List of Asian countries by GDP per capita

Source IMF World Economic Outlook (April-2024)
Date11 Sep 2024

Singapore is the richest economy in Asia, followed by Qatar. Six economies have a GDP per capita above 50,000 US dollars. Twenty-one economies would have a per capita GDP above $10,000. Pakistan has the poorest economy in Asia. Two Asian economies have a GDP per capita below $1000.

In 2024, the United Arab Emirates and Hong Kong will overtake Israel. The rank of Taiwan will move up from 13th to 9th. Three economies are in the top ten richest economies in the world, and fourteen economies are within the top 50 world GDP per capita rankings.

Out of 49 economies, gdp (nominal) per capita of 40 economies would increase, and 9 economies would decrease in 2024 compared to 2023. Macao SAR will add $9,883 in 2024, followed by Singapore ($3,713) and Hong Kong ($3,577). Kuwait, Oman, and Japan are the top decliners.

In PPP data, three economies have a GDP per capita above 100k Int. Dollars. Fourteen economies would have a per capita GDP above Int. $50,000. Macao SAR will dethrone Singapore at the top spot. Four Asian economies are in the top ten richest economies globally, and fourteen economies are within the top 50 world GDP per capita rankings.

Out of 49 economies, the GDP (PPP) per capita of 44 would increase, and five economies would decrease in 2024 compared to 2023. Macao SAR will add Int. $17,294 in 2024, followed by Singapore (Int. $5,388) and United Arab Emirates (Int. $4,772). 'West Bank and Gaza' and Kuwait are the top decliners.

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GDP per capita (Nominal)

Code Country/Economy GDP per capita ($) % of Rank
20242025ChangeAsiaWorld AsiaWorld
LKASri Lanka 4,3254,6152905332.632125
LBNLebanon 5,2826,1408577043.427113
PAKPakistan 40443733511.742161
PAKPakistan 1,5811,659781911.742161
ARMArmenia8,6138,85724410162.52388
AZEAzerbaijan7,2517,6043538753.725100
BHRBahrain29,03628,857-1793292041446
BGDBangladesh2,6222,689673119.040146
BTNBhutan3,9134,3023894930.434132
BRNBrunei Darussalam34,04434,970925398247835
KHMCambodia2,7552,8701153320.338144
CHNChina13,31313,68737515696.71973
CYPCyprus38,62541,1322,507469290728
GEOGeorgia9,1429,57142910967.62287
HKGHong Kong SAR54,03456,0311,996638396518
INDIndia2,7112,8781673320.337142
IDNIndonesia4,9585,027685735.529121
IRNIslamic Republic of Iran4,6333,897-7364427.535134
IRQIraq6,2475,668-5796540.028117
ISRIsrael54,19257,7603,569658408417
JPNJapan32,49833,9561,4583872401138
JORJordan4,6934,9032105634.630122
KAZKazakhstan14,14914,7686191681041868
KORKorea36,12934,642-1,487395245936
KWTKuwait31,64129,951-1,6903412121345
KGZKyrgyz Republic2,4712,7472753119.439145
LAOLao P.D.R.2,0662,096302414.841156
MACMacao SAR72,90776,3143,40787053928
MYSMalaysia12,54113,14560415092.82176
MDVMaldives17,37218,2078352071291665
MNGMongolia6,6547,2015478250.926101
MMRMyanmar1,1141,17763138.3146169
NPLNepal1,3891,458681710.344164
OMNOman20,05918,966-1,0932161341562
PHLPhilippines4,0794,3502715030.733130
QATQatar71,58371,65370816506310
SAUSaudi Arabia30,74630,099-6483432131243
SGPSingapore90,67492,9322,2581,05965614
TWNTaiwan Province of China33,43734,4269893922431037
TJKTajikistan1,3291,4321031610.145165
THAThailand7,4927,7672758854.82498
TLSTimor-Leste1,4381,491531710.543163
TURTürkiye15,46316,7091,2461901181767
TKMTurkmenistan12,50613,33783215294.22075
AREUnited Arab Emirates48,83049,498668564350623
UZBUzbekistan3,1133,5144014024.836138
VNMVietnam4,5364,8062705533.931123
YEMYemen471417-5452.9448192
Asia 8,565 8,776 211 61.98
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GDP per capita (PPP)

Code Country/Economy GDP per capita (Int. $) % of Rank PPP/Nom
20242025ChangeAsiaWorld AsiaWorld
LKASri Lanka 14,97214,889-846957.8321163.226
LBNLebanon 11,79811,717-825445.5361261.908
AFGAfghanistan 2,1042,047-58107.95471834.681
PAKPakistan 6,7246,9512263227.0421484.189
ARMArmenia23,36125,0601,69911797.325832.829
AZEAzerbaijan24,98426,2351,25112210224813.450
BHRBahrain65,88967,7951,9063152638252.349
BGDBangladesh9,73310,2655324839.9381313.817
BTNBhutan16,25117,7351,4848268.9281074.122
BRNBrunei Darussalam91,69595,7584,063445372482.738
KHMCambodia8,1798,6464674033.6411383.013
CHNChina27,09328,9781,88513511321772.117
CYPCyprus62,20665,0882,88230325310301.582
GEOGeorgia28,25830,7492,49114311920753.213
HKGHong Kong SAR75,11577,9422,8273623037171.391
INDIndia11,22812,1329045647.1351254.215
IDNIndonesia16,55817,6121,0538268.4291083.504
IRNIslamic Republic of Iran19,57719,9573819377.527985.121
IRQIraq15,38415,178-2077159.0311152.678
ISRIsrael53,92956,4362,50726221912380.977
JPNJapan52,71354,6771,96525421213411.610
JORJordan10,98111,5085275444.7371282.347
KAZKazakhstan41,73544,4462,71120717315543.010
KORKorea62,69765,1122,4153032539291.880
KWTKuwait49,70850,9611,25323719814431.702
KGZKyrgyz Republic8,1768,7816054134.1401363.197
LAOLao P.D.R.9,74810,1253774739.3391334.831
MACMacao SAR128,026134,0426,016623521231.756
MYSMalaysia41,15743,4732,31720216916563.307
MDVMaldives34,68636,5851,89917014219632.009
MNGMongolia18,99020,4481,4599579.426952.840
MMRMyanmar5,6895,9242352823.0441535.033
NPLNepal5,4125,7153032722.2451553.920
OMNOman41,27542,01573919516318582.215
PHLPhilippines12,07312,9358626050.2331202.974
QATQatar116,249121,6055,356565472351.697
SAUSaudi Arabia59,74161,9232,18228824111332.057
SGPSingapore150,689156,7556,066729609111.687
TWNTaiwan Province of China79,56584,0824,5173913275132.442
TJKTajikistan5,6156,0484332823.5431524.223
THAThailand25,21126,3231,11212210223803.389
TLSTimor-Leste4,7284,9161882319.1461583.296
TURTürkiye40,50142,4511,94919716517572.541
TKMTurkmenistan26,87027,8731,00213010822792.090
AREUnited Arab Emirates77,09581,6764,5813803176151.650
UZBUzbekistan11,70412,4627585848.4341223.546
VNMVietnam16,33517,4841,1498167.9301093.638
YEMYemen1,7051,675-3086.51481904.020
Asia 20,322 21,507 1,185 83.55