Data for 2014

Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2014

2014, as World Bank Group’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2014 covers 151 countries. Switzerland is highest, at 716,715; Central African Republic is lowest, at 690. The middle country reads 21,670. Against 2013, 151 values changed (122 up, 29 down), the same countries are covered.

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Human Capital Wealth per Capita · Data for 2014

HighestSwitzerland

716,715

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.

151countries
1measure
2014the year it describes
151distinct 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, 2014, 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, 2014: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	716,715
2	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	573,264
3	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	535,806
4	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	509,250
5	United StatesUSANorthern America	472,150
6	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	454,612
7	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	397,230
8	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	386,211
9	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	352,391
10	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	348,153
11	CanadaCANNorthern America	338,927
12	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	327,273
13	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	320,707
14	IsraelISRWestern Asia	292,554
15	FranceFRAWestern Europe	292,016
16	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	287,256
17	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	273,571
18	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	271,418
19	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	267,100
20	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	250,049
21	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	233,519
22	JapanJPNEastern Asia	217,473
23	QatarQATWestern Asia	216,528
24	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	183,501
25	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	158,206
26	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	149,873
27	ItalyITASouthern Europe	147,781
28	SpainESPSouthern Europe	140,349
29	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	129,532
30	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	122,824
31	UruguayURYSouth America	118,487
32	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	109,917
33	ChileCHLSouth America	100,016
34	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	93,229
35	Costa RicaCRICentral America	92,813
36	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	92,777
37	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	86,068
38	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	86,056
39	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	78,941
40	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	75,766
41	PolandPOLEastern Europe	73,920
42	PanamaPANCentral America	73,564
43	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	72,964
44	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	70,904
45	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	69,149
46	OmanOMNWestern Asia	62,845
47	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	60,397
48	BrazilBRASouth America	58,867
49	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	58,062
50	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	56,584
51	ArgentinaARGSouth America	55,109
52	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	51,570
53	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	51,467
54	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	50,373
55	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	49,741
56	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	47,455
57	EcuadorECUSouth America	45,713
58	ColombiaCOLSouth America	44,326
59	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	41,989
60	MexicoMEXCentral America	40,539
61	PeruPERSouth America	40,326
62	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	37,198
63	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	34,365
64	BelarusBLREastern Europe	33,928
65	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	32,566
66	ParaguayPRYSouth America	32,234
67	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	31,138
68	GuyanaGUYSouth America	30,686
69	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	30,404
70	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	29,381
71	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	26,741
72	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	25,104
73	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	23,249
74	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	22,919
75	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	22,143
76	BoliviaBOLSouth America	21,670
77	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	21,061
78	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	20,359
79	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	20,346
80	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	20,083
81	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	19,982
82	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	19,463
83	BelizeBLZCentral America	19,163
84	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	17,665
85	SurinameSURSouth America	17,084
86	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	16,758
87	KenyaKENEastern Africa	16,340
88	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	15,908
89	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	15,305
90	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	15,172
91	UkraineUKREastern Europe	14,721
92	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	13,988
93	GabonGABMiddle Africa	13,846
94	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	13,563
95	HondurasHNDCentral America	13,480
96	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	13,464
97	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	13,370
98	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	13,104
99	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	13,018
100	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	12,637
101	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	12,433
102	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	12,026
103	JordanJORWestern Asia	11,936
104	TogoTGOWestern Africa	11,582
105	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	11,152
106	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	10,680
107	IraqIRQWestern Asia	10,389
108	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	10,018
109	BeninBENWestern Africa	9,939
110	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	9,859
111	NicaraguaNICCentral America	9,660
112	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	9,453
113	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	9,115
114	IranIRNSouthern Asia	9,001
115	SenegalSENWestern Africa	8,532
116	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	8,049
117	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	7,917
118	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	7,596
119	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	7,404
120	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	7,318
121	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	7,316
122	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	7,138
123	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	6,648
124	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	6,483
125	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	6,301
126	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	5,932
127	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	5,889
128	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	5,888
129	MaliMLIWestern Africa	5,783
130	HaitiHTICaribbean	5,686
131	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	5,441
132	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	5,280
133	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	4,561
134	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	4,517
135	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	4,354
136	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	4,289
137	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	3,851
138	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	3,791
139	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	3,657
140	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	3,602
141	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	3,558
142	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	3,522
143	GuineaGINWestern Africa	3,297
144	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	3,256
145	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	3,116
146	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	2,574
147	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	2,443
148	NigerNERWestern Africa	2,236
149	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	2,217
150	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	2,186
151	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	690

02In 2014

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Switzerland716,715
2Luxembourg573,264
3Iceland535,806
4Norway509,250
5United States472,150

Lowest

151Central African Republic690
150Gambia2,186
149Burundi2,217
148Niger2,236
147Mozambique2,443

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 21,670. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032013 → 2014

Since 2013

What changed between 2013 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
151values changed, of 151 in both
122 · 29rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Singapore309,119 → 327,273+18,154
Iceland518,207 → 535,806+17,599
Luxembourg558,309 → 573,264+14,956
Ireland312,759 → 320,707+7,949
Qatar209,590 → 216,528+6,937

Fell most

Australia387,815 → 386,211−1,604
France293,307 → 292,016−1,291
Austria274,589 → 273,571−1,018
Bahrain79,922 → 78,941−981
Canada339,903 → 338,927−976

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 2014.
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 151 countries has every column.

05The files

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World Bank Group (2014). Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2014 [data set], describing 2014. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/human-capital-per-capita/2014

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