World GDP per capita Ranking

Source International Monetary Fund World Economic Outlook (October-2019)
World Bank : Nominal (current), PPP (current)
Date26 Aug 2020

Luxembourg is at the top in the world gdp per capita ranking 2019 in the nominal method, followed by Macao SAR, China. In ppp terms, Macao SAR, China has the highest gdp per capita, followed by Luxembourg. Switzerland (3,6), Ireland (4,5), Norway (5,8), United States (7,9), Singapore (8,3), and Qatar (9,4) are in the list of the top ten richest economies of both methods. Iceland (6) and Denmark (10) complete the top ten list of nominal rankings, While United Arab Emirates (7) and Brunei Darussalam (10) complete the top ten list of ppp ranking.

In the top 10 nominal rankings, Ireland overtook Norway, and the United States moved up by two spots by interchanging position with Qatar in the year 2019 compared to 2018. In the top 11-20, Netherlands, Hong Kong SAR, and Canada overtook Sweden, Finland, and Belgium resp. Out of 194 economies, the rank of 148 economies changed in 2019. With increasing its rank by 9, Ukraine is the biggest gainer in the ranking, followed by Suriname (+7), Turkmenistan (+6), and Dominica (+6). Venezuela lost 11 positions, followed by Equatorial Guinea (-10), and Zambia (-8).

In the top 10 ppp ranking, Brunei Darussalam replaced Hong Kong in the top ten. In the top 11-20, Denmark climbs past the Netherlands. Out of 192 economies, 126 economies' rank has changed with Turkmenistan is the biggest improver by a huge 17 position, followed by Rwanda (+6). Venezuela lost 12 positions, followed by Iran (-9), Palau (-9), Lebanon (-8), and Bhutan (-7).

There are many differences in rankings of economies between nominal and ppp basis. Brunei Darussalam (+22) and United Arab Emirates (+15) are not even in the top 20 in nominal, but due to the high ppp conversion rate, these are in the top 10 ppp list. In the top 10 ppp list, Singapore and Qatar are five positions higher in the ppp list. Taiwan also has a noticeable improvement from 39 in nominal to 19 in ppp. In the top 10 nominal list, Ranks of Iceland is up by seven places, while Denmark is up by four nominal places. Sudan (+37) is the highest gainer in ppp rank compare to its nominal rank. The rank of nine economies is up by more than 20 positions in ppp ranking. Barbados (-35) is the biggest loser in ppp ranking, followed by Nauru (-32). The rank of six economies is up by more than 30 positions in the nominal order. One economy has been excluded for calculating PPP-Nominal as ppp figures are not available.

Data compile this ranking from the World Bank and the IMF for the year 2018 and 2019. Data from the World Bank has been given preference. If data is not available for any economy or year in the world bank, data from the IMF has been listed.

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GDP per capita Ranking 2019

Code Country/Economy GDP per capita (Nominal) ($) Rank (Nominal) GDP per capita (ppp) (Int. $) Rank (PPP) PPP-Nominal
201820192019Change 201820192019Change2019
LUXLuxembourg116,654114,70510116,786121,29320-1
MACMacao SAR, China87,20984,09620135,021129,10310+1
CHESwitzerland82,81881,9943069,35770,98960-3
IRLIreland78,62178,6614184,46088,24150-1
NORNorway81,73475,4205-167,64066,83280-3
ISLIceland72,96966,9456057,74260,061130-7
USAUnited States62,99765,2817262,99765,28190-2
SGPSingapore66,18965,23380100,051101,37630+5
QATQatar68,79464,7829-296,73396,49140+5
DNKDenmark61,39159,82210057,21859,830141-4
AUSAustralia57,39654,90711051,03653,320211-10
NLDNetherlands53,04852,44812157,56559,68715-1-3
SWESweden54,58951,61013-153,74755,815180-5
AUTAustria51,52550,27714056,87159,111160-2
HKGHong Kong SAR, China48,54348,75615162,51362,37511-1+4
FINFinland50,02148,68616-149,37351,324240-8
DEUGermany47,63946,25918054,45756,052170+1
CANCanada46,31346,19519150,07851,342230-4
BELBelgium47,49146,11720-152,25054,5452000
ISRIsrael41,72043,64121440,26142,194360-15
AREUnited Arab Emirates43,83943,10322-168,54969,90170+15
GBRUnited Kingdom43,04342,30023-146,95648,710270-4
NZLNew Zealand42,95042,08424-142,81143,953310-7
ANDAndorra41,79340,88625-1-----
FRAFrance41,63140,49426046,60549,4352530
JPNJapan39,15940,24727041,33643,236321-6
ITAItaly34,52033,19028042,81644,197300-3
BHSBahamas, The32,21832,93329236,33837,26642-1-14
PRIPuerto Rico31,62232,87430334,92135,94844-1-15
KWTKuwait33,99432,03231-251,67051,91222-1+8
KORKorea, Rep.33,34031,76232-242,13643,02933-1-2
BRNBrunei Darussalam31,62831,08733-161,81464,673101+22
ESPSpain30,33829,61434040,48342,21435-1-2
MLTMalta30,13329,41635043,55545,652290+5
CYPCyprus28,69027,85836039,73741,254370-2
SVNSlovenia26,05525,73938-138,74940,657381-1
ESTEstonia23,25823,66040336,35838,811400-1
BHRBahrain23,99123,50441-147,33346,89228-2+12
PRTPortugal23,46223,14542-134,34136,471431-2
SAUSaudi Arabia23,33923,14043-148,72048,90826-1+16
CZECzech Republic23,04723,10244040,38942,576341+9
KNASt. Kitts and Nevis19,27519,89645226,51127,449581-14
GRCGreece20,32419,58346-130,35431,39951-1-6
LTULithuania19,08119,45547135,83238,214411+5
SVKSlovak Republic19,42819,32948-232,57534,17846-1+1
BRBBarbados17,74518,14849116,04516,28783-1-35
LVALatvia17,80517,83650-130,64532,20450-1-1
ATGAntigua and Barbuda16,72717,79051221,61422,816660-16
SYCSeychelles16,39117,40252328,65730,260522-1
TTOTrinidad and Tobago17,13017,27653-126,89327,26160-2-8
HUNHungary16,15116,47655131,57933,979471+7
URYUruguay17,27816,19056-522,10022,45567-2-12
PANPanama15,59315,73157231,78232,76248-1+8
POLPoland15,46115,59558231,83434,218451+12
OMNOman16,41515,47459-529,26929,05256-5+2
CHLChile15,92514,89660-324,76525,155610-2
HRVCroatia14,92014,85361028,03929,973534+7
ROURomania12,40912,92062029,21432,297493+12
CRICosta Rica12,11212,23863019,87320,434682-6
LCASt. Lucia11,35811,61164315,62216,08985-1-22
RUSRussian Federation11,37111,58565128,76429,18155-2+9
MYSMalaysia11,37311,41566-128,18729,526541+11
MUSMauritius11,20811,20467122,73223,942630+3
GRDGrenada10,48610,96668117,19817,956781-11
MDVMaldives10,33110,79169118,94519,698721-4
CHNChina9,97710,26270215,60316,785823-13
ARGArgentina11,68410,00671-723,28322,94765-3+5
MEXMexico9,6739,86372320,39620,411690+2
BGRBulgaria9,4249,73873322,60124,561622+10
KAZKazakhstan9,8139,73174-126,14727,444591+14
NRUNauru9,7629,39775-111,75812,080108-1-34
TURTurkey9,3709,04276128,13927,87557-1+18
MNEMontenegro8,8508,83277221,23622,989643+12
BRABrazil9,0018,71778014,94115,25992-2-15
DMADominica7,6918,30079611,80612,6591051-27
DOMDominican Republic8,0518,28280118,13019,182751+4
GNQEquatorial Guinea10,1448,13281-1020,84019,32773-5+7
BWABotswana8,2807,96182-218,05018,503770+4
THAThailand7,2957,80884318,51319,228740+9
LBNLebanon8,0257,78485-315,98015,32791-8-7
LBYLibya7,8777,68486-215,37215,803860-1
GABGabon7,9577,66787-415,09115,48690-2-4
VCTSt. Vincent and the Grenadines7,3617,46488-212,76112,983103-2-16
SRBSerbia7,2467,40289-117,56318,989762+12
PERPeru6,9416,97890013,08413,38099-1-10
SURSuriname6,0046,85591717,00117,00581-1+9
BLRBelarus6,3306,66392119,33119,943711+20
COLColombia6,7196,43293-214,96615,644881+4
FJIFiji6,2676,22094114,13414,42895-1-2
ECUEcuador6,2966,18495-111,83511,847109-4-15
MKDNorth Macedonia6,0636,09396116,51717,815792+16
BIHBosnia and Herzegovina6,0726,07397-114,93215,792874+9
ZAFSouth Africa6,3746,00198-612,92912,999102-2-5
IRQIraq5,8345,95599010,91211,3321122-14
JAMJamaica5,3545,58210039,96810,1661153-16
GUYGuyana4,9795,46810239,53210,1051163-15
PRYParaguay5,8065,415103-313,15313,210101-4+1
ALBAlbania5,2845,353104013,83414,495941+9
NAMNamibia5,4954,957105-410,16610,037117-1-13
BLZBelize4,8854,815107-17,2877,295129-1-23
AZEAzerbaijan4,7404,794108-114,54515,001930+14
GEOGeorgia4,7234,769109-114,59415,637893+19
ARMArmenia4,2204,623110413,01514,220963+13
GTMGuatemala4,4734,620111-28,6488,9961231-13
MDAMoldova4,2344,499112112,66513,574984+13
XKXKosovo4,4204,418113-311,15211,8391102+2
JORJordan4,2424,330114-210,08610,3171143-1
WSMSamoa4,1834,31611506,4796,7871330-19
MNGMongolia4,1354,295116112,19712,8201040+11
SLVEl Salvador4,0684,18711738,8199,1401201-4
IDNIndonesia3,8944,136118311,64012,3021063+11
TUVTuvalu3,7014,05911944,0474,4651491-31
DZAAlgeria4,1153,948120-211,75011,820111-3+8
LKASri Lanka4,0813,853122-313,16813,62097-1+24
SWZEswatini4,1463,837123-78,8099,04812200
UKRUkraine3,0973,659125912,62913,3411003+24
CPVCabo Verde3,6173,604126-27,0267,4691282-3
BOLBolivia3,5493,552127-18,8609,086121-1+5
PHLPhilippines3,2523,48512828,7179,2771194+8
DJIDjibouti3,1423,40913035,3375,7481361-7
TUNTunisia3,4393,318131-411,01811,2011130+17
MARMorocco3,2223,20413207,6137,8261261+5
VUTVanuatu3,0963,05813323,2043,2741610-29
EGYEgypt, Arab Rep.2,5493,020134411,63512,2511073+26
AGOAngola3,2902,974135-67,0976,930132-3+2
PNGPapua New Guinea2,7202,84513604,3364,569147-1-12
VNMVietnam2,5672,71513707,7658,3741242+12
HNDHonduras2,5062,57513825,8065,9651351+2
LAOLao PDR2,5422,535140-17,7728,1511250+14
CIVCote d'Ivoire2,3032,28614105,1485,45514030
NGANigeria2,0332,23014235,2775,348143-4-2
GHAGhana2,2022,20214305,3175,6371371+5
SLBSolomon Islands2,1382,12814402,4212,4661680-25
INDIndia2,0062,10414526,6507,0341311+13
COGCongo, Rep.2,2242,011146-43,4953,435159-3-14
STPSao Tome and Principe2,0011,99514714,0384,1281501-4
NICNicaragua2,0211,913148-25,8295,631138-3+9
BGDBangladesh1,6981,85614914,5464,9511441+4
KENKenya1,7081,817150-14,3034,509148-1+1
UZBUzbekistan1,5291,72515156,9157,2891301+20
MRTMauritania1,6011,67815215,1615,4121410+10
KIRKiribati1,6981,655153-22,3122,3691700-18
KHMCambodia1,5121,64315434,2574,5711463+7
CMRCameroon1,5341,49815503,6893,8041530+1
ZWEZimbabwe1,6841,464156-43,2042,953164-2-9
SENSenegal1,4661,44715723,3933,5361570-1
MMRMyanmar1,4181,40815825,1485,3551420+15
COMComoros1,4161,39415923,1393,2091631-5
KGZKyrgyz Republic1,3081,30916025,2545,4711391+20
TLSTimor-Leste1,2371,29416133,1533,2531621-2
ZMBZambia1,5561,291162-83,6053,6241540+7
PAKPakistan1,4821,285163-54,8524,885145-1+17
BENBenin1,2411,219164-13,2353,4241600+3
LSOLesotho1,2221,15816502,8132,8821650-1
TZATanzania1,0611,12216602,6512,7711660-1
NPLNepal1,0391,07116703,3293,5581562+10
GINGuinea9831,06416802,5572,67016700
MLIMali90089117002,3372,42416900
TJKTajikistan82787117113,3113,5201581+12
ETHEthiopia77285817242,1532,3121724-1
RWARwanda78380217312,1382,3181716+1
UGAUganda76777717432,1722,272177-2-4
BFABurkina Faso820775175-22,1822,280176-2-2
HTIHaiti868755176-51,8091,8011790-4
GMBGambia, The71375117722,1952,2981730+3
TCDChad72671017801,6141,645183-1-6
GNBGuinea-Bissau778698179-41,9952,07217800
TGOTogo67967618001,5891,6621821-3
LBRLiberia67762218101,5321,487185-1-5
NERNiger57255518211,2251,2701870-6
CODCongo, Dem. Rep.55754518311,1121,1431880-6
MDGMadagascar52852218421,6511,7141810+2
SLESierra Leone53450418501,7031,7901800+4
AFGAfghanistan52450218612,2422,294174-2+11
MOZMozambique49949218711,3201,33418600
CAFCentral African Republic47646818819559841910-4
SDNSudan624442189-74,2594,123151-3+37
MWIMalawi38141219001,0671,10418900
BDIBurundi272261193077978319200
ABWAruba25,36625,97637139,34540,14839-1-3
BTNBhutan3,2433,423129211,6139,876118-7+10
ERIEritrea33234319111,0281,06019000
FSMMicronesia, Fed. Sts.3,5683,71812413,5503,5621550-32
IRNIran, Islamic Rep.5,4175,506101119,37717,66280-9+20
MHLMarshall Islands3,7883,92512113,9863,8681520-32
PLWPalau15,85916,73654418,49616,23584-9-31
SMRSan Marino48,48147,28017060,75061,575120+5
SSDSouth Sudan353275192-11,5041,6021841+7
TKMTurkmenistan6,9677,81683615,19620,4117017+12
TONTonga4,3644,86210656,4156,4861340-29
VENVenezuela, RB3,4112,548139-1110,7987,488127-12+11
YEMYemen, Rep.96894316902,2532,280175-4-7
TWTaiwan Province of China25,00824,82839053,07455,078190+19
World 11,382 11,436 17,025 17,680