of Human Capital Wealth per Capita, by continent.
200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020
Africa454545464646464646464646
Americas262626262626262626262626
Asia363636363636363636363636
Europe393939393939393939393939
Oceania444444444444
All150150150151151151151151151151151151

The newest 12 of 26 years.

Who joined and who left

04Provenance

Where it comes from

The path from the publisher to this page, and what was checked and changed on the way.

The site’s method
  1. 1 · Publisher

    World Bank Group

  2. 2 · Their file

    Human Capital Wealth per Capita 2020

  3. 3 · Read by this site

    October 3, 2026

    Imported by a script that parses each figure and writes it down unrounded.
  4. 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.csv
  5. 5 · 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.

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Licence · checked October 3, 2026

CC BY 4.0

  • 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.

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.

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