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Median Daily Income or Consumption per Person, 2009 compilation

Name: Median Daily Income or Consumption per Person, 2009 compilation
Creator: World Bank Group
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Each country’s newest reading as of 2009; every row carries its own year · stored as published, never rewritten

This is what the person in the middle of a country’s income distribution lives on each day — half the population have less, half have more — in 2021 purchasing-power-parity dollars, so a dollar buys the same basket everywhere. It is the closest single number to a typical person’s living standard, and unlike an average it is not lifted by a few very high incomes.

Median Daily Income or Consumption per Person, 2009 compilation covers 83 countries on 2 measures. Luxembourg is highest, at 74.60; Burkina Faso is lowest, at 2.22. The middle country reads 12.58. Against the 2008 compilation, 62 values changed (38 up, 24 down), 21 countries joined, 17 left.

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Median Daily Income or Consumption per Person · Latest available · compiled 2009

HighestLuxembourg

74.60

LowestBurkina Faso

2.22

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

83countries
2measures per country
2009compiled · readings from many years
83distinct values4 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Median Daily Income or Consumption per Person, 2009 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.

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Median Daily Income or Consumption per Person, 2009 compilation: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe · 2009 reading	74.60	86.38	income	2009
2	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe · 2009 reading	67.39	81.59	income	2009
3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe · 2009 reading	66.38	74.37	income	2009
4	Austria`AUT`Western Europe · 2009 reading	64.20	74.29	income	2009
5	United States`USA`Northern America · 2009 reading	59.10	77.37	income	2009
6	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe · 2009 reading	57.95	65.90	income	2009
7	Canada`CAN`Northern America · 2009 reading	56.68	68.07	income	2009
8	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe · 2009 reading	56.46	63.19	income	2009
9	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe · 2009 reading	55.63	63.48	income	2009
10	Germany`DEU`Western Europe · 2009 reading	55.56	65.45	income	2009
11	France`FRA`Western Europe · 2009 reading	55.27	66.32	income	2009
12	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe · 2009 reading	52.88	60.69	income	2009
13	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe · 2009 reading	52.57	60.85	income	2009
14	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe · 2009 reading	50.12	62.34	income	2009
15	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe · 2009 reading	48.11	56.46	income	2009
16	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe · 2009 reading	47.20	53.13	income	2009
17	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia · 2009 reading	47.10	57.53	income	2009
18	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe · 2009 reading	45.99	54.64	income	2009
19	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia · 2009 reading	40.92	47.41	income	2009
20	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe · 2009 reading	39.60	43.70	income	2009
21	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe · 2009 reading	39.13	46.80	income	2009
22	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe · 2009 reading	38.21	44.88	income	2009
23	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe · 2009 reading	35.47	41.03	income	2009
24	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe · 2009 reading	31.89	36.06	income	2009
25	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe · 2009 reading	28.63	35.34	income	2009
26	Israel`ISR`Western Asia · 2009 reading	26.30	34.13	income	2009
27	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe · 2009 reading	23.57	26.04	income	2009
28	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe · 2009 reading	23.21	26.89	income	2009
29	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe · 2009 reading	22.77	27.08	income	2009
30	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe · 2009 reading	22.69	27.02	income	2009
31	Argentina`ARG`South America · 2009 reading	21.47	28.86	income	2009
32	Uruguay`URY`South America · 2009 reading	20.29	29.59	income	2009
33	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe · 2009 reading	19.46	23.89	income	2009
34	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe · 2009 reading	18.18	24.78	consumption	2009
35	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe · 2009 reading	18.16	19.89	income	2009
36	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe · 2009 reading	17.82	21.80	income	2009
37	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe · 2009 reading	17.61	20.89	consumption	2009
38	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe · 2009 reading	16.99	19.97	income	2009
39	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America · 2009 reading	15.36	24.89	income	2009
40	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe · 2009 reading	13.37	15.17	consumption	2009
41	Bolivia`BOL`South America · 2009 reading	12.87	18.64	income	2009
42	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia · 2009 reading	12.58	16.11	consumption	2009
43	Panama`PAN`Central America · 2009 reading	12.56	20.44	income	2009
44	Chile`CHL`South America · 2009 reading	12.55	19.61	income	2009
45	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe · 2009 reading	11.90	13.43	consumption	2009
46	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia · 2009 reading	11.76	14.86	consumption	2009
47	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe · 2009 reading	11.55	13.69	income	2009
48	Brazil`BRA`South America · 2009 reading	11.54	19.49	income	2009
49	Syria`SYR`Western Asia · 2009 reading	11.45	15.52	consumption	2009
50	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia · 2009 reading	11.41	15.46	consumption	2009
51	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	10.81	14.74	consumption	2009.23
52	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe · 2009 reading	10.68	12.03	consumption	2009
53	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe · 2009 reading	10.50	12.71	consumption	2009
54	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean · 2009 reading	9.83	15.49	income	2009
55	Paraguay`PRY`South America · 2009 reading	9.77	14.88	income	2009
56	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe · 2009 reading	9.47	12.04	income	2009
57	Ecuador`ECU`South America · 2009 reading	9.30	14.34	income	2009
58	Tonga`TON`Polynesia · 2009 reading	9.09	11.71	consumption	2009
59	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia · 2009 reading	9.04	10.61	consumption	2009
60	Peru`PER`South America · 2009 reading	8.43	12.14	income	2009
61	Colombia`COL`South America · 2009 reading	7.84	13.59	income	2009
62	Honduras`HND`Central America · 2009 reading	7.72	12.20	income	2009
63	El Salvador`SLV`Central America · 2009 reading	7.39	10.73	income	2009
64	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia · 2009 reading	6.85	8.01	consumption	2009
65	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America · 2009 reading	6.59	9.42	income	2009
66	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	6.45	8.27	consumption	2009.5
67	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	6.10	11.69	consumption	2009.25
68	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa · 2009 reading	6.09	7.55	consumption	2009
69	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	6.00	7.90	consumption	2009.5
70	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe · 2009 reading	5.99	7.12	consumption	2009
71	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia · 2009 reading	5.31	6.39	consumption	2009
72	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia · 2009 reading	5.20	8.09	income	2009
73	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia · 2009 reading	5.09	6.54	consumption	2009
74	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia · 2009 reading	5.03	5.94	consumption	2009
75	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	3.85	8.80	consumption	2009.54
76	India`IND`Southern Asia	3.51	4.17	consumption	2009.5
77	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia · 2009 reading	3.48	4.42	consumption	2009
78	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa · 2009 reading	3.42	4.84	consumption	2009
79	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	2.89	3.84	consumption	2009.67
80	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	2.50	4.27	consumption	2009.25
81	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	2.42	3.03	consumption	2009.89
82	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	2.38	3.54	consumption	2009.4
83	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa · 2009 reading	2.22	3.07	consumption	2009

02In Median Daily Income or Consumption per Person, 2009 compilation

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

1Luxembourg74.60
2Switzerland67.39
3Norway66.38
4Austria64.20
5United States59.10

Lowest

83Burkina Faso2.22
82Uganda2.38
81Mali2.42
80Eswatini2.50
79Papua New Guinea2.89

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 12.58. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Mean income or consumption per person (2021 PPP $ a day)
HighestLuxembourg86.38
LowestMali3.03
Middle country: 19.49

032008 → 2009

Since the 2008 compilation

What changed between the 2008 compilation and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+21 / −17countries joined / left
62values changed, of 62 in both
38 · 24rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Luxembourg71.67 → 74.60+2.93
Finland51.20 → 52.88+1.67
Portugal27.13 → 28.63+1.51
Bolivia11.38 → 12.87+1.48
France53.84 → 55.27+1.43

Fell most

Iceland59.44 → 52.57−6.87
Croatia28.57 → 23.21−5.37
North Macedonia13.79 → 9.47−4.32
Lithuania23.56 → 19.46−4.09
Latvia21.34 → 17.82−3.52

+ Burkina Faso

+ Botswana

+ Chile

+ India

+ Iran

+ Sri Lanka

+ Maldives

+ Mali

+ Namibia

+ Nicaragua

+ Philippines

+ Papua New Guinea

+ Palestine

+ Sudan

+ South Sudan

+ Eswatini

+ Syria

+ Tajikistan

+ Tonga

+ Uganda

+ Kosovo

− Angola

− Albania

− Australia

− Central African Republic

− China

− Côte d’Ivoire

− Egypt

− Fiji

− Jordan

− South Korea

− Mexico

− Mozambique

− Mauritania

− Malaysia

− Vietnam

− Samoa

− South Africa

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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World Bank Group (2009). Median Daily Income or Consumption per Person, 2009 compilation [data set]. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/median-daily-income/2009

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