Data for 2009

Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2009

2009, as World Bank Group’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2009 covers 150 countries. Switzerland is highest, at 714,903; Central African Republic is lowest, at 698. The middle country reads 20,638. Against 2008, 150 values changed (85 up, 65 down), the same countries are covered.

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Human Capital Wealth per Capita · Data for 2009

HighestSwitzerland

714,903

LowestCentral African Republic

698

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

150countries
1measure
2009the year it describes
150distinct 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, 2009, 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, 2009: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	714,903
2	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	519,256
3	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	509,696
4	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	490,438
5	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	462,403
6	United StatesUSANorthern America	458,978
7	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	403,450
8	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	386,885
9	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	342,608
10	CanadaCANNorthern America	332,673
11	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	323,668
12	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	323,396
13	FranceFRAWestern Europe	291,140
14	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	277,750
15	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	267,869
16	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	267,124
17	IsraelISRWestern Asia	264,672
18	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	258,392
19	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	254,051
20	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	249,628
21	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	221,171
22	JapanJPNEastern Asia	212,434
23	QatarQATWestern Asia	194,909
24	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	157,043
25	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	152,349
26	ItalyITASouthern Europe	151,434
27	SpainESPSouthern Europe	149,846
28	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	140,911
29	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	127,870
30	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	115,041
31	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	111,556
32	UruguayURYSouth America	108,809
33	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	89,857
34	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	89,475
35	ChileCHLSouth America	87,905
36	Costa RicaCRICentral America	84,019
37	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	82,547
38	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	79,227
39	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	78,800
40	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	78,315
41	PanamaPANCentral America	69,307
42	PolandPOLEastern Europe	69,220
43	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	66,819
44	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	66,722
45	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	63,123
46	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	60,850
47	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	54,254
48	ArgentinaARGSouth America	52,273
49	BrazilBRASouth America	50,789
50	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	49,692
51	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	49,544
52	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	48,270
53	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	48,099
54	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	47,940
55	OmanOMNWestern Asia	47,917
56	EcuadorECUSouth America	44,055
57	PeruPERSouth America	39,263
58	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	38,629
59	MexicoMEXCentral America	37,789
60	ColombiaCOLSouth America	37,468
61	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	33,402
62	BelarusBLREastern Europe	32,697
63	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	31,302
64	GuyanaGUYSouth America	30,161
65	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	29,997
66	ParaguayPRYSouth America	29,562
67	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	29,420
68	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	29,380
69	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	28,122
70	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	26,365
71	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	25,480
72	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	25,047
73	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	23,300
74	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	21,271
75	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	20,645
76	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	20,631
77	BoliviaBOLSouth America	20,138
78	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	19,531
79	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	18,659
80	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	17,665
81	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	17,569
82	BelizeBLZCentral America	16,618
83	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	16,412
84	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	16,021
85	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	15,514
86	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	15,450
87	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	15,387
88	KenyaKENEastern Africa	15,049
89	SurinameSURSouth America	14,850
90	UkraineUKREastern Europe	14,651
91	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	13,953
92	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	13,838
93	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	13,077
94	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	12,845
95	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	12,784
96	GabonGABMiddle Africa	12,667
97	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	12,558
98	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	12,428
99	JordanJORWestern Asia	12,406
100	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	12,022
101	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	12,015
102	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	11,800
103	HondurasHNDCentral America	11,468
104	TogoTGOWestern Africa	11,399
105	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	11,142
106	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	9,975
107	IraqIRQWestern Asia	9,926
108	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	9,543
109	BeninBENWestern Africa	9,285
110	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	9,044
111	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	9,042
112	IranIRNSouthern Asia	8,583
113	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	8,429
114	SenegalSENWestern Africa	8,249
115	NicaraguaNICCentral America	8,210
116	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	8,119
117	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	7,397
118	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	7,353
119	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	7,078
120	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	6,987
121	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	6,871
122	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	6,682
123	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	6,633
124	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	6,171
125	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	5,978
126	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	5,926
127	MaliMLIWestern Africa	5,524
128	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	5,446
129	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	5,205
130	HaitiHTICaribbean	5,185
131	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	5,068
132	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	4,863
133	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	4,517
134	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	4,336
135	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	4,256
136	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	3,904
137	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	3,872
138	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	3,710
139	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	3,694
140	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	3,532
141	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	3,252
142	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	3,197
143	GuineaGINWestern Africa	3,191
144	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	2,983
145	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	2,678
146	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	2,417
147	NigerNERWestern Africa	2,357
148	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	2,184
149	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	1,895
150	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	698

02In 2009

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Switzerland714,903
2Luxembourg519,256
3Norway509,696
4Iceland490,438
5Denmark462,403

Lowest

150Central African Republic698
149Gambia1,895
148Burundi2,184
147Niger2,357
146Mozambique2,417

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 20,638. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
150values changed, of 150 in both
85 · 65rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Luxembourg492,513 → 519,256+26,743
Singapore245,989 → 254,051+8,062
Qatar188,441 → 194,909+6,468
United Arab Emirates217,168 → 221,171+4,003
Uruguay106,510 → 108,809+2,298

Fell most

Ireland356,283 → 323,668−32,614
Iceland521,825 → 490,438−31,387
United States479,244 → 458,978−20,266
Denmark478,892 → 462,403−16,489
Spain161,142 → 149,846−11,296

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 2009.
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

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World Bank Group (2009). Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/human-capital-per-capita/2009

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