Data for 1999

Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 1999

1999, as World Bank Group’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 1999 covers 148 countries. Switzerland is highest, at 687,579.7; Central African Republic is lowest, at 658.0. The middle country reads 17,983.9. Against 1998, 148 values changed (125 up, 23 down), the same countries are covered.

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Human Capital Wealth per Capita · Data for 1999

HighestSwitzerland

687,579.7

LowestCentral African Republic

658.0

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

148countries
1measure
1999the year it describes
148distinct values11 decimals, as published
Oct 3, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 1999, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 1999: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	687,579.7
2	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	479,713.2
3	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	474,330.8
4	United StatesUSANorthern America	471,550.6
5	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	458,423.1
6	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	436,381.2
7	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	373,966.0
8	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	370,166.9
9	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	317,334.7
10	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	315,758.7
11	CanadaCANNorthern America	305,988.6
12	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	301,261.3
13	FranceFRAWestern Europe	263,340.9
14	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	258,698.3
15	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	246,281.8
16	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	246,071.0
17	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	244,951.7
18	IsraelISRWestern Asia	241,102.2
19	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	223,154.9
20	JapanJPNEastern Asia	213,553.9
21	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	209,926.4
22	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	180,179.4
23	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	140,986.2
24	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	138,264.2
25	QatarQATWestern Asia	134,013.9
26	ItalyITASouthern Europe	131,333.2
27	SpainESPSouthern Europe	127,350.7
28	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	121,737.8
29	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	120,332.7
30	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	111,726.4
31	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	101,244.5
32	UruguayURYSouth America	92,509.3
33	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	81,856.8
34	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	79,497.7
35	ChileCHLSouth America	74,380.2
36	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	73,301.7
37	Costa RicaCRICentral America	71,749.8
38	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	71,183.9
39	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	69,124.1
40	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	65,823.9
41	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	59,875.6
42	PanamaPANCentral America	58,763.3
43	PolandPOLEastern Europe	58,129.1
44	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	52,782.7
45	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	52,614.9
46	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	50,364.2
47	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	47,588.7
48	ArgentinaARGSouth America	45,969.4
49	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	45,465.4
50	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	44,836.3
51	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	42,175.5
52	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	39,092.4
53	EcuadorECUSouth America	37,693.9
54	BrazilBRASouth America	37,030.2
55	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	36,474.2
56	OmanOMNWestern Asia	35,406.6
57	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	34,011.9
58	MexicoMEXCentral America	33,096.1
59	PeruPERSouth America	30,057.1
60	ColombiaCOLSouth America	28,599.9
61	GuyanaGUYSouth America	27,925.4
62	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	27,114.8
63	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	27,062.2
64	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	26,304.3
65	BelarusBLREastern Europe	25,578.0
66	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	25,200.6
67	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	24,652.6
68	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	23,804.2
69	ParaguayPRYSouth America	23,675.7
70	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	23,531.1
71	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	22,278.1
72	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	21,342.4
73	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	18,800.9
74	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	18,670.9
75	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	17,296.8
76	BoliviaBOLSouth America	17,214.2
77	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	17,083.4
78	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	16,734.5
79	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	16,097.2
80	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	15,370.3
81	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	14,360.0
82	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	14,176.1
83	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	13,394.7
84	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	13,381.3
85	UkraineUKREastern Europe	13,066.8
86	KenyaKENEastern Africa	12,504.0
87	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	12,488.5
88	BelizeBLZCentral America	12,402.2
89	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	12,222.8
90	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	12,139.4
91	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	11,872.1
92	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	11,431.6
93	GabonGABMiddle Africa	11,039.7
94	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	10,886.7
95	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	10,824.2
96	SurinameSURSouth America	10,824.1
97	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	10,607.6
98	TogoTGOWestern Africa	10,576.1
99	HondurasHNDCentral America	10,449.1
100	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	10,106.1
101	JordanJORWestern Asia	9,966.3
102	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	9,510.9
103	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	9,244.6
104	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	8,899.7
105	BeninBENWestern Africa	8,387.4
106	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	8,353.1
107	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	8,096.4
108	SenegalSENWestern Africa	8,016.0
109	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	8,009.1
110	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	7,952.2
111	IraqIRQWestern Asia	7,531.8
112	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	7,479.8
113	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	7,446.1
114	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	6,855.1
115	NicaraguaNICCentral America	6,344.3
116	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	6,129.2
117	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	6,081.0
118	IranIRNSouthern Asia	6,048.1
119	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	6,015.4
120	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	5,978.7
121	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	5,965.9
122	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	5,810.4
123	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	5,569.6
124	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	5,261.9
125	MaliMLIWestern Africa	5,197.9
126	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	4,995.8
127	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	4,826.0
128	HaitiHTICaribbean	4,797.2
129	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	4,667.0
130	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	4,320.9
131	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	3,891.8
132	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	3,888.8
133	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	3,720.9
134	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	3,714.9
135	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	3,709.6
136	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	3,686.7
137	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	3,334.8
138	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	3,183.4
139	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	3,101.2
140	GuineaGINWestern Africa	3,079.4
141	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	2,874.8
142	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	2,786.7
143	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	2,661.2
144	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	2,422.0
145	NigerNERWestern Africa	2,322.7
146	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	1,959.1
147	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	1,679.1
148	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	658.0

02In 1999

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Switzerland687,579.7
2Iceland479,713.2
3Norway474,330.8
4United States471,550.6
5Denmark458,423.1

Lowest

148Central African Republic658.0
147Gambia1,679.1
146Burundi1,959.1
145Niger2,322.7
144Mozambique2,422.0

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 17,983.9. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031998 → 1999

Since 1998

What changed between 1998 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
148values changed, of 148 in both
125 · 23rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Ireland299,483.8 → 315,758.7+16,274.9
Iceland464,030.8 → 479,713.2+15,682.4
Sweden309,082.2 → 317,334.7+8,252.5
Finland215,048.2 → 223,154.9+8,106.7
Belgium238,102.4 → 246,071.0+7,968.6

Fell most

Slovenia143,795.2 → 140,986.2−2,809.0
Slovakia75,953.3 → 73,301.7−2,651.6
Estonia103,868.9 → 101,244.5−2,624.5
Chile76,845.9 → 74,380.2−2,465.6
Uruguay94,249.1 → 92,509.3−1,739.8

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

One year of the 2024 release
Every year in this series comes from World Bank Group’s 2024 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1999.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.
Which end is better
A higher value is the better result.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 148 countries has every column.

05The files

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World Bank Group (1999). Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 1999 [data set], describing 1999. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/human-capital-per-capita/1999

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