List of countries by GDP (nominal) per capita

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Map of countries by 2007 GDP (nominal) per capita (IMF, April 2008).

This article includes three lists of countries of the world sorted by their gross domestic product per capita at nominal values, the value of all final goods and services produced within a nation in a given year, converted at market exchange rates to current U.S. dollars, divided by the average (or mid-year) population for the same year.

The figures presented here do not take into account differences in the cost of living in different countries, and the results can vary greatly from one year to another based on fluctuations in the exchange rates of the country's currency. Such fluctuations may change a country's ranking from one year to the next, even though they often make little or no difference to the standard of living of its population. Therefore these figures should be used with caution.

Comparisons of national wealth are also frequently made on the basis of purchasing power parity (PPP), to adjust for differences in the cost of living in different countries. (See List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita.) PPP largely removes the exchange rate problem, but has its own drawbacks. It does not reflect the value of economic output in international trade, and it also requires more estimation than GDP per capita. On the whole PPP per capita figures are more narrowly spread than GDP per capita figures.

Great care should be taken when using either set of figures to compare the wealth of two countries. Often people who wish to promote or denigrate a country will use the figure that suits their case best and ignore the other one, which may be substantially different, but a valid comparison of two economies should take both rankings into account, as well as utilising other economic data to put an economy in context.

Several economies which are not considered to be countries (world, EU, and some dependent territories) are included in the list because they appear in the sources. These economies are not ranked in the charts here, but are listed in sequence by GDP for comparison.

The "IMF" column includes estimated data for the year 2009 for members of the International Monetary Fund (plus the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region), for which information is available.
The "WB" column includes data for the year 2007 from the World Bank.
The "CIA" column includes estimated data for the year 2007 from The World Factbook, provided by the Central Intelligence Agency, as of October 2, 2008.

All data are in United States dollars. Non-sovereign entities or other special groupings are marked in italics.

Note: To sort the table in descending order, click twice on the square above the column you wish to sort by.

Country	Rank	IMF^[1]	Rank	WB^[2]	Rank	CIA^[3]
AAAA	-9	-9	-9	-9	-9	-9
ZZZZ	9999999	9999999	9999999	9999999	9999999	9999999
Afghanistan	160	525	—	N/A	175	277
Albania	93	4,683	87	3,323	102	2,950
Algeria	89	4,843	76	3,996	88	3,945
Angola	79	6,282	84	3,440	78	5,003
Antigua and Barbuda	52	14,104	36	12,071	47	13,054
Argentina	62	9,843	56	6,641	68	6,492
Armenia	102	3,862	90	3,058	105	2,683
Australia	13	50,053	17	39,098	16	43,798
Austria	12	52,777	11	45,343	14	45,599
Azerbaijan	69	7,776	83	3,646	91	3,857
Bahamas, The	37	21,310	—	N/A	33	21,547
Bahrain	31	25,607	—	N/A	29	27,746
Bangladesh	157	542	151	427	161	481
Barbados	51	14,683	—	N/A	46	13,309
Belarus	73	7,318	69	4,615	80	4,604
Belgium	14	49,888	13	42,213	17	43,648
Belize	96	4,400	72	4,191	83	4,324
Benin	146	906	145	601	150	656
Bhutan	119	2,185	112	1,668	116	1,943
Bolivia	121	2,002	117	1,378	125	1,446
Bosnia and Herzegovina	85	5,275	74	4,014	99	3,247
Botswana	63	9,538	57	6,263	64	6,780
Brazil	66	8,169	53	6,859	65	6,776
Brunei	17	47,009	—	N/A	26	33,077
Bulgaria	72	7,640	65	5,175	75	5,409
Burkina Faso	155	614	150	458	162	472
Burma	176	242	—	N/A	174	286
Burundi	178	176	170	115	184	119
Cambodia	149	839	146	597	157	615
Cameroon	131	1,309	121	1,114	131	1,143
Canada	18	46,799	15	40,222	18	43,478
Cape Verde	101	4040	94	2,706	98	3,365
Central African Republic	161	512	153	394	166	392
Chad	142	1,017	142	658	148	718
Chile	61	10,081	42	9,877	53	10,047
China, People's Republic of	104	3,577	99	2,485	109	2,459
China, Republic of (Taiwan)	42	18,966	—	N/A	40	16,768
Colombia	84	5,362	81	3,729	90	3,867
Comoros	147	892	139	717	154	621
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	177	236	169	144	183	157
Congo, Republic of the	92	4,739	105	2,030	114	2,015
Costa Rica	74	6,775	63	5,653	69	6,342
Côte d'Ivoire	132	1,295	123	1,016	135	993
Croatia	49	15,467	38	11,554	50	11,430
Cuba	—	N/A	—	N/A	87	4,000
Cyprus	27	33,479	24	27,036	30	27,015
Czech Republic	35	21,891	30	16,271	39	17,138
Denmark	4	68,363	5	56,427	7	57,040
Djibouti	128	1,370	126	996	120	1,694
Dominica	83	5,381	71	4,493	84	4,297
Dominican Republic	86	5,152	80	3,762	89	3,886
Ecuador	100	4,067	88	3,312	100	3,212
Egypt	112	2,652	111	1,697	123	1,592
El Salvador	105	3,246	92	2,950	103	2,932
Equatorial Guinea	51	10,436^[4]	45	16,401	38	17,490
Eritrea	173	308	165	248	179	246
Estonia	41	19,597	31	15,856	41	16,171
Ethiopia	169	409	166	245	180	243
European Union	—	N/A	—	N/A	—	33,889
Fiji	94	4,588	73	4,097	94	3,710
Finland	9	55,345	8	46,515	10	46,769
France	15	48,293	14	41,523	21	40,200
Gabon	55	11,621	50	8,011	60	7,759
Gambia, The	162	504	155	377	167	387
Georgia	106	3,243	103	2,315	110	2,215
Germany	19	45,999	16	40,079	20	40,315
Ghana	151	814	143	650	151	648
Greece	26	34,567	21	32,166	28	29,385
Grenada	75	6,720	66	5,130	67	6,555
Guatemala	111	2,789	98	2,505	106	2,647
Guinea-Bissau	273	213	167	211	181	233
Guinea	168	438	149	487	160	493
Guyana	126	1,591	116	1,413	127	1,351
Haiti	150	825	144	638	153	624
Honduras	123	1,928	110	1,732	121	1,641
Hong Kong	—	33,705	—	29,845	—	29,611
Hungary	44	16,929	35	13,741	42	13,901
Iceland	11	53,708	3	62,733	5	66,240
India	138	1,122	122	1,042	138	973
Indonesia	117	2,393	108	1,918	119	1,845
Iran	81	5,974	79	3,815	81	4,497
Iraq	—	N/A	—	N/A	111	2,186
Ireland	6	63,788	4	58,399	6	62,934
Israel	30	27,300	25	22,563	31	23,161
Italy	23	40,298	18	35,494	22	36,201
Jamaica	82	5,473	75	4,012	86	4,029
Japan	24	37,644	20	34,254	25	34,402
Jordan	103	3,616	93	2,768	107	2,645
Kazakhstan	59	10,107	55	6,708	63	6,791
Kenya	143	992	137	786	145	794
Kiribati	152	745	132	853	155	621
Korea, North	—	N/A	—	N/A	132	1,114
Korea, South	38	20,955	28	19,983	35	19,836
Kuwait	20	45,814	—	N/A	15	44,421
Kyrgyzstan	137	1,131	141	669	149	709
Laos	145	946	140	684	156	618
Latvia	46	15,981	37	11,931	49	12,098
Lebanon	67	8,029	60	5,858	70	6,277
Lesotho	153	721	136	798	146	753
Liberia	175	271	168	193	182	228
Libya	43	17,731	43	9,476	54	9,452
Liechtenstein	—	N/A	—	N/A	1	106,082^[5]
Lithuania	48	15,554	39	11,353	52	10,726
Luxembourg	1	119,030	1	99,879	2	104,452
Macedonia, Republic of	87	5,101	82	3,726	95	3,647
Madagascar	158	535	156	372	168	376
Malawi	172	325	164	255	178	260
Malaysia	64	8,325	54	6,807	61	7,509
Maldives	98	4,160	85	3,439	104	2,874
Mali	154	688	147	556	158	562
Malta	36	21,499	—	N/A	37	18,461
Marshall Islands	—	N/A	100	2,433	—	N/A
Mauritania	130	1,319	133	847	142	843
Mauritius	71	7,731	67	5,038	74	5,506
Mexico	60	11,103	47	8,486	59	8,219
Micronesia	—	N/A	102	2,315	—	N/A
Moldova	118	2,351	119	1,159	136	976
Mongolia	120	2,140	115	1,491	128	1,323
Montenegro	—	N/A	58	5,928	82	4,343
Morocco	107	3,116	101	2,374	112	2,171
Mozambique	164	494	159	363	170	362
Namibia	99	4,076	89	3,250	96	3,577
Nepal	163	495	158	363	172	333
Netherlands	8	55,454	9	46,041	11	46,389
New Zealand	29	30,556	23	30,599	27	30,999
Nicaragua	136	1,136	124	1,013	134	1,008
Niger	170	408	162	294	173	324
Nigeria	125	1,689	120	1,120	130	1,164
Norway	3	98,822	2	81,111	3	84,595
Oman	33	22,828	—	N/A	48	12,492
Pakistan	140	1,048	131	884	141	849
Palau	—	N/A	49	8,200	—	N/A
Panama	70	7,768	59	5,908	71	6,058
Papua New Guinea	141	1,047	127	990	133	1,034
Paraguay	110	2,878	107	1,961	122	1,630
Peru	88	5,077	77	3,910	92	3,787
Philippines	122	1,987	113	1,640	124	1,530
Poland	47	15,808	40	11,043	51	10,912
Portugal	32	24,186	27	20,762	34	20,981
Qatar	2	78,754	—	N/A	4	118,263
Romania	54	11,992	51	7,703	62	7,452
Russia	50	14,688	44	9,115	56	9,124
Rwanda	166	469	161	341	171	335
Saint Kitts and Nevis	58	10,843	41	10,755	45	13,323
Saint Lucia	78	6,440	62	5,702	72	6,030
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	76	6,705	70	4,608	79	4,731
Samoa	109	2,992	96	2,578	118	1,853
São Tomé and Príncipe	139	1,089	129	918	147	721
Saudi Arabia	34	22,291	32	15,775	44	13,630
Senegal	135	1,157	130	898	140	888
Serbia	68	7,952	64	5,630	85	4,106
Seychelles	65	8,273	46	8,565	58	8,670
Sierra Leone	171	374	163	286	176	270
Singapore	22	44,113	19	35,160	24	35,427
Slovakia	40	20,632	34	13,887	43	13,766
Slovenia	28	30,592	26	22,523	32	22,934
Solomon Islands	144	971	138	745	152	631
Somalia	—	N/A	—	N/A	177	270
South Africa	77	6,648	61	5,833	73	5,843
Spain	25	37,128	22	31,846	23	35,576
Sri Lanka	116	2,435	114	1,622	126	1,434
Sudan	124	1,822	118	1,235	129	1,172
Suriname	80	6,237	68	4,893	77	5,106
Swaziland	108	3,097	97	2,569	108	2,591
Sweden	10	54,908	7	48,584	9	50,415
Switzerland	5	65,564	6	55,035	8	56,111
Syria	115	2,242	109	1,914	115	1,955
Tajikistan	148	849	148	551	159	525
Tanzania	156	573	152	400	165	411
Thailand	95	4,401	78	3,851	93	3,776
Timor-Leste	167	469	157	371	164	423
Togo	165	470	154	379	163	438
Tonga	114	2,509	104	2,287	117	1,873
Trinidad and Tobago	39	20,930	33	14,990	36	19,591
Tunisia	97	4,185	86	3,417	97	3,405
Turkey	56	11,194	45	8,893	55	9,323
Turkmenistan	90	4,808	95	2,606	76	5,280
Uganda	159	529	160	363	169	371
Ukraine	91	4,800	91	3,029	101	3,035
United Arab Emirates	7	58,612	—	N/A	19	43,339
United Kingdom	21	44,720	12	44,693	13	45,626
United States	16	47,335	10	45,790	12	45,959
Uruguay	57	11,045	52	6,956	66	6,632
Uzbekistan	134	1,163	135	830	143	824
Vanuatu	113	2,525	106	2,000	113	2,143
Venezuela	53	13,271	48	8,303	57	9,084
Vietnam	133	1,197	134	836	144	821
West Bank and Gaza	—	N/A	—	1,036	—	N/A
Yemen	127	1,453	125	1,006	137	974
Zambia	129	1,335	128	953	139	972
Zimbabwe	161	403	—	N/A	185	56^[6]
World	—	N/A	—	8,219	—	8,241^[7]

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[edit] Notes and references

^ Data refer to the year 2009. World Economic Outlook Database-October 2008, International Monetary Fund. Accessed on October 8, 2008.
^ Data refer to the year 2009. [1], World Development Indicators database, World Bank, September 10, 2008. Note: Per capita values were obtained by dividing the Total GDP data by the Population data.
^ Data refer to the year 2007. GDP (official exchange rate), The World Factbook, Central Intelligence Agency. GDP data last updated on October 2, 2008; Total Midyear Population-2007, U.S. Census Bureau, International Data Base, accessed on October 4, 2008; European Union population obtained from an archived version of The World Factbook, CIA, dated May 10, 2007. Note: Per capita values were obtained by dividing the GDP (official exchange rate) data by the Population data.
^ The IMF is using a 2007 population estimate based on a 2001 census whose validity has been called into question. A 2003 U.S. State Department report on Equatorial Guinea stated that "although the 2002 (sic) census estimated the population at 1,015,000, credible estimates put the number at closer to 500,000. The opposition claimed that the Government inflated the census in anticipation of the December presidential election. (...) Opposition leaders charged earlier in the year that census results showing a twofold population increase were flawed and that numbers were inflated to perpetuate election fraud." [2]
^ The value from the original source has been changed, due to the CIA World Factbook reporting a GDP for Liechtenstein of $36.33 billion, resulting in a GDP per capita of $1,060,823, which is not in line with data from either the US State Department nor the government of Liechtenstein. A Liechtenstein government website called Landesverwaltung Liechtenstein reports that the provisional GDP for 2005 was CHF4.5553 billion and the mid-year population for 2005 was 34,734, giving a GDP per capita of CHF131,148. Using the average exchange rate of the Swiss franc to the US dollar in 2005, as given by the CIA, this results in a GDP of US$3.658 billion and GDP per capita of US$105,323. The United States Department of State reports a Liechtenstein GDP for 2004 of CHF4.28 billion on its country profile article dated April 2008.
^ Hyperinflation and the plunging value of the Zimbabwean dollar makes Zimbabwe's GDP at the official exchange rate a highly inaccurate statistic. (The World Factbook, CIA)
^ Gross world product. (The World Factbook, CIA)

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