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Median Daily Income or Consumption per Person, 2018 compilation

Name: Median Daily Income or Consumption per Person, 2018 compilation
Creator: World Bank Group
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Median Daily Income or Consumption per Person, 2018 compilation covers 94 countries on 2 measures. United Arab Emirates is highest, at 76.519; Niger is lowest, at 2.661. The middle country reads 16.543. Against the 2017 compilation, 67 values changed (51 up, 16 down), 27 countries joined, 12 left.

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Median Daily Income or Consumption per Person · Latest available · compiled 2018

HighestUnited Arab Emirates

76.519

LowestNiger

2.661

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

94countries
2measures per country
2018compiled · readings from many years
94distinct 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, 2018 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, 2018 compilation: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia · 2018 reading	76.519	81.18	income	2018
2	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe · 2018 reading	75.048	84.95	income	2018
3	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe · 2018 reading	74.663	90.67	income	2018
4	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe · 2018 reading	70.988	85.06	income	2018
5	Austria`AUT`Western Europe · 2018 reading	67.090	77.15	income	2018
6	United States`USA`Northern America · 2018 reading	66.046	88.27	income	2018
7	Germany`DEU`Western Europe · 2018 reading	62.253	73.62	income	2018
8	Canada`CAN`Northern America · 2018 reading	62.166	73.57	income	2018
9	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe · 2018 reading	61.725	71.04	income	2018
10	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe · 2018 reading	61.510	69.87	income	2018
11	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe · 2018 reading	60.770	66.64	income	2018
12	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe · 2018 reading	59.441	66.12	income	2018
13	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand · 2018 reading	57.607	70.30	income	2018
14	France`FRA`Western Europe · 2018 reading	56.841	68.30	income	2018
15	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe · 2018 reading	56.741	65.13	income	2018
16	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe · 2018 reading	54.215	62.23	income	2018
17	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe · 2018 reading	52.654	63.45	income	2018
18	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia · 2018 reading	47.839	56.96	income	2018
19	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe · 2018 reading	47.666	54.03	income	2018
20	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe · 2018 reading	46.600	55.05	income	2018
21	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia · 2018 reading	45.950	56.87	income	2018
22	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe · 2018 reading	45.814	55.37	income	2018
23	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia · 2018 reading	43.104	51.90	income	2018
24	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe · 2018 reading	42.980	47.69	income	2018
25	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe · 2018 reading	42.369	50.21	income	2018
26	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia · 2018 reading	40.118	46.21	income	2018
27	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe · 2018 reading	37.333	42.57	income	2018
28	Israel`ISR`Western Asia · 2018 reading	36.136	44.12	income	2018
29	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe · 2018 reading	35.627	41.75	income	2018
30	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe · 2018 reading	31.316	36.26	income	2018
31	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe · 2018 reading	31.264	38.89	income	2018
32	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe · 2018 reading	30.528	37.38	income	2018
33	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe · 2018 reading	29.978	36.48	income	2018
34	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe · 2018 reading	28.319	34.95	income	2018
35	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	27.674	37.49	income	2018.46
36	Uruguay`URY`South America · 2018 reading	27.175	35.67	income	2018
37	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe · 2018 reading	26.866	28.55	income	2018
38	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe · 2018 reading	26.790	30.19	income	2018
39	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe · 2018 reading	24.915	29.07	income	2018
40	Argentina`ARG`South America · 2018 reading	21.788	28.65	income	2018
41	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe · 2018 reading	21.560	29.18	income	2018
42	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	21.001	23.97	income	2018.08
43	Panama`PAN`Central America · 2018 reading	19.428	29.37	income	2018
44	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe · 2018 reading	19.043	22.35	income	2018
45	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America · 2018 reading	18.188	28.10	income	2018
46	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia · 2018 reading	17.560	24.14	income	2018
47	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe · 2018 reading	17.118	19.36	consumption	2018
48	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe · 2018 reading	15.969	18.54	income	2018
49	Bolivia`BOL`South America · 2018 reading	15.965	21.19	income	2018
50	Belize`BLZ`Central America	14.938	19.92	consumption	2018.2
51	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe · 2018 reading	14.755	17.21	income	2018
52	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe · 2018 reading	14.282	15.76	income	2018
53	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia · 2018 reading	14.239	18.53	consumption	2018
54	Brazil`BRA`South America · 2018 reading	14.227	23.94	income	2018
55	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean · 2018 reading	14.042	17.71	consumption	2018
56	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean · 2018 reading	14.012	20.27	income	2018
57	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	13.922	21.11	consumption	2018.36
58	Paraguay`PRY`South America · 2018 reading	13.824	20.21	income	2018
59	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe · 2018 reading	13.082	14.78	consumption	2018
60	Ecuador`ECU`South America · 2018 reading	12.929	18.51	income	2018
61	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia · 2018 reading	12.702	15.65	consumption	2018
62	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe · 2018 reading	12.387	14.17	consumption	2018
63	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe · 2018 reading	12.345	14.15	consumption	2018
64	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia · 2018 reading	11.803	14.08	consumption	2018
65	China`CHN`Eastern Asia · 2018 reading	11.492	15.12	consumption	2018
66	Peru`PER`South America · 2018 reading	11.066	14.86	income	2018
67	Mexico`MEX`Central America · 2018 reading	10.808	16.19	income	2018
68	Colombia`COL`South America · 2018 reading	10.239	16.41	income	2018
69	El Salvador`SLV`Central America · 2018 reading	10.033	12.94	income	2018
70	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia · 2018 reading	9.428	11.48	consumption	2018
71	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	9.397	12.22	consumption	2018.23
72	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia · 2018 reading	7.972	10.11	consumption	2018
73	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe · 2018 reading	7.490	9.38	income	2018
74	Honduras`HND`Central America · 2018 reading	7.232	10.86	income	2018
75	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia · 2018 reading	6.912	9.95	income	2018
76	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia · 2018 reading	6.877	8.51	consumption	2018
77	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia · 2018 reading	5.681	7.43	consumption	2018
78	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	5.655	6.54	consumption	2018.5
79	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia · 2018 reading	5.519	6.52	consumption	2018
80	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	5.258	7.21	consumption	2018.42
81	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	5.001	6.75	consumption	2018.5
82	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	4.851	6.31	consumption	2018.5
83	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	4.446	5.43	consumption	2018.5
84	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	4.130	5.40	consumption	2018.57
85	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	3.880	6.22	consumption	2018.17
86	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	3.879	4.80	consumption	2018.75
87	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	3.856	5.47	consumption	2018.43
88	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	3.673	4.66	consumption	2018.43
89	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	3.655	4.89	consumption	2018.5
90	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	3.393	4.49	consumption	2018.5
91	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa · 2018 reading	3.359	4.41	consumption	2018
92	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	3.118	4.63	consumption	2018.5
93	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2.958	4.18	consumption	2017.92
94	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.661	3.56	consumption	2018.57

02In Median Daily Income or Consumption per Person, 2018 compilation

At either end

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

Highest

1United Arab Emirates76.519
2Norway75.048
3Luxembourg74.663
4Switzerland70.988
5Austria67.090

Lowest

94Niger2.661
93Tanzania2.958
92Burkina Faso3.118
91Sierra Leone3.359
90Chad3.393

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 16.543. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Mean income or consumption per person (2021 PPP $ a day)
HighestLuxembourg90.67
LowestNiger3.56
Middle country: 21.77

032017 → 2018

Since the 2017 compilation

What changed between the 2017 compilation and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+27 / −12countries joined / left
67values changed, of 67 in both
51 · 16rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Luxembourg71.276 → 74.663+3.387
Lithuania28.574 → 31.264+2.690
Bulgaria19.180 → 21.560+2.380
Estonia33.456 → 35.627+2.171
Slovenia40.811 → 42.980+2.169

Fell most

Iceland63.928 → 60.770−3.158
Argentina24.033 → 21.788−2.244
Switzerland72.173 → 70.988−1.185
Japan41.031 → 40.118−0.913
Kosovo8.396 → 7.490−0.905

+ Angola

+ United Arab Emirates

+ Australia

+ Benin

+ Burkina Faso

+ Belize

+ Côte d’Ivoire

+ Guinea

+ Guinea-Bissau

+ Grenada

+ Jamaica

+ Laos

+ Mexico

+ Mali

+ Mongolia

+ Malaysia

+ Niger

+ Nigeria

+ Pakistan

+ Philippines

+ Senegal

+ Sierra Leone

+ Seychelles

+ Chad

+ Togo

+ Tanzania

+ Vietnam

− Bhutan

− Chile

− Djibouti

− Egypt

− Gabon

− Hungary

− Lesotho

− Myanmar

− Mauritius

− Qatar

− São Tomé and Príncipe

− 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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