List of Asian countries by GDP per capita

Source International Monetary Fund World Economic Outlook (October-2023)
Date08 Mar 2024

Singapore is the richest economy in Asia, followed by Qatar. Four economies have gdp per capita of above 50k US dollars. Twenty one economies would have per capita gdp above $10,000. Afghanistan is the poorest economy in Asia. Two Asian economies have gdp per capita below $1000.

In 2023, Macao SAR will move up from 12th to 3rd positions and Cyprus will move up from 13th to 7th positions. Rank of Kuwait will move down from 7th to 13th. Only Singapore and Qatar are in the list of the top ten richest economies in the world, and fourteen economies are within the top 50 world gdp per capita ranking.

Out of 49 economies, gdp (nominal) per capita of 28 economies would increase, and 21 economies would decrease in 2023 compared to 2022. Macao SAR will add $22,756 in 2021, followed by Singapore ($5,077), and Cyprus ($3,331). Kuwait, Brunei Darussalam and Timor-Leste are the top decliners.

In ppp data, Singapore and Qatar have gdp per capita of above 100k Int. Dollars. Fourteen economies would have per capita gdp above Int. $50,000. Macao SAR will move up from 9th to 3rd position. Four Asian economies are in the list of the top ten richest economies globally, and fourteen economies are within the top 50 world gdp per capita ranking.

Out of 49 economies, gdp (ppp) per capita of 45 economies would increase, and four economies would decrease in 2023 compared to 2022. Macao SAR will add Int. $42,948 in 2023, followed by Singapore (Int. $5,545) and Qatar (Int. $5,050). The four decliners are Timor-Leste, Lebanon, Afghanistan and Iraq.

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GDP per capita (Nominal)

Code Country/Economy GDP per capita ($) % of Rank
20222023ChangeAsiaWorld AsiaWorld
PSEWest Bank and Gaza 3,6143,532-824328.834133
LKASri Lanka 3,4333,423-104127.936137
LBNLebanon 3,9224,014934932.732126
AFGAfghanistan 328319-942.6049194
ARMArmenia6,5878,2831,69610067.42286
AZEAzerbaijan7,7517,530-2219161.32493
BHRBahrain28,78128,464-3173452321444
BGDBangladesh2,7312,621-1103221.337142
BTNBhutan3,4923,50094228.535134
BRNBrunei Darussalam37,85134,384-3,467416280832
KHMCambodia1,8021,9161142315.640155
CHNChina12,67012,541-1281521022175
CYPCyprus31,45934,7913,331421283731
GEOGeorgia6,6718,1651,4949966.52387
HKGHong Kong SAR48,15451,1683,014620417521
INDIndia2,3922,6122213221.338143
IDNIndonesia4,7985,1093116241.628116
IRNIslamic Republic of Iran4,0434,2341915134.531124
IRQIraq6,1815,883-2987147.926106
ISRIsrael54,33753,196-1,141644433419
JPNJapan33,85433,95096411276934
JORJordan4,6134,8512385939.529118
KAZKazakhstan11,40912,9681,5591571061973
KORKorea32,41833,1477294012701035
KWTKuwait36,09232,215-3,8773902621340
KGZKyrgyz Republic1,7181,8301122214.942157
LAOLao P.D.R.2,0471,879-1682315.341156
MACMacao SAR31,53954,29622,756658442316
MYSMalaysia12,46613,0345681581061871
MDVMaldives15,96217,5591,5962131431662
MNGMongolia4,9545,3483956543.527114
MMRMyanmar1,2281,3811531711.245167
NPLNepal1,3541,353-11611.046169
OMNOman23,24021,266-1,9752581731552
PAKPakistan1,6501,471-1791812.044164
PHLPhilippines3,6243,8592364731.433129
QATQatar83,52181,968-1,55399366726
SAUSaudi Arabia34,44132,586-1,8553952651137
SGPSingapore82,80887,8845,0771,06471515
TWNTaiwan Province of China32,68732,340-3483922631239
TJKTajikistan1,0671,180113149.6147171
THAThailand7,0707,2982288859.42595
TLSTimor-Leste3,6821,497-2,1851812.243162
TURTürkiye10,62213,3842,7621621091769
TKMTurkmenistan12,38012,9345551571052074
AREUnited Arab Emirates51,40050,602-798613412622
UZBUzbekistan2,2802,5092293020.439147
VNMVietnam4,0874,3162305235.130123
YEMYemen707618-8975.0348187
Asia 8,177 8,257 80 62.24
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GDP per capita (PPP)

Code Country/Economy GDP per capita (Int. $) % of Rank PPP/Nom
20222023ChangeAsiaWorld AsiaWorld
PSEWest Bank and Gaza 6,3646,6422783635.5411431.881
LKASri Lanka 14,65714,726698178.7291074.302
LBNLebanon 14,08612,651-1,4357067.6331173.152
AFGAfghanistan 1,4621,249-21376.68491923.915
ARMArmenia17,79519,7451,95010810625852.384
AZEAzerbaijan17,80018,69489410399.926932.483
BHRBahrain58,42660,7152,2893343249262.133
BGDBangladesh7,9718,6737024846.3391323.309
BTNBhutan13,21914,2971,0787976.4301104.084
BRNBrunei Darussalam70,57672,6102,0333993886142.112
KHMCambodia5,6136,0874743332.5431483.177
CHNChina21,40423,3091,90512812520771.859
CYPCyprus51,77453,9312,15729628812341.550
GEOGeorgia20,24322,3572,11412311922792.738
HKGHong Kong SAR67,88072,8614,9814003895131.424
INDIndia8,3989,1837865049.1381313.515
IDNIndonesia14,68715,8361,1498784.6271023.100
IRNIslamic Republic of Iran18,86519,9421,07611010723834.710
IRQIraq11,94811,742-2056562.7341191.996
ISRIsrael51,99054,7712,78130129311321.030
JPNJapan49,09052,1203,03028627813361.535
JORJordan12,05512,8097547068.4321162.641
KAZKazakhstan30,52332,7122,18918017519622.522
KORKorea53,84556,7092,86431230310311.711
KWTKuwait51,23851,76552728427714371.607
KGZKyrgyz Republic6,1276,4383113534.4421463.519
LAOLao P.D.R.9,2079,7875805452.3371305.209
MACMacao SAR55,20998,15742,948539524351.808
MYSMalaysia34,83437,0832,24920419818592.845
MDVMaldives33,66337,0943,43120419817582.113
MNGMongolia13,99615,0881,0928380.6281062.821
MMRMyanmar4,8475,1242782827.4451533.710
NPLNepal4,7874,9341472726.4461543.648
OMNOman38,69939,33663721621016571.850
PAKPakistan6,6956,774783736.2401424.604
PHLPhilippines10,49511,3268316260.5351222.935
QATQatar109,160114,2105,050627610241.393
SAUSaudi Arabia66,83668,4531,6173763668182.101
SGPSingapore127,563133,1085,545731711131.515
TWNTaiwan Province of China69,29072,4853,1963983877152.241
TJKTajikistan4,9435,3614182928.6441524.543
THAThailand21,15422,4911,33712412021783.082
TLSTimor-Leste7,0643,747-3,3172120.0471612.502
TURTürkiye39,31441,8882,57423022415513.130
TKMTurkmenistan19,02819,93991111010724841.542
AREUnited Arab Emirates84,65788,9624,305489475471.758
UZBUzbekistan9,63410,3166825755.1361284.111
VNMVietnam13,28414,2851,0017876.3311113.310
YEMYemen2,0352,053181111.0481833.325
Asia 16,984 18,201 1,217 81.98