Latest available · compiled 2011
Median Daily Income or Consumption per Person, 2011 compilation
Each country’s newest reading as of 2011; every row carries its own year · stored as published, never rewritten
Median Daily Income or Consumption per Person, 2011 compilation covers 82 countries on 2 measures. Luxembourg is highest, at 71.377; Benin is lowest, at 2.089. The middle country reads 15.121. Against the 2010 compilation, 64 values changed (40 up, 24 down), 18 countries joined, 23 left.
Median Daily Income or Consumption per Person · Latest available · compiled 2011
HighestLuxembourg
71.377LowestBenin
2.089Shaded 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, 2011 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 82 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LUXWestern Europe · 2011 reading | 71.377 | 83.768 | income | 2011 |
| 2 | NORNorthern Europe · 2011 reading | 71.222 | 78.268 | income | 2011 |
| 3 | CHEWestern Europe · 2011 reading | 70.213 | 83.058 | income | 2011 |
| 4 | AUTWestern Europe · 2011 reading | 63.620 | 73.630 | income | 2011 |
| 5 | USANorthern America · 2011 reading | 58.032 | 76.389 | income | 2011 |
| 6 | CANNorthern America · 2011 reading | 57.756 | 68.433 | income | 2011 |
| 7 | DNKNorthern Europe · 2011 reading | 56.905 | 65.264 | income | 2011 |
| 8 | NLDWestern Europe · 2011 reading | 56.610 | 64.343 | income | 2011 |
| 9 | DEUWestern Europe · 2011 reading | 55.723 | 66.073 | income | 2011 |
| 10 | BELWestern Europe · 2011 reading | 55.136 | 61.473 | income | 2011 |
| 11 | FRAWestern Europe · 2011 reading | 54.559 | 66.949 | income | 2011 |
| 12 | FINNorthern Europe · 2011 reading | 53.487 | 61.953 | income | 2011 |
| 13 | GBRNorthern Europe · 2011 reading | 49.347 | 59.365 | income | 2011 |
| 14 | ISLNorthern Europe · 2011 reading | 48.498 | 53.991 | income | 2011 |
| 15 | SWENorthern Europe · 2011 reading | 48.473 | 54.518 | income | 2011 |
| 16 | CYPWestern Asia · 2011 reading | 46.912 | 58.164 | income | 2011 |
| 17 | ITASouthern Europe · 2011 reading | 46.059 | 54.612 | income | 2011 |
| 18 | ESPSouthern Europe · 2011 reading | 41.761 | 49.734 | income | 2011 |
| 19 | JPNEastern Asia · 2011 reading | 39.767 | 46.310 | income | 2011 |
| 20 | SVNSouthern Europe · 2011 reading | 39.530 | 43.389 | income | 2011 |
| 21 | MLTSouthern Europe · 2011 reading | 37.326 | 42.391 | income | 2011 |
| 22 | IRLNorthern Europe · 2011 reading | 36.538 | 43.782 | income | 2011 |
| 23 | CZEEastern Europe · 2011 reading | 32.208 | 35.954 | income | 2011 |
| 24 | GRCSouthern Europe · 2011 reading | 28.052 | 32.288 | income | 2011 |
| 25 | ISRWestern Asia · 2011 reading | 26.903 | 34.789 | income | 2011 |
| 26 | PRTSouthern Europe · 2011 reading | 26.199 | 33.257 | income | 2011 |
| 27 | SVKEastern Europe · 2011 reading | 25.540 | 27.635 | income | 2011 |
| 28 | POLEastern Europe · 2011 reading | 23.542 | 27.835 | income | 2011 |
| 29 | ARGSouth America · 2011 reading | 23.530 | 31.632 | income | 2011 |
| 30 | URYSouth America · 2011 reading | 23.395 | 31.960 | income | 2011 |
| 31 | ESTNorthern Europe · 2011 reading | 21.640 | 26.326 | income | 2011 |
| 32 | LBNWestern Asia | 21.365 | 25.185 | consumption | 2011.77 |
| 33 | HRVSouthern Europe · 2011 reading | 20.908 | 23.995 | income | 2011 |
| 34 | RUSEastern Europe · 2011 reading | 20.309 | 27.698 | consumption | 2011 |
| 35 | LTUNorthern Europe · 2011 reading | 20.114 | 23.500 | income | 2011 |
| 36 | HUNEastern Europe · 2011 reading | 18.711 | 20.934 | income | 2011 |
| 37 | MYSSouth-eastern Asia · 2011 reading | 18.573 | 26.247 | income | 2011 |
| 38 | LVANorthern Europe · 2011 reading | 17.168 | 21.043 | income | 2011 |
| 39 | CRICentral America · 2011 reading | 16.794 | 26.205 | income | 2011 |
| 40 | MNESouthern Europe · 2011 reading | 15.888 | 18.598 | consumption | 2011 |
| 41 | BGREastern Europe · 2011 reading | 15.149 | 17.722 | income | 2011 |
| 42 | BIHSouthern Europe · 2011 reading | 15.094 | 18.116 | consumption | 2011 |
| 43 | BOLSouth America · 2011 reading | 14.538 | 20.480 | income | 2011 |
| 44 | PANCentral America · 2011 reading | 14.526 | 23.167 | income | 2011 |
| 45 | BLREastern Europe · 2011 reading | 13.784 | 15.519 | consumption | 2011 |
| 46 | TURWestern Asia · 2011 reading | 13.479 | 17.917 | consumption | 2011 |
| 47 | CHLSouth America · 2011 reading | 13.444 | 21.012 | income | 2011 |
| 48 | BRASouth America · 2011 reading | 12.705 | 20.980 | income | 2011 |
| 49 | THASouth-eastern Asia · 2011 reading | 12.202 | 16.196 | consumption | 2011 |
| 50 | UKREastern Europe · 2011 reading | 11.923 | 13.337 | consumption | 2011 |
| 51 | PSEWestern Asia · 2011 reading | 11.902 | 14.969 | consumption | 2011 |
| 52 | KAZCentral Asia · 2011 reading | 11.415 | 13.393 | consumption | 2011 |
| 53 | ECUSouth America · 2011 reading | 11.274 | 16.399 | income | 2011 |
| 54 | MDAEastern Europe · 2011 reading | 11.223 | 13.321 | consumption | 2011 |
| 55 | PRYSouth America · 2011 reading | 11.040 | 17.846 | income | 2011 |
| 56 | ROUEastern Europe · 2011 reading | 10.405 | 12.266 | income | 2011 |
| 57 | DOMCaribbean · 2011 reading | 10.178 | 15.848 | income | 2011 |
| 58 | MKDSouthern Europe · 2011 reading | 10.149 | 12.445 | income | 2011 |
| 59 | IRNSouthern Asia | 9.955 | 12.274 | consumption | 2011.23 |
| 60 | PERSouth America · 2011 reading | 9.674 | 13.134 | income | 2011 |
| 61 | DZANorthern Africa | 9.114 | 10.454 | consumption | 2011.17 |
| 62 | COLSouth America · 2011 reading | 8.893 | 15.250 | income | 2011 |
| 63 | MNGEastern Asia · 2011 reading | 8.718 | 10.877 | consumption | 2011 |
| 64 | SLVCentral America · 2011 reading | 7.448 | 10.372 | income | 2011 |
| 65 | HNDCentral America · 2011 reading | 7.183 | 11.639 | income | 2011 |
| 66 | ARMWestern Asia · 2011 reading | 7.106 | 8.353 | consumption | 2011 |
| 67 | CHNEastern Asia · 2011 reading | 6.482 | 8.897 | consumption | 2011 |
| 68 | XKXSouthern Europe · 2011 reading | 6.144 | 7.124 | consumption | 2011 |
| 69 | GEOWestern Asia · 2011 reading | 5.203 | 6.733 | consumption | 2011 |
| 70 | KGZCentral Asia · 2011 reading | 5.196 | 6.070 | consumption | 2011 |
| 71 | IDNSouth-eastern Asia · 2011 reading | 3.974 | 5.425 | consumption | 2011 |
| 72 | ZWEEastern Africa · 2011 reading | 3.931 | 5.650 | consumption | 2011 |
| 73 | PAKSouthern Asia | 3.906 | 4.797 | consumption | 2011.5 |
| 74 | INDSouthern Asia | 3.856 | 4.644 | consumption | 2011.5 |
| 75 | COGMiddle Africa | 3.765 | 5.800 | consumption | 2011.67 |
| 76 | TCDMiddle Africa · 2011 reading | 3.344 | 4.492 | consumption | 2011 |
| 77 | TZAEastern Africa | 2.938 | 3.953 | consumption | 2011.77 |
| 78 | SLEWestern Africa · 2011 reading | 2.849 | 3.619 | consumption | 2011 |
| 79 | SENWestern Africa | 2.819 | 3.795 | consumption | 2011.29 |
| 80 | NERWestern Africa · 2011 reading | 2.333 | 2.896 | consumption | 2011 |
| 81 | TGOWestern Africa · 2011 reading | 2.140 | 3.203 | consumption | 2011 |
| 82 | BENWestern Africa | 2.089 | 3.145 | consumption | 2011.33 |
02In Median Daily Income or Consumption per Person, 2011 compilation
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.
Highest
- 1
Luxembourg71.377
- 2
Norway71.222
- 3
Switzerland70.213
- 4
Austria63.620
- 5
United States58.032
Lowest
- 82
Benin2.089
- 81
Togo2.140
- 80
Niger2.333
- 79
Senegal2.819
- 78
Sierra Leone2.849
A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 15.121. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
Each measure’s ends
Mean income or consumption per person (2021 PPP $ a day)
Highest
Luxembourg83.768
Lowest
Niger2.896
Middle country: 20.957
032010 → 2011
Since the 2010 compilation
What changed between the 2010 compilation and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +18 / −23countries joined / left
- 64values changed, of 64 in both
- 40 · 24rose · fell
- 0unchanged
Rose most
Norway67.055 → 71.222+4.167
Uruguay20.587 → 23.395+2.808
Kazakhstan9.584 → 11.415+1.831
Switzerland68.601 → 70.213+1.613
Argentina22.071 → 23.530+1.459
Fell most
Greece33.204 → 28.052−5.153
Japan42.148 → 39.767−2.381
Austria65.371 → 63.620−1.751
Luxembourg72.970 → 71.377−1.592
Ireland37.998 → 36.538−1.460
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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Readings from many years
Each country’s newest reading as of 2011, from 2011 to 2011.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 82 countries has every column.
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World Bank Group (2011). Median Daily Income or Consumption per Person, 2011 compilation [data set]. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/median-daily-income/2011
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07Questions
Median Daily Income or Consumption per Person, 2011 compilation: questions and answers
Which country has the highest median income per day in Median Daily Income or Consumption per Person, 2011 compilation?
Luxembourg, at 71.377, of the 82 countries in the file.
How many countries does Median Daily Income or Consumption per Person, 2011 compilation cover?
82.
Where can I download Median Daily Income or Consumption per Person, 2011 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, 2011 compilation the newest?
No. The newest held here is Median Daily Income or Consumption per Person, 2023 compilation.