Median Daily Income or Consumption per Person, 2012 compilation

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Median Daily Income or Consumption per Person, 2012 compilation: every country, as published by World Bank Group.

Positionderived	Country	Median income or consumption per person (2021 PPP $ a day)	Mean income or consumption per person (2021 PPP $ a day)	Survey measures	Survey year
1	NorwayNORNorthern Europe · 2012 reading	72.45	80.07	income	2012
2	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe · 2012 reading	71.04	85.11	income	2012
3	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe · 2012 reading	69.34	84.92	income	2012
4	AustriaAUTWestern Europe · 2012 reading	62.67	71.95	income	2012
5	CanadaCANNorthern America · 2012 reading	58.68	69.14	income	2012
6	United StatesUSANorthern America · 2012 reading	58.34	76.69	income	2012
7	BelgiumBELWestern Europe · 2012 reading	56.74	63.22	income	2012
8	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe · 2012 reading	56.34	64.88	income	2012
9	GermanyDEUWestern Europe · 2012 reading	55.90	65.95	income	2012
10	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe · 2012 reading	55.72	63.45	income	2012
11	FranceFRAWestern Europe · 2012 reading	54.46	66.37	income	2012
12	FinlandFINNorthern Europe · 2012 reading	54.03	62.10	income	2012
13	SwedenSWENorthern Europe · 2012 reading	49.39	55.80	income	2012
14	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe · 2012 reading	49.08	59.17	income	2012
15	IcelandISLNorthern Europe · 2012 reading	48.92	55.12	income	2012
16	ItalyITASouthern Europe · 2012 reading	44.02	52.15	income	2012
17	CyprusCYPWestern Asia · 2012 reading	43.39	54.93	income	2012
18	SpainESPSouthern Europe · 2012 reading	40.15	47.38	income	2012
19	JapanJPNEastern Asia · 2012 reading	40.06	46.75	income	2012
20	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe · 2012 reading	38.31	43.91	income	2012
21	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe · 2012 reading	37.76	41.60	income	2012
22	South KoreaKOREastern Asia · 2012 reading	37.31	42.84	income	2012
23	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe · 2012 reading	36.52	44.11	income	2012
24	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe · 2012 reading	31.59	35.35	income	2012
25	IsraelISRWestern Asia · 2012 reading	28.88	36.74	income	2012

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 13.43. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

• Mean income or consumption per person (2021 PPP $ a day)

  HighestSwitzerland85.11

  LowestDR Congo2.27

  Middle country: 17.72

• +22 / −17countries joined / left
• 65values changed, of 65 in both
• 42 · 23rose · fell
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+ Albania+ Bhutan+ DR Congo+ Djibouti+ Egypt+ Ghana+ Guinea+ Haiti+ Iraq+ South Korea+ Laos+ Sri Lanka+ Madagascar+ Mexico+ Mauritius+ Nigeria+ Nauru+ Philippines+ Solomon Islands+ Serbia+ Uganda+ Vietnam− Benin− Bosnia and Herzegovina− Chile− Republic of the Congo− Algeria− India− Lebanon− Malaysia− Niger− Pakistan− Palestine− Senegal− Sierra Leone− Chad− Togo− Tanzania− Zimbabwe

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.

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