Data for 2018

Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2018

2018, as World Bank Group’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2018 covers 151 countries. Switzerland is highest, at 729,660; Central African Republic is lowest, at 700. The middle country reads 23,285. Against 2017, 151 values changed (133 up, 18 down), the same countries are covered.

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Human Capital Wealth per Capita · Data for 2018

HighestSwitzerland

729,660

LowestCentral African Republic

700

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

151countries
1measure
2018the 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, 2018, 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, 2018: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	729,660
2	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	611,454
3	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	576,497
4	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	501,978
5	United StatesUSANorthern America	493,785
6	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	474,959
7	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	419,935
8	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	398,945
9	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	393,429
10	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	361,546
11	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	356,146
12	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	355,173
13	CanadaCANNorthern America	345,154
14	IsraelISRWestern Asia	308,022
15	FranceFRAWestern Europe	302,155
16	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	295,363
17	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	293,073
18	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	282,497
19	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	281,604
20	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	258,167
21	QatarQATWestern Asia	247,843
22	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	237,031
23	JapanJPNEastern Asia	225,748
24	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	204,989
25	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	169,031
26	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	168,496
27	SpainESPSouthern Europe	159,815
28	ItalyITASouthern Europe	158,846
29	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	136,388
30	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	133,982
31	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	124,638
32	UruguayURYSouth America	117,867
33	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	103,476
34	ChileCHLSouth America	103,406
35	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	103,245
36	Costa RicaCRICentral America	94,525
37	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	92,507
38	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	88,346
39	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	85,684
40	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	81,564
41	PolandPOLEastern Europe	81,199
42	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	81,149
43	PanamaPANCentral America	74,440
44	OmanOMNWestern Asia	70,084
45	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	69,895
46	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	69,127
47	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	66,194
48	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	65,713
49	BrazilBRASouth America	61,386
50	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	61,164
51	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	58,043
52	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	56,649
53	ArgentinaARGSouth America	56,007
54	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	55,669
55	EcuadorECUSouth America	52,081
56	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	50,783
57	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	50,380
58	ColombiaCOLSouth America	46,539
59	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	44,328
60	MexicoMEXCentral America	43,325
61	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	42,787
62	PeruPERSouth America	42,432
63	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	37,155
64	ParaguayPRYSouth America	36,096
65	BelarusBLREastern Europe	34,770
66	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	33,758
67	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	33,404
68	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	33,137
69	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	32,056
70	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	30,119
71	GuyanaGUYSouth America	29,638
72	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	26,792
73	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	25,304
74	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	25,145
75	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	24,596
76	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	23,285
77	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	22,381
78	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	22,274
79	BoliviaBOLSouth America	22,060
80	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	21,672
81	BelizeBLZCentral America	21,455
82	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	20,410
83	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	19,338
84	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	19,214
85	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	18,641
86	SurinameSURSouth America	18,295
87	KenyaKENEastern Africa	17,193
88	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	16,366
89	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	15,855
90	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	15,817
91	HondurasHNDCentral America	15,773
92	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	15,201
93	GabonGABMiddle Africa	14,806
94	UkraineUKREastern Europe	14,718
95	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	14,633
96	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	14,298
97	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	14,172
98	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	13,783
99	JordanJORWestern Asia	13,015
100	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	12,914
101	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	12,843
102	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	12,726
103	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	12,093
104	TogoTGOWestern Africa	11,364
105	IraqIRQWestern Asia	11,297
106	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	11,265
107	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	11,239
108	IranIRNSouthern Asia	10,693
109	NicaraguaNICCentral America	10,591
110	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	10,392
111	BeninBENWestern Africa	10,186
112	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	9,826
113	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	9,726
114	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	9,543
115	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	8,772
116	SenegalSENWestern Africa	8,667
117	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	8,465
118	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	8,404
119	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	8,203
120	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	7,415
121	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	7,221
122	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	6,997
123	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	6,871
124	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	6,728
125	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	6,670
126	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	6,665
127	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	6,617
128	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	6,449
129	MaliMLIWestern Africa	5,998
130	HaitiHTICaribbean	5,993
131	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	5,974
132	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	5,495
133	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	4,791
134	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	4,776
135	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	4,672
136	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	4,147
137	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	3,984
138	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	3,969
139	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	3,759
140	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	3,652
141	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	3,633
142	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	3,468
143	GuineaGINWestern Africa	3,373
144	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	3,298
145	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	3,203
146	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	2,695
147	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	2,672
148	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	2,520
149	NigerNERWestern Africa	2,287
150	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	2,248
151	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	700

02In 2018

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Switzerland729,660
2Luxembourg611,454
3Iceland576,497
4Norway501,978
5United States493,785

Lowest

151Central African Republic700
150Burundi2,248
149Niger2,287
148Mozambique2,520
147Gambia2,672

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 23,285. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
151values changed, of 151 in both
133 · 18rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Luxembourg593,995 → 611,454+17,458
Singapore376,010 → 393,429+17,419
Qatar236,504 → 247,843+11,338
Slovenia160,728 → 169,031+8,303
Ireland348,568 → 356,146+7,578

Fell most

Saudi Arabia72,456 → 69,127−3,329
Kuwait90,140 → 88,346−1,794
Norway502,925 → 501,978−947
Guyana30,440 → 29,638−802
Trinidad and Tobago66,876 → 66,194−682

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 2018.
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 (2018). Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/human-capital-per-capita/2018

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