Gross World Product per capita

SourceWorld Bank Nominal (current), Nominal (constant), PPP (current), PPP (constant)
Date21 Mar 2024

Gross world product per capita is obtained by adding the GDP of each of the countries and dividing the total GDP by the combined population of these countries.

GDP per capita of the World, comprising 195 economies, in 2024 is projected to be around US$13,810 in nominal terms, obtained by data from the IMF. This figure is almost $542 more than compared to 2023. Global GDP per capita in terms of PPP is forecast to be around Int $23,149, Int. $948 up compared to Int. $22,201 in 2023. Per capita income in ppp, which gives better living standard estimates, is 168% of the nominal.

During three years, global per capita income grew by over 4%, with the highest growth rate of 5.12 percent in 2021. Global gdp per capita contracted for six years with the lowest of -4.04% in 2020.

In constant 2017 prices in ppp terms, which gives the best idea about improvement in living standards over the years, people of the world have become richer by 80% from Int. $9,706 in 1990 to Int. $17,486 in 2022, as estimated by the World Bank comprising more than 200 economies. In the nominal method at 2015 prices, humans have become richer by 213% since 1960.

Nominal: The year 2011 was the best year at current and constant prices. The year 2015 and 2020 was the worst year at current and constant prices, respectively.

PPP: The year 2021 was the best year for the world when its figure had improved by Int. $851 at constant 2017 prices, next year of the worst 2020 when it had declined Int. $661. At current prices, 2022 and 2020 was the best and worst year respectively.

  • Nominal per capita
  • PPP per capita
  • Growth (%)

Obtained by IMF's Projections

Year GDP per capita ($/Int. $)
NominalPPP
202313,26822,201
202413,81023,149
202514,42024,150
202615,03525,181
202715,63326,215
202816,26727,283

Estimates by World Bank

Year GDP per capita Nominal ($) GDP per capita PPP (Int. $) Growth (%)
CurrentConstant (2015) CurrentConstant (2017)
19604573,608---
19614723,695--2.407
19624963,824--3.482
19635233,938--2.992
19645614,110--4.368
19655994,250--3.400
19666374,400--3.527
19676644,490--2.054
19687024,660--3.793
19697584,830--3.637
19708124,918--1.830
19718795,023--2.126
19729935,200--3.537
19731,1885,426--4.333
19741,3435,418---0.136
19751,4695,353---1.198
19761,5695,538--3.447
19771,7435,666--2.304
19782,0265,798--2.341
19792,3035,935--2.364
19802,5525,942--0.112
19812,5945,953--0.180
19822,5225,865---1.479
19832,5275,913--0.825
19842,5836,085--2.914
19852,6596,203--1.936
19863,0906,302--1.595
19873,4586,423--1.925
19883,7936,604--2.810
19893,8966,731--1.928
19904,3196,8015,5599,7061.036
19914,4286,7805,7609,670-0.309
19924,6596,8075,9269,6660.406
19934,6626,8256,0889,6750.264
19944,9456,9466,3299,8001.770
19955,4227,0546,5849,9571.557
19965,4627,1986,87310,1802.036
19975,3657,3717,16210,4242.406
19985,2777,4737,29810,5321.381
19995,4037,6337,55310,7552.143
20005,5087,8718,00911,1153.120
20015,4017,9248,28611,2220.666
20025,5378,0018,57011,3740.978
20036,1298,1458,94111,6451.799
20046,8208,4029,54412,0823.156
20057,2948,63010,15312,4712.707
20067,8068,89910,97912,9423.125
20078,6879,17511,74213,4373.095
20089,4299,24912,28013,6310.812
20098,8329,01412,23013,368-2.547
20109,5589,30912,87813,8773.278
201110,4749,50413,56314,2422.090
201210,5769,64214,08914,5161.452
201310,7389,79114,59114,8011.554
201410,8999,97114,95615,1211.831
201510,15710,15715,09415,4431.868
201610,20910,32115,52115,7621.616
201710,74710,55016,17016,1702.216
201811,29010,77816,97516,5742.162
201911,33010,94217,62816,8651.523
202010,89610,50017,21916,204-4.042
202112,28211,03718,78117,0555.121
202212,64711,28720,64517,4862.264