Latest available · compiled 2004
Median Daily Income or Consumption per Person, 2004 compilation
Each country’s newest reading as of 2004; every row carries its own year · stored as published, never rewritten
Median Daily Income or Consumption per Person, 2004 compilation covers 75 countries on 2 measures. Luxembourg is highest, at 72.24; DR Congo is lowest, at 0.80. The middle country reads 11.88. Against the 2003 compilation, 53 values changed (42 up, 11 down), 22 countries joined, 16 left.
Median Daily Income or Consumption per Person · Latest available · compiled 2004
HighestLuxembourg
72.24LowestDR Congo
0.80Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.
01Position · derived
The table
Every country and every column of Median Daily Income or Consumption per Person, 2004 compilation, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 75 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LUXWestern Europe · 2004 reading | 72.24 | 84.011 | income | 2004 |
| 2 | CHEWestern Europe · 2004 reading | 62.86 | 75.644 | income | 2004 |
| 3 | AUTWestern Europe · 2004 reading | 59.68 | 69.237 | income | 2004 |
| 4 | USANorthern America · 2004 reading | 58.65 | 75.990 | income | 2004 |
| 5 | DEUWestern Europe · 2004 reading | 54.42 | 64.098 | income | 2004 |
| 6 | NORNorthern Europe · 2004 reading | 53.80 | 65.924 | income | 2004 |
| 7 | DNKNorthern Europe · 2004 reading | 53.37 | 59.233 | income | 2004 |
| 8 | BELWestern Europe · 2004 reading | 52.34 | 61.351 | income | 2004 |
| 9 | NLDWestern Europe · 2004 reading | 51.20 | 59.522 | income | 2004 |
| 10 | CANNorthern America · 2004 reading | 50.94 | 60.800 | income | 2004 |
| 11 | GBRNorthern Europe · 2004 reading | 48.07 | 59.604 | income | 2004 |
| 12 | ITASouthern Europe · 2004 reading | 47.26 | 56.125 | income | 2004 |
| 13 | ISLNorthern Europe · 2004 reading | 47.01 | 55.092 | income | 2004 |
| 14 | FRAWestern Europe · 2004 reading | 46.60 | 55.067 | income | 2004 |
| 15 | FINNorthern Europe · 2004 reading | 46.15 | 54.047 | income | 2004 |
| 16 | AUSAustralia and New Zealand · 2004 reading | 43.25 | 52.749 | income | 2004 |
| 17 | CYPWestern Asia · 2004 reading | 42.29 | 49.882 | income | 2004 |
| 18 | SWENorthern Europe · 2004 reading | 40.22 | 45.064 | income | 2004 |
| 19 | IRLNorthern Europe · 2004 reading | 38.04 | 46.314 | income | 2004 |
| 20 | ESPSouthern Europe · 2004 reading | 36.89 | 43.592 | income | 2004 |
| 21 | GRCSouthern Europe · 2004 reading | 35.02 | 41.442 | income | 2004 |
| 22 | SVNSouthern Europe · 2004 reading | 33.84 | 37.386 | income | 2004 |
| 23 | HRVSouthern Europe · 2004 reading | 30.69 | 36.013 | consumption | 2004 |
| 24 | CZEEastern Europe · 2004 reading | 26.81 | 30.411 | income | 2004 |
| 25 | PRTSouthern Europe · 2004 reading | 25.64 | 34.120 | income | 2004 |
| 26 | ISRWestern Asia · 2004 reading | 23.08 | 29.706 | income | 2004 |
| 27 | BIHSouthern Europe · 2004 reading | 17.72 | 21.889 | consumption | 2004 |
| 28 | HUNEastern Europe · 2004 reading | 17.05 | 19.513 | income | 2004 |
| 29 | SVKEastern Europe · 2004 reading | 17.04 | 18.362 | income | 2004 |
| 30 | POLEastern Europe · 2004 reading | 15.73 | 19.405 | income | 2004 |
| 31 | ESTNorthern Europe · 2004 reading | 14.92 | 18.291 | income | 2004 |
| 32 | ARGSouth America · 2004 reading | 14.66 | 21.657 | income | 2004 |
| 33 | MKDSouthern Europe · 2004 reading | 14.08 | 17.761 | consumption | 2004 |
| 34 | LTUNorthern Europe · 2004 reading | 12.79 | 15.731 | income | 2004 |
| 35 | RUSEastern Europe · 2004 reading | 12.51 | 16.903 | consumption | 2004 |
| 36 | CRICentral America · 2004 reading | 12.24 | 18.771 | income | 2004 |
| 37 | LVANorthern Europe · 2004 reading | 12.06 | 15.376 | income | 2004 |
| 38 | SRBSouthern Europe · 2004 reading | 11.88 | 14.951 | consumption | 2004 |
| 39 | PSEWestern Asia · 2004 reading | 10.82 | 13.485 | consumption | 2004 |
| 40 | TURWestern Asia · 2004 reading | 9.90 | 13.061 | consumption | 2004 |
| 41 | PANCentral America · 2004 reading | 9.37 | 16.190 | income | 2004 |
| 42 | JAMCaribbean · 2004 reading | 9.28 | 14.174 | consumption | 2004 |
| 43 | THASouth-eastern Asia · 2004 reading | 8.83 | 12.668 | consumption | 2004 |
| 44 | AZEWestern Asia · 2004 reading | 8.46 | 10.139 | consumption | 2004 |
| 45 | BOLSouth America · 2004 reading | 8.43 | 14.898 | income | 2004 |
| 46 | BRASouth America · 2004 reading | 8.36 | 15.379 | income | 2004 |
| 47 | PRYSouth America · 2004 reading | 8.25 | 14.014 | income | 2004 |
| 48 | MEXCentral America · 2004 reading | 8.24 | 13.326 | income | 2004 |
| 49 | UKREastern Europe · 2004 reading | 8.02 | 9.291 | consumption | 2004 |
| 50 | ROUEastern Europe · 2004 reading | 7.42 | 8.582 | consumption | 2004 |
| 51 | DOMCaribbean · 2004 reading | 7.35 | 12.334 | income | 2004 |
| 52 | SLVCentral America · 2004 reading | 7.09 | 10.617 | income | 2004 |
| 53 | BLREastern Europe · 2004 reading | 7.00 | 7.830 | consumption | 2004 |
| 54 | ECUSouth America · 2004 reading | 6.61 | 11.318 | income | 2004 |
| 55 | KAZCentral Asia · 2004 reading | 6.32 | 7.634 | consumption | 2004 |
| 56 | EGYNorthern Africa | 6.22 | 7.774 | consumption | 2004.49 |
| 57 | COLSouth America · 2004 reading | 6.19 | 11.319 | income | 2004 |
| 58 | PERSouth America · 2004 reading | 6.08 | 9.271 | income | 2004 |
| 59 | MDAEastern Europe · 2004 reading | 6.04 | 7.512 | consumption | 2004 |
| 60 | VENSouth America · 2004 reading | 5.92 | 8.493 | income | 2004 |
| 61 | ARMWestern Asia · 2004 reading | 5.55 | 7.446 | consumption | 2004 |
| 62 | GEOWestern Asia · 2004 reading | 5.22 | 6.388 | consumption | 2004 |
| 63 | COMEastern Africa · 2004 reading | 5.06 | 9.446 | consumption | 2004 |
| 64 | HNDCentral America · 2004 reading | 4.95 | 9.334 | income | 2004 |
| 65 | MRTWestern Africa | 4.23 | 5.776 | consumption | 2004.55 |
| 66 | VNMSouth-eastern Asia · 2004 reading | 3.99 | 5.264 | consumption | 2004 |
| 67 | KGZCentral Asia · 2004 reading | 3.86 | 4.998 | consumption | 2004 |
| 68 | TJKCentral Asia · 2004 reading | 3.61 | 4.445 | consumption | 2004 |
| 69 | ETHEastern Africa | 3.35 | 3.974 | consumption | 2004.5 |
| 70 | PAKSouthern Asia | 3.31 | 4.115 | consumption | 2004.5 |
| 71 | IDNSouth-eastern Asia · 2004 reading | 3.15 | 3.837 | consumption | 2004 |
| 72 | INDSouthern Asia | 3.11 | 3.705 | consumption | 2004.5 |
| 73 | MWIEastern Africa | 1.98 | 2.741 | consumption | 2004.23 |
| 74 | ZMBEastern Africa | 1.82 | 3.291 | consumption | 2004.67 |
| 75 | CODMiddle Africa | 0.80 | 1.125 | consumption | 2004.89 |
02In Median Daily Income or Consumption per Person, 2004 compilation
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.
Highest
- 1
Luxembourg72.24
- 2
Switzerland62.86
- 3
Austria59.68
- 4
United States58.65
- 5
Germany54.42
A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 11.88. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
Each measure’s ends
Mean income or consumption per person (2021 PPP $ a day)
Highest
Luxembourg84.011
Lowest
DR Congo1.125
Middle country: 15.379
032003 → 2004
Since the 2003 compilation
What changed between the 2003 compilation and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +22 / −16countries joined / left
- 53values changed, of 53 in both
- 42 · 11rose · fell
- 0unchanged
Rose most
Slovenia26.17 → 33.84+7.66
Australia39.46 → 43.25+3.79
North Macedonia11.05 → 14.08+3.03
Austria56.89 → 59.68+2.80
Hungary14.78 → 17.05+2.27
Fell most
Serbia13.25 → 11.88−1.38
Dominican Republic8.66 → 7.35−1.31
Latvia13.31 → 12.06−1.24
Lithuania13.88 → 12.79−1.09
Spain37.65 → 36.89−0.76
Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. 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.
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Each country’s newest reading as of 2004, from 2004 to 2004.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 75 countries has every column.
05The files
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World Bank Group (2004). Median Daily Income or Consumption per Person, 2004 compilation [data set]. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/median-daily-income/2004
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07Questions
Median Daily Income or Consumption per Person, 2004 compilation: questions and answers
Which country has the highest median income per day in Median Daily Income or Consumption per Person, 2004 compilation?
Luxembourg, at 72.24, of the 75 countries in the file.
How many countries does Median Daily Income or Consumption per Person, 2004 compilation cover?
75.
Where can I download Median Daily Income or Consumption per Person, 2004 compilation?
On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.
Is Median Daily Income or Consumption per Person, 2004 compilation the newest?
No. The newest held here is Median Daily Income or Consumption per Person, 2023 compilation.