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Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2008

2008, as World Bank Group’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2008 covers 150 countries. Switzerland is highest, at 717,444; Central African Republic is lowest, at 695. The middle country reads 20,473. Against 2007, 150 values changed (126 up, 24 down), the same countries are covered.

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Human Capital Wealth per Capita · Data for 2008

HighestSwitzerland

717,444

LowestCentral African Republic

695

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, 2008, 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 150 countries · select a heading to sort

Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2008: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe717,444
2IcelandISLNorthern Europe521,825
3NorwayNORNorthern Europe516,706
4LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe492,513
5United StatesUSANorthern America479,244
6DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe478,892
7NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe404,163
8AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand394,312
9IrelandIRLNorthern Europe356,283
10SwedenSWENorthern Europe351,689
11CanadaCANNorthern America341,748
12GermanyDEUWestern Europe321,913
13FranceFRAWestern Europe293,768
14United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe283,210
15BelgiumBELWestern Europe271,720
16IsraelISRWestern Asia270,233
17AustriaAUTWestern Europe267,936
18New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand266,439
19FinlandFINNorthern Europe257,426
20SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia245,989
21United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia217,168
22JapanJPNEastern Asia215,339
23QatarQATWestern Asia188,441
24SpainESPSouthern Europe161,142
25SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe159,437

02In 2008

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Switzerland717,444
  2. 2Iceland521,825
  3. 3Norway516,706
  4. 4Luxembourg492,513
  5. 5United States479,244

Lowest

  1. 150Central African Republic695
  2. 149Gambia1,868
  3. 148Burundi2,162
  4. 147Niger2,344
  5. 146Mozambique2,421

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 20,473. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 150values changed, of 150 in both
  • 126 · 24rose · 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 2008.

  • 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 150 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 (2008). Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/human-capital-per-capita/2008

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07Questions

Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2008: questions and answers

Which country has the highest human capital wealth per person in Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2008?

Switzerland, at 717,444, of the 150 countries in the file.

What year does Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2008 describe?

2008.

How many countries does Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2008 cover?

150.

Where can I download Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2008?

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, 2008 the newest?

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

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