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Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2006

2006, as World Bank Group’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2006 covers 148 countries. Switzerland is highest, at 697,848; Central African Republic is lowest, at 690. The middle country reads 20,410. Against 2005, 148 values changed (132 up, 16 down), the same countries are covered.

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Human Capital Wealth per Capita · Data for 2006

HighestSwitzerland

697,848

LowestCentral African Republic

690

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

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2006, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 148 countries · select a heading to sort

Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2006: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe697,848
2IcelandISLNorthern Europe513,490
3NorwayNORNorthern Europe490,223
4United StatesUSANorthern America481,162
5DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe479,625
6LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe479,477
7AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand389,290
8NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe383,613
9IrelandIRLNorthern Europe362,315
10SwedenSWENorthern Europe341,142
11CanadaCANNorthern America333,903
12GermanyDEUWestern Europe307,178
13FranceFRAWestern Europe284,690
14United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe280,037
15New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand269,086
16BelgiumBELWestern Europe264,759
17AustriaAUTWestern Europe256,337
18IsraelISRWestern Asia254,439
19FinlandFINNorthern Europe247,518
20SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia228,023
21JapanJPNEastern Asia213,880
22United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia209,748
23QatarQATWestern Asia165,765
24SpainESPSouthern Europe160,940
25SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe153,950

02In 2006

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Switzerland697,848
  2. 2Iceland513,490
  3. 3Norway490,223
  4. 4United States481,162
  5. 5Denmark479,625

Lowest

  1. 148Central African Republic690
  2. 147Gambia1,812
  3. 146Burundi2,096
  4. 145Niger2,317
  5. 144Mozambique2,425

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 20,410. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032005 → 2006

Since 2005

What changed between 2005 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 148values changed, of 148 in both
  • 132 · 16rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

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

Read before you use

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 2006.

  • 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

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: 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.

Licence: CC BY 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

Cite this edition

World Bank Group (2006). Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2006 [data set], describing 2006. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/human-capital-per-capita/2006

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07Questions

Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2006: questions and answers

Which country has the highest human capital wealth per person in Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2006?

Switzerland, at 697,848, of the 148 countries in the file.

What year does Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2006 describe?

2006.

How many countries does Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2006 cover?

148.

Where can I download Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2006?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2006 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2020.

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