Data for 2017

Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2017

2017, as World Bank Group’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2017 covers 151 countries. Switzerland is highest, at 726,809; Central African Republic is lowest, at 696. The middle country reads 22,489. Against 2016, 151 values changed (134 up, 17 down), the same countries are covered.

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Human Capital Wealth per Capita · Data for 2017

HighestSwitzerland

726,809

LowestCentral African Republic

696

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

151countries
1measure
2017the year it describes
151distinct values12 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, 2017, 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, 2017: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	726,809
2	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	593,995
3	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	575,409
4	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	502,925
5	United StatesUSANorthern America	487,984
6	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	470,432
7	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	413,339
8	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	394,874
9	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	376,010
10	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	358,860
11	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	352,808
12	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	348,568
13	CanadaCANNorthern America	342,429
14	IsraelISRWestern Asia	304,178
15	FranceFRAWestern Europe	298,939
16	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	293,875
17	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	286,088
18	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	278,717
19	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	275,746
20	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	254,599
21	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	237,345
22	QatarQATWestern Asia	236,504
23	JapanJPNEastern Asia	223,286
24	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	200,501
25	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	165,916
26	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	160,728
27	ItalyITASouthern Europe	155,840
28	SpainESPSouthern Europe	155,370
29	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	134,787
30	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	130,956
31	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	119,803
32	UruguayURYSouth America	117,416
33	ChileCHLSouth America	102,431
34	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	101,576
35	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	101,230
36	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	90,873
37	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	90,140
38	Costa RicaCRICentral America	90,000
39	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	83,690
40	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	79,649
41	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	79,360
42	PolandPOLEastern Europe	79,253
43	PanamaPANCentral America	74,695
44	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	72,456
45	OmanOMNWestern Asia	67,380
46	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	67,016
47	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	66,876
48	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	60,236
49	BrazilBRASouth America	60,176
50	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	60,136
51	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	56,563
52	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	56,349
53	ArgentinaARGSouth America	55,740
54	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	53,629
55	EcuadorECUSouth America	51,067
56	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	50,652
57	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	50,238
58	ColombiaCOLSouth America	46,311
59	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	43,662
60	MexicoMEXCentral America	42,690
61	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	41,482
62	PeruPERSouth America	41,317
63	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	35,983
64	ParaguayPRYSouth America	35,234
65	BelarusBLREastern Europe	34,475
66	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	32,925
67	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	32,761
68	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	32,021
69	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	31,867
70	GuyanaGUYSouth America	30,440
71	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	29,194
72	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	26,369
73	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	24,731
74	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	23,912
75	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	23,494
76	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	22,489
77	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	22,430
78	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	21,659
79	BoliviaBOLSouth America	21,416
80	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	21,287
81	BelizeBLZCentral America	21,031
82	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	19,800
83	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	19,574
84	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	19,486
85	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	18,367
86	SurinameSURSouth America	18,036
87	KenyaKENEastern Africa	17,063
88	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	15,851
89	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	15,733
90	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	15,710
91	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	15,194
92	HondurasHNDCentral America	14,982
93	UkraineUKREastern Europe	14,712
94	GabonGABMiddle Africa	14,550
95	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	14,451
96	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	14,107
97	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	13,734
98	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	13,708
99	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	13,016
100	JordanJORWestern Asia	12,847
101	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	12,838
102	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	12,648
103	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	11,808
104	TogoTGOWestern Africa	11,436
105	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	11,248
106	IraqIRQWestern Asia	11,096
107	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	11,095
108	NicaraguaNICCentral America	10,344
109	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	10,263
110	IranIRNSouthern Asia	10,172
111	BeninBENWestern Africa	10,126
112	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	9,888
113	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	9,644
114	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	9,518
115	SenegalSENWestern Africa	9,287
116	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	8,622
117	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	8,278
118	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	8,051
119	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	8,026
120	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	7,405
121	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	7,266
122	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	6,896
123	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	6,785
124	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	6,626
125	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	6,622
126	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	6,605
127	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	6,424
128	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	6,304
129	MaliMLIWestern Africa	5,935
130	HaitiHTICaribbean	5,920
131	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	5,826
132	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	5,434
133	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	4,765
134	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	4,719
135	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	4,576
136	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	4,234
137	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	3,939
138	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	3,933
139	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	3,735
140	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	3,638
141	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	3,607
142	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	3,510
143	GuineaGINWestern Africa	3,356
144	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	3,286
145	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	3,173
146	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	2,662
147	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	2,544
148	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	2,498
149	NigerNERWestern Africa	2,276
150	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	2,246
151	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	696

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Switzerland726,809
2Luxembourg593,995
3Iceland575,409
4Norway502,925
5United States487,984

Lowest

151Central African Republic696
150Burundi2,246
149Niger2,276
148Mozambique2,498
147Gambia2,544

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 22,489. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
151values changed, of 151 in both
134 · 17rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Singapore358,669 → 376,010+17,341
Luxembourg579,177 → 593,995+14,818
Slovenia152,017 → 160,728+8,711
Ireland340,356 → 348,568+8,212
Belgium268,758 → 275,746+6,988

Fell most

Saudi Arabia75,518 → 72,456−3,061
Norway504,615 → 502,925−1,690
Senegal9,925 → 9,287−637
Philippines20,410 → 19,800−610
United Arab Emirates237,723 → 237,345−379

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 2017.
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 (2017). Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/human-capital-per-capita/2017

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