Data for 2019

Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2019

2019, as World Bank Group’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2019 covers 151 countries. Switzerland is highest, at 732,636; Central African Republic is lowest, at 701. The middle country reads 24,198. Against 2018, 151 values changed (131 up, 20 down), the same countries are covered.

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Human Capital Wealth per Capita · Data for 2019

HighestSwitzerland

732,636

LowestCentral African Republic

701

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

151countries
1measure
2019the 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, 2019, 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, 2019: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	732,636
2	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	628,483
3	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	580,181
4	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	500,956
5	United StatesUSANorthern America	499,886
6	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	480,147
7	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	426,185
8	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	409,692
9	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	402,947
10	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	364,697
11	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	363,135
12	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	357,794
13	CanadaCANNorthern America	347,662
14	IsraelISRWestern Asia	311,875
15	FranceFRAWestern Europe	305,428
16	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	300,466
17	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	296,965
18	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	288,962
19	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	284,575
20	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	261,819
21	QatarQATWestern Asia	260,999
22	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	236,732
23	JapanJPNEastern Asia	228,250
24	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	208,134
25	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	176,790
26	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	171,258
27	SpainESPSouthern Europe	163,823
28	ItalyITASouthern Europe	163,454
29	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	137,899
30	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	136,996
31	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	129,309
32	UruguayURYSouth America	118,437
33	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	105,713
34	ChileCHLSouth America	104,348
35	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	104,223
36	Costa RicaCRICentral America	99,130
37	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	94,089
38	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	88,069
39	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	87,625
40	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	83,883
41	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	83,720
42	PolandPOLEastern Europe	83,197
43	PanamaPANCentral America	74,224
44	OmanOMNWestern Asia	73,725
45	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	72,637
46	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	71,514
47	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	66,004
48	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	65,583
49	BrazilBRASouth America	62,630
50	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	62,123
51	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	59,764
52	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	57,711
53	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	56,755
54	ArgentinaARGSouth America	56,292
55	EcuadorECUSouth America	53,039
56	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	50,958
57	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	50,580
58	ColombiaCOLSouth America	46,788
59	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	45,009
60	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	44,101
61	MexicoMEXCentral America	43,999
62	PeruPERSouth America	43,501
63	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	38,299
64	ParaguayPRYSouth America	36,981
65	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	35,523
66	BelarusBLREastern Europe	35,065
67	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	34,043
68	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	33,329
69	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	32,298
70	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	31,061
71	GuyanaGUYSouth America	29,198
72	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	27,229
73	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	26,828
74	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	25,868
75	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	25,281
76	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	24,198
77	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	23,159
78	BoliviaBOLSouth America	22,721
79	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	22,083
80	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	22,061
81	BelizeBLZCentral America	21,902
82	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	21,360
83	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	19,109
84	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	18,933
85	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	18,632
86	SurinameSURSouth America	18,543
87	KenyaKENEastern Africa	17,327
88	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	17,056
89	HondurasHNDCentral America	16,560
90	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	15,898
91	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	15,861
92	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	15,206
93	GabonGABMiddle Africa	15,072
94	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	14,823
95	UkraineUKREastern Europe	14,732
96	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	14,632
97	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	14,498
98	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	13,841
99	JordanJORWestern Asia	13,177
100	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	12,864
101	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	12,822
102	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	12,798
103	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	12,375
104	IraqIRQWestern Asia	11,486
105	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	11,387
106	TogoTGOWestern Africa	11,294
107	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	11,273
108	IranIRNSouthern Asia	11,238
109	NicaraguaNICCentral America	10,836
110	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	10,522
111	BeninBENWestern Africa	10,247
112	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	10,011
113	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	9,577
114	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	9,573
115	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	8,920
116	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	8,902
117	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	8,531
118	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	8,351
119	SenegalSENWestern Africa	8,065
120	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	7,426
121	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	7,170
122	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	7,149
123	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	7,104
124	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	6,831
125	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	6,806
126	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	6,710
127	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	6,593
128	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	6,551
129	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	6,129
130	MaliMLIWestern Africa	6,063
131	HaitiHTICaribbean	6,062
132	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	5,551
133	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	4,864
134	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	4,776
135	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	4,769
136	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	4,056
137	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	4,035
138	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	3,999
139	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	3,790
140	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	3,667
141	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	3,655
142	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	3,425
143	GuineaGINWestern Africa	3,388
144	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	3,311
145	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	3,231
146	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	2,800
147	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	2,728
148	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	2,540
149	NigerNERWestern Africa	2,295
150	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	2,242
151	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	701

02In 2019

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Switzerland732,636
2Luxembourg628,483
3Iceland580,181
4Norway500,956
5United States499,886

Lowest

151Central African Republic701
150Burundi2,242
149Niger2,295
148Mozambique2,540
147Burkina Faso2,728

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 24,198. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
151values changed, of 151 in both
131 · 20rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Luxembourg611,454 → 628,483+17,030
Singapore393,429 → 409,692+16,263
Qatar247,843 → 260,999+13,157
Slovenia169,031 → 176,790+7,759
New Zealand293,073 → 300,466+7,393

Fell most

Saudi Arabia69,127 → 65,583−3,544
Norway501,978 → 500,956−1,022
Senegal8,667 → 8,065−602
Philippines19,214 → 18,632−582
Guyana29,638 → 29,198−440

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 2019.
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 (2019). Human Capital Wealth per Capita, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/human-capital-per-capita/2019

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