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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 (nominal) per capita, the value of all final goods and services produced within a nation in a given year, divided by the average 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 2007 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 2006 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 June 19, 2008.

Data across columns are not comparable as they may refer to different years. All data are in United States dollars. Non-sovereign entities, former countries or other special groupings are marked in italics.

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

Country	Rank	IMF^[1]	Rank	WB^[2]	Rank	CIA^[3]
Afghanistan	168	323	—	N/A	174	277
Albania	96	3,354	91	2,868	102	2,950
Algeria	87	3,825	79	3,440	89	3,948
Angola	88	3,757	93	2,728	79	5,003
Antigua and Barbuda	45	13,092	37	11,881	42	15,673
Argentina	66	6,606	61	5,475	68	6,451
Armenia	108	2,297	106	2,122	105	2,683
Australia	15	43,312	15	37,705	15	44,475
Austria	13	45,181	14	38,884	14	45,599
Azerbaijan	91	3,663	97	2,340	92	3,857
Bahrain	29	25,731	—	N/A	29	27,746
Bangladesh	157	455	154	397	160	481
Barbados	44	13,605	38	11,706	47	13,309
Belarus	78	4,641	75	3,796	81	4,604
Belgium	17	42,557	16	37,381	17	43,648
Belize	84	4,098	74	4,074	84	4,328
Benin	145	692	147	545	148	673
Bhutan	112	2,012	114	1,451	156	562
Bolivia	123	1,342	121	1,193	124	1,446
Bosnia and Herzegovina	90	3,712	86	3,121	99	3,247
Botswana	59	7,888	56	5,704	65	6,780
Brazil	64	6,938	57	5,638	63	6,915
Brunei	24	32,167	21	30,267	26	33,077
Bulgaria	77	5,186	73	4,092	75	5,409
Burkina Faso	155	508	152	430	159	487
Burundi	178	128	174	110	184	119
Cambodia	152	600	150	511	155	615
Cameroon	128	1,095	122	1,008	130	1,143
Canada	14	43,485	13	38,947	19	42,887
Cape Verde	100	2,891	103	2,204	98	3,371
Central African Republic	162	402	156	350	165	392
Chad	142	747	143	625	146	718
Chile	51	9,879	45	8,875	53	10,058
Colombia	93	3,611	80	3,367	91	3,867
Comoros	146	691	141	656	152	621
Costa Rica	69	5,905	67	5,053	70	6,348
Côte d'Ivoire	129	1,045	126	928	131	1,088
Croatia	47	11,576	42	9,666	50	11,430
Cuba	—	N/A	—	N/A	88	3,958
Cyprus	28	27,327	26	23,827	30	27,015
Czech Republic	36	17,070	34	13,926	39	17,138
Democratic Republic of the Congo	177	166	173	141	182	154
Denmark	7	57,261	7	50,647	7	57,040
Djibouti	127	1,099	125	939	119	1,694
Dominica	80	4,333	70	4,431	85	4,296
Dominican Republic	83	4,147	82	3,312	90	3,886
Ecuador	97	3,218	85	3,136	100	3,212
Egypt	117	1,739	115	1,449	122	1,592
El Salvador	101	2,857	92	2,759	103	2,932
Equatorial Guinea	55	8,702	31	17,268	37	19,031
Eritrea	171	281	169	231	177	268
Estonia	39	15,851	36	12,228	41	16,171
Ethiopia	173	252	172	173	179	254
European Union	—	N/A	—	N/A	—	33,889
Fiji	85	3,921	76	3,767	76	5,409
Finland	9	46,602	11	40,002	10	46,769
France	18	41,511	17	36,699	21	40,180
Gabon	60	7,887	51	7,281	60	7,767
Georgia	107	2,355	110	1,747	110	2,215
Germany	19	40,415	18	35,167	20	40,315
Ghana	148	676	146	561	149	648
Greece	27	28,273	24	27,671	28	29,385
Grenada	73	5,571	68	4,861	67	6,558
Guatemala	103	2,532	94	2,711	106	2,647
Guinea-Bissau	175	206	170	185	180	233
Guinea	156	473	155	361	161	474
Guyana	122	1,365	119	1,212	126	1,351
Haiti	151	630	149	527	151	624
Honduras	118	1,635	118	1,325	120	1,641
Hong Kong	—	29,650	—	27,680	—	29,611
Hungary	43	13,762	39	11,217	43	13,901
Iceland	4	63,830	4	53,858	5	66,240
India	131	978	132	822	136	973
Indonesia	115	1,925	112	1,636	118	1,845
Iran	82	4,149	87	3,108	82	4,497
Iraq	—	N/A	—	N/A	113	2,016
Ireland	5	59,924	5	51,578	6	62,934
Israel	31	22,475	27	19,926	31	25,192
Italy	20	35,872	20	31,456	22	36,201
Jamaica	81	4,172	77	3,758	87	4,032
Japan	22	34,312	19	34,194	25	34,402
Jordan	102	2,795	95	2,546	107	2,645
Kazakhstan	65	6,868	64	5,292	64	6,791
Kenya	139	845	144	623	143	794
Kiribati	147	686	139	710	153	621
Kuwait	23	33,634	—	N/A	16	44,421
Kyrgyzstan	143	713	148	543	147	709
Laos	150	656	145	597	154	618
Latvia	46	11,985	46	8,792	49	12,098
Lebanon	67	6,569	59	5,603	71	6,277
Lesotho	149	665	137	749	144	753
Liberia	176	195	171	176	181	228
Libya	53	9,372	48	8,333	54	9,452
Liechtenstein	—	N/A	—	N/A	1	106,082^[4]
Lithuania	48	11,354	47	8,768	52	10,726
Luxembourg	1	104,673	1	89,760	2	104,452
Macau	—	N/A	—	29,699	—	N/A
Madagascar	159	431	164	287	167	376
Malawi	172	264	168	233	178	260
Malaysia	63	6,948	55	5,770	61	7,514
Maldives	99	3,040	88	3,090	104	2,843
Mali	154	517	151	490	157	562
Malta	35	18,088	32	15,702	38	18,461
Marshall Islands	—	N/A	96	2,385	—	N/A
Mauritania	134	931	131	875	140	843
Mauritius	74	5,520	66	5,065	74	5,563
Mexico	58	8,479	49	8,052	59	8,219
Micronesia	—	N/A	102	2,207	—	N/A
Moldova	124	1,248	130	876	134	978
Mongolia	121	1,486	120	1,212	127	1,323
Montenegro	—	N/A	72	4,145	83	4,343
Morocco	106	2,389	104	2,145	111	2,175
Mozambique	165	369	159	326	169	362
Myanmar	174	235	—	N/A	173	286
Namibia	94	3,584	84	3,208	96	3,601
Nepal	163	400	161	323	171	333
Netherlands	10	46,261	10	40,532	11	46,389
New Zealand	26	30,256	25	24,975	27	31,124
Nicaragua	133	945	124	958	133	1,008
Niger	169	313	165	267	172	324
Nigeria	126	1,159	134	797	129	1,235
Norway	2	83,922	2	71,876	3	84,595
Oman	40	15,584	—	N/A	48	12,500
Pakistan	137	909	133	798	139	873
Palau	—	N/A	50	7,850	—	N/A
Panama	70	5,904	65	5,200	72	6,089
Papua New Guinea	130	991	128	912	132	1,035
Paraguay	116	1,802	113	1,542	121	1,630
People's Republic of China	105	2,461	107	2,016	109	2,459
Peru	86	3,886	81	3,350	93	3,805
Philippines	119	1,625	116	1,363	123	1,582
Poland	49	11,041	44	8,884	51	10,912
Portugal	32	21,019	29	18,389	34	20,981
Qatar	3	72,849	—	N/A	4	74,689
Republic of China (Taiwan)	37	16,606	—	N/A	40	16,768
Republic of Macedonia	92	3,659	89	3,054	95	3,647
Republic of the Congo	109	2,159	108	2,002	114	2,015
Romania	61	7,697	58	5,633	62	7,452
Russia	54	9,075	52	6,926	56	9,096
Rwanda	167	353	166	264	170	335
Saint Kitts and Nevis	50	10,143	41	9,938	46	13,393
Saint Lucia	71	5,689	62	5,416	73	5,614
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	75	5,229	78	3,525	80	4,731
Samoa	111	2,101	99	2,292	117	1,853
San Marino	—	N/A	3	58,276	—	N/A
São Tomé and Príncipe	138	881	135	794	145	722
Saudi Arabia	41	15,481	33	14,745	45	13,623
Senegal	136	910	136	761	138	888
Serbia	72	5,596	71	4,300	86	4,106
Seychelles	57	8,581	43	9,118	58	8,670
Sierra Leone	170	290	167	252	176	271
Singapore	21	35,163	22	29,473	24	35,427
Slovakia	42	13,857	40	10,213	44	13,766
Slovenia	30	22,933	28	18,586	32	22,934
Solomon Islands	144	704	140	694	150	632
Somalia	—	N/A	—	N/A	175	272
South Africa	68	5,906	63	5,384	69	6,423
South Korea	34	19,751	30	18,341	36	19,515
Spain	25	32,067	23	27,757	23	35,576
Sri Lanka	120	1,506	117	1,356	125	1,434
Sudan	125	1,242	123	993	128	1,262
Suriname	79	4,577	69	4,648	78	5,106
Swaziland	104	2,523	98	2,327	108	2,591
Sweden	8	49,655	9	42,250	9	50,415
Switzerland	6	58,084	6	50,783	8	56,111
Syria	114	1,946	111	1,721	115	1,955
Tajikistan	153	578	153	423	158	525
Tanzania	160	415	160	324	164	411
Thailand	89	3,737	83	3,252	94	3,776
The Bahamas	33	19,781	—	N/A	33	21,547
The Gambia	161	411	163	307	166	387
Timor-Leste	158	440	157	346	163	423
Togo	164	387	158	344	162	438
Tonga	110	2,138	101	2,230	116	1,873
Trinidad and Tobago	38	15,905	35	13,657	35	19,591
Tunisia	95	3,398	90	2,992	97	3,407
Turkey	52	9,629	60	5,518	55	9,323
Turkmenistan	76	5,189	105	2,142	77	5,280
Uganda	166	363	162	315	168	371
Ukraine	98	3,046	100	2,276	101	3,035
United Arab Emirates	16	42,934	—	N/A	18	43,339
United Kingdom	12	45,575	12	39,257	13	45,626
United States	11	45,845	8	43,968	12	45,959
Uruguay	62	7,172	54	5,826	66	6,632
Uzbekistan	141	815	142	647	142	803
Vanuatu	113	1,989	109	1,756	112	2,147
Venezuela	56	8,596	53	6,730	57	9,084
Vietnam	140	818	138	725	141	821
West Bank and Gaza	—	N/A	—	1,075	—	N/A
Yemen	132	972	129	877	135	974
Zambia	135	918	127	918	137	972
Zimbabwe	179	55	—	N/A	183	140
World	—	N/A	—	7,412	—	8,273

[edit] See also

[edit] References

^ Data refer to the year 2007. World Economic Outlook Database-April 2008, International Monetary Fund.
^ Data refer to the year 2006. Total GDP 2006 & Population 2006, World Development Indicators database, World Bank, April 11, 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) & Population, The World Factbook, Central Intelligence Agency. GDP data last updated on June 19, 2008; Population data last updated on May 10, 2007. Note: Per capita values were obtained by dividing the GDP (official exchange rate) data by the Population data.
^ The value from the original source has been changed. The CIA World Factbook reports a value for Liechtenstein of $1,060,823. This seems extraordinarily high and is probably the result of GDP data erroneously reported as $36.33 billion instead of $3.633 billion. To give credence to this hypothesis the Landesverwaltung Liechtenstein reports that the provisional GDP for 2004 was CHF4.279 billion and the GDP per capita for the same year was CHF162,000. Using the average exchange rate of the Swiss franc to the US dollar in 2004, as given by the CIA, this results in a GDP of US$3.441 billion and GDP per capita of US$130,277. Had the CIA GDP value been reported as $3.633 billion, this would have resulted in a GDP per capita of $106,082. To give further credence to this, the United States Department of State reports a GDP of $3.52 billion (CHF4.28 billion) for Liechtenstein on its country profile article dated October 2007.

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Geography	Area • Coastline • Coast/area ratio • Exclusive Economic Zone • Number of neighbouring countries • Highest point • Lowest point • Northernmost point • Southernmost point

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GDP	Nominal (per capita) • PPP (per capita • per hour) • Past (nominal • PPP) • Future (nominal • PPP • PPP per capita) • GNI per capita • Growth (real • real per capita) • Sector composition • Demographics comparison

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