Latest available · compiled 2005
Median Daily Income or Consumption per Person, 2005 compilation
Each country’s newest reading as of 2005; every row carries its own year · stored as published, never rewritten
Median Daily Income or Consumption per Person, 2005 compilation covers 81 countries on 2 measures. Luxembourg is highest, at 74.5447; Niger is lowest, at 1.4541. The middle country reads 9.4214. Against the 2004 compilation, 58 values changed (46 up, 12 down), 22 countries joined, 16 left.
Median Daily Income or Consumption per Person · Latest available · compiled 2005
HighestLuxembourg
74.5447LowestNiger
1.4541Shaded 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, 2005 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 81 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LUXWestern Europe · 2005 reading | 74.5447 | 86.84 | income | 2005 |
| 2 | USANorthern America · 2005 reading | 59.0902 | 77.62 | income | 2005 |
| 3 | AUTWestern Europe · 2005 reading | 57.8660 | 66.17 | income | 2005 |
| 4 | NORNorthern Europe · 2005 reading | 55.8990 | 67.55 | income | 2005 |
| 5 | DEUWestern Europe · 2005 reading | 53.6579 | 64.16 | income | 2005 |
| 6 | DNKNorthern Europe · 2005 reading | 53.5317 | 59.92 | income | 2005 |
| 7 | BELWestern Europe · 2005 reading | 53.1500 | 61.28 | income | 2005 |
| 8 | CANNorthern America · 2005 reading | 52.4269 | 62.28 | income | 2005 |
| 9 | NLDWestern Europe · 2005 reading | 51.8164 | 60.16 | income | 2005 |
| 10 | GBRNorthern Europe · 2005 reading | 49.0020 | 60.78 | income | 2005 |
| 11 | ISLNorthern Europe · 2005 reading | 48.9742 | 57.47 | income | 2005 |
| 12 | FINNorthern Europe · 2005 reading | 48.1625 | 55.88 | income | 2005 |
| 13 | ITASouthern Europe · 2005 reading | 47.0786 | 55.26 | income | 2005 |
| 14 | FRAWestern Europe · 2005 reading | 46.3730 | 54.39 | income | 2005 |
| 15 | CYPWestern Asia · 2005 reading | 44.7869 | 53.26 | income | 2005 |
| 16 | TWNEastern Asia · 2005 reading | 43.0448 | 52.47 | income | 2005 |
| 17 | SWENorthern Europe · 2005 reading | 41.2399 | 45.51 | income | 2005 |
| 18 | IRLNorthern Europe · 2005 reading | 38.9626 | 48.62 | income | 2005 |
| 19 | ESPSouthern Europe · 2005 reading | 38.6882 | 44.71 | income | 2005 |
| 20 | SVNSouthern Europe · 2005 reading | 35.1393 | 38.70 | income | 2005 |
| 21 | GRCSouthern Europe · 2005 reading | 34.8489 | 41.90 | income | 2005 |
| 22 | CZEEastern Europe · 2005 reading | 27.7306 | 31.22 | income | 2005 |
| 23 | PRTSouthern Europe · 2005 reading | 25.3491 | 34.02 | income | 2005 |
| 24 | ISRWestern Asia · 2005 reading | 23.7233 | 31.08 | income | 2005 |
| 25 | SVKEastern Europe · 2005 reading | 18.4770 | 21.05 | income | 2005 |
| 26 | HUNEastern Europe · 2005 reading | 17.9356 | 21.51 | income | 2005 |
| 27 | ESTNorthern Europe · 2005 reading | 17.0639 | 21.17 | income | 2005 |
| 28 | POLEastern Europe · 2005 reading | 16.8819 | 20.55 | income | 2005 |
| 29 | ARGSouth America · 2005 reading | 16.2618 | 23.82 | income | 2005 |
| 30 | LTUNorthern Europe · 2005 reading | 14.9920 | 18.22 | income | 2005 |
| 31 | MNESouthern Europe · 2005 reading | 13.6239 | 15.91 | consumption | 2005 |
| 32 | RUSEastern Europe · 2005 reading | 13.4004 | 18.59 | consumption | 2005 |
| 33 | LVANorthern Europe · 2005 reading | 13.3141 | 17.60 | income | 2005 |
| 34 | CRICentral America · 2005 reading | 12.8058 | 19.51 | income | 2005 |
| 35 | SRBSouthern Europe · 2005 reading | 12.7488 | 15.97 | consumption | 2005 |
| 36 | MKDSouthern Europe · 2005 reading | 11.6960 | 15.31 | consumption | 2005 |
| 37 | PSEWestern Asia · 2005 reading | 11.2668 | 14.06 | consumption | 2005 |
| 38 | IRNSouthern Asia | 10.4785 | 14.87 | consumption | 2005.23 |
| 39 | TURWestern Asia · 2005 reading | 10.2955 | 13.88 | consumption | 2005 |
| 40 | UKREastern Europe · 2005 reading | 9.4548 | 11.02 | consumption | 2005 |
| 41 | PANCentral America · 2005 reading | 9.4214 | 15.98 | income | 2005 |
| 42 | AZEWestern Asia · 2005 reading | 9.3495 | 11.27 | consumption | 2005 |
| 43 | PRYSouth America · 2005 reading | 8.9389 | 14.72 | income | 2005 |
| 44 | DOMCaribbean · 2005 reading | 8.8504 | 14.24 | income | 2005 |
| 45 | BRASouth America · 2005 reading | 8.8485 | 16.16 | income | 2005 |
| 46 | MEXCentral America · 2005 reading | 8.5919 | 13.71 | income | 2005 |
| 47 | BLREastern Europe · 2005 reading | 8.5656 | 9.63 | consumption | 2005 |
| 48 | TUNNorthern Africa | 8.4369 | 10.85 | consumption | 2005.34 |
| 49 | BOLSouth America · 2005 reading | 8.4275 | 15.85 | income | 2005 |
| 50 | ALBSouthern Europe · 2005 reading | 8.3001 | 9.75 | consumption | 2005 |
| 51 | ECUSouth America · 2005 reading | 7.9756 | 13.43 | income | 2005 |
| 52 | ROUEastern Europe · 2005 reading | 7.8480 | 9.07 | consumption | 2005 |
| 53 | VENSouth America · 2005 reading | 7.3532 | 10.63 | income | 2005 |
| 54 | GABMiddle Africa · 2005 reading | 7.2849 | 10.25 | consumption | 2005 |
| 55 | SLVCentral America · 2005 reading | 7.1633 | 10.80 | income | 2005 |
| 56 | COLSouth America · 2005 reading | 6.7698 | 11.93 | income | 2005 |
| 57 | FSMMicronesia · 2005 reading | 6.4915 | 8.82 | consumption | 2005 |
| 58 | KAZCentral Asia · 2005 reading | 6.2937 | 8.35 | consumption | 2005 |
| 59 | ARMWestern Asia · 2005 reading | 6.2506 | 8.21 | consumption | 2005 |
| 60 | NICCentral America · 2005 reading | 6.1069 | 9.65 | income | 2005 |
| 61 | PERSouth America · 2005 reading | 5.7518 | 8.87 | income | 2005 |
| 62 | MDAEastern Europe · 2005 reading | 5.3629 | 6.79 | consumption | 2005 |
| 63 | HNDCentral America · 2005 reading | 5.2943 | 10.18 | income | 2005 |
| 64 | XKXSouthern Europe · 2005 reading | 5.2750 | 6.34 | consumption | 2005 |
| 65 | GEOWestern Asia · 2005 reading | 5.0433 | 6.30 | consumption | 2005 |
| 66 | YEMWestern Asia | 4.4884 | 5.66 | consumption | 2005.25 |
| 67 | CHNEastern Asia · 2005 reading | 4.1585 | 5.69 | consumption | 2005 |
| 68 | ZAFSouthern Africa · 2005 reading | 3.7367 | 10.14 | consumption | 2005 |
| 69 | BGDSouthern Asia · 2005 reading | 3.7180 | 4.79 | consumption | 2005 |
| 70 | KGZCentral Asia · 2005 reading | 3.5635 | 4.47 | consumption | 2005 |
| 71 | KENEastern Africa | 3.3351 | 5.02 | consumption | 2005.38 |
| 72 | IDNSouth-eastern Asia · 2005 reading | 3.3347 | 4.01 | consumption | 2005 |
| 73 | PAKSouthern Asia | 3.3118 | 4.15 | consumption | 2005.5 |
| 74 | SENWestern Africa | 2.8238 | 3.74 | consumption | 2005.8 |
| 75 | MDGEastern Africa · 2005 reading | 2.7761 | 3.84 | consumption | 2005 |
| 76 | COGMiddle Africa · 2005 reading | 2.7332 | 4.28 | consumption | 2005 |
| 77 | GHAWestern Africa | 2.4665 | 3.39 | consumption | 2005.67 |
| 78 | SLBMelanesia | 2.3559 | 3.55 | consumption | 2005.5 |
| 79 | UGAEastern Africa | 1.9623 | 2.85 | consumption | 2005.33 |
| 80 | RWAEastern Africa | 1.8002 | 3.11 | consumption | 2005.75 |
| 81 | NERWestern Africa · 2005 reading | 1.4541 | 2.14 | consumption | 2005 |
02In Median Daily Income or Consumption per Person, 2005 compilation
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.
Highest
- 1
Luxembourg74.5447
- 2
United States59.0902
- 3
Austria57.8660
- 4
Norway55.8990
- 5
Germany53.6579
Lowest
- 81
Niger1.4541
- 80
Rwanda1.8002
- 79
Uganda1.9623
- 78
Solomon Islands2.3559
- 77
Ghana2.4665
A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 9.4214. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
Each measure’s ends
Mean income or consumption per person (2021 PPP $ a day)
Highest
Luxembourg86.84
Lowest
Niger2.14
Middle country: 14.72
032004 → 2005
Since the 2004 compilation
What changed between the 2004 compilation and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +22 / −16countries joined / left
- 58values changed, of 59 in both
- 46 · 12rose · fell
- 1unchanged
Rose most
Cyprus42.2890 → 44.7869+2.4979
Luxembourg72.2422 → 74.5447+2.3025
Lithuania12.7907 → 14.9920+2.2013
Estonia14.9151 → 17.0639+2.1488
Norway53.7993 → 55.8990+2.0997
Fell most
North Macedonia14.0807 → 11.6960−2.3847
Austria59.6846 → 57.8660−1.8186
Germany54.4150 → 53.6579−0.7571
Moldova6.0420 → 5.3629−0.6791
Peru6.0779 → 5.7518−0.3261
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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07Questions
Median Daily Income or Consumption per Person, 2005 compilation: questions and answers
Which country has the highest median income per day in Median Daily Income or Consumption per Person, 2005 compilation?
Luxembourg, at 74.5447, of the 81 countries in the file.
How many countries does Median Daily Income or Consumption per Person, 2005 compilation cover?
81.
Where can I download Median Daily Income or Consumption per Person, 2005 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, 2005 compilation the newest?
No. The newest held here is Median Daily Income or Consumption per Person, 2023 compilation.