List of countries by GDP (nominal) per capita

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Countries by 2008 GDP (nominal) per capita (IMF, October 2008 estimate)

The UN estimates

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 projected data for the year 2008 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 2008 (except Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Macau and Palau) from The World Factbook, provided by the Central Intelligence Agency.

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

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Country	Rank	IMF[1]	Rank	WB[2]	Rank	CIA[3]
Afghanistan	165	457	—	N/A	177	393
Albania	93	4,247	87	3,323	103	3,735
Algeria	86	4,922	76	3,996	86	5,073
Angola	78	5,709	84	3,440	68	7,657
Antigua and Barbuda	51	13,386	36	12,071	53	13,322
Argentina	65	8,522	56	6,641	65	8,367
Armenia	102	3,401	90	3,058	99	4,066
Australia	13	50,150	17	39,098	16	50,887
Austria	12	52,159	11	45,343	14	52,696
Azerbaijan	75	6,143	83	3,646	76	6,513
Bahamas, The	37	20,589	—	N/A	35	22,556
Bahrain	31	25,245	—	N/A	32	27,398
Bangladesh	157	513	151	427	162	541
Barbados	50	13,701	—	N/A	52	13,395
Belarus	77	6,058	69	4,615	81	5,955
Belgium	14	49,430	13	42,213	15	51,000
Belize	91	4,318	72	4,191	93	4,591
Benin	145	856	145	601	150	813
Bhutan	118	2,082	112	1,668	122	2,005
Bolivia	120	1,889	117	1,378	121	2,048
Bosnia and Herzegovina	87	4,848	74	4,014	97	4,218
Botswana	62	8,929	57	6,263	69	7,496
Brazil	64	8,676	53	6,859	64	8,480
Brunei	21	43,752	—	N/A	22	45,048
Bulgaria	70	6,849	65	5,175	72	7,150
Burkina Faso	155	587	150	458	163	540
Burma	176	233	—	N/A	182	287
Burundi	178	114	170	115	187	104
Cambodia	150	742	146	597	157	760
Cameroon	127	1,290	121	1,114	134	1,354
Canada	16	47,073	15	40,222	18	47,090
Cape Verde	100	3,665	94	2,706	95	4,321
Central African Republic	159	479	153	394	168	470
Chad	142	936	142	658	148	901
Chile	56	14,814	42	9,877	57	16,031
China, People's Republic of	104	3,180	99	2,485	107	3,174
China, Republic of (Taiwan)	42	18,306	—	N/A	44	17,155
Colombia	82	5,174	81	3,729	84	5,549
Comoros	146	855	139	717	156	761
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	177	206	169	144	186	195
Congo, Republic of the	101	3,658	105	2,030	105	3,420
Costa Rica	71	6,726	63	5,653	71	7,240
Côte d'Ivoire	128	1,250	123	1,016	137	1,178
Croatia	49	14,414	38	11,554	49	14,238
Cuba	—	N/A	—	N/A	89	4,830
Cyprus	27	32,195	24	27,036	30	32,286
Czech Republic	35	21,041	30	16,271	37	21,251
Denmark	4	67,387	5	56,427	6	67,387
Djibouti	129	1,240	126	996	125	1,922
Dominica	84	5,084	71	4,493	88	5,034
Dominican Republic	83	5,132	80	3,762	90	4,806
Ecuador	97	3,927	88	3,312	102	3,925
Egypt	116	2,109	111	1,697	124	1,937
El Salvador	105	3,073	92	2,950	108	3,153
Equatorial Guinea	45	16,262[4]	29	19,533	28	32,703
Eritrea	173	295	165	248	185	269
Estonia	40	18,809	31	15,856	40	19,280
Ethiopia	171	317	166	245	179	304
European Union	—	N/A	—	N/A	—	38,553
Fiji	92	4,316	73	4,097	100	4,060
Finland	10	54,578	8	46,515	12	54,836
France	15	48,012	14	41,523	19	46,489
Gabon	55	10,941	50	8,011	58	10,708
Gambia, The	160	478	155	377	171	449
Georgia	106	3,061	103	2,315	111	2,868
Germany	18	46,499	16	40,079	20	46,352
Ghana	149	786	143	650	158	758
Greece	26	33,434	21	32,166	27	34,832
Grenada	73	6,182	66	5,130	70	7,272
Guatemala	110	2,660	98	2,505	112	2,790
Guinea-Bissau	174	257	167	211	180	294
Guinea	167	433	149	487	170	454
Guyana	126	1,484	116	1,413	132	1,471
Haiti	148	793	144	638	152	781
Honduras	123	1,797	110	1,732	126	1,804
Hong Kong	—	31,849	—	29,845	—	31,887
Hungary	44	16,343	35	13,741	46	16,544
Iceland	7	60,122	3	62,733	8	62,490
India	136	1,043	122	1,042	141	1,078
Indonesia	115	2,181	108	1,918	120	2,092
Iran	81	5,247	79	3,815	82	5,803
Iraq	—	N/A	—	N/A	110	2,980
Ireland	6	64,660	4	58,399	5	68,574
Israel	30	26,536	25	22,563	33	26,531
Italy	23	40,450	18	35,494	25	41,259
Jamaica	85	4,990	75	4,012	91	4,803
Japan	24	37,940	20	34,254	26	38,055
Jordan	103	3,267	93	2,768	109	3,085
Kazakhstan	61	9,076	55	6,708	62	9,204
Kenya	143	891	137	786	149	828
Kiribati	152	709	132	853	161	643
Korea, North	—	N/A	—	N/A	139	1,116
Korea, South	38	19,638	28	19,983	39	19,709
Kosovo	—	N/A	—	N/A	130	1,522[5]
Kuwait	19	46,397	—	N/A	9	61,499
Kyrgyzstan	141	951	141	669	146	943
Laos	147	829	140	684	153	777
Latvia	46	14,930	37	11,931	47	15,097
Lebanon	67	7,376	60	5,858	74	7,054
Lesotho	153	674	136	798	154	776
Liberia	175	235	168	193	183	278
Libya	43	17,468	43	9,476	43	17,575
Liechtenstein	—	N/A	—	N/A	1	145,734[6]
Lithuania	48	14,456	39	11,353	51	13,674
Luxembourg	1	118,045	1	99,879	3	118,538
Macau	—	N/A	—	N/A	—	36,534[6]
Macedonia, Republic of	88	4,683	82	3,726	92	4,669
Madagascar	158	481	156	372	166	485
Malawi	172	299	164	255	181	293
Malaysia	66	7,866	54	6,807	63	8,495
Maldives	99	3,756	85	3,439	106	3,358
Mali	154	657	147	556	159	712
Malta	36	20,744	—	N/A	36	21,272
Marshall Islands	—	N/A	100	2,433	—	N/A
Mauritania	132	1,196	133	847	142	1,077
Mauritius	72	6,392	67	5,038	78	6,379
Mexico	57	10,747	47	8,486	59	10,395
Micronesia	—	N/A	102	2,315	—	N/A
Moldova	122	1,830	119	1,159	133	1,433
Mongolia	121	1,880	115	1,491	128	1,666
Montenegro	—	N/A	58	5,928	75	6,658
Morocco	108	2,902	101	2,374	113	2,634
Mozambique	161	472	159	363	169	460
Namibia	98	3,805	89	3,250	104	3,725
Nepal	164	457	158	363	173	428
Netherlands	11	54,445	9	46,041	13	54,640
New Zealand	28	31,714	23	30,599	29	32,515
Nicaragua	134	1,060	124	1,013	138	1,134
Niger	169	387	162	294	174	401
Nigeria	125	1,490	120	1,120	131	1,506
Norway	3	102,525	2	81,111	4	103,586
Oman	33	21,704	—	N/A	45	17,007
Pakistan	138	1,000	131	884	147	931
Palau	—	N/A	49	8,200	67	7,965[6]
Panama	69	6,883	59	5,908	73	7,076
Papua New Guinea	137	1,027	127	990	143	1,073
Paraguay	111	2,658	107	1,961	117	2,395
Peru	89	4,610	77	3,910	94	4,503
Philippines	119	1,908	113	1,640	127	1,794
Poland	47	14,893	40	11,043	48	14,737
Portugal	32	24,031	27	20,762	34	23,930
Qatar	2	106,460	—	N/A	2	141,733
Romania	59	9,953	51	7,703	60	9,615
Russia	52	12,579	44	9,115	55	12,487[7]
Rwanda	168	420	161	341	176	395
Saint Kitts and Nevis	58	10,561	41	10,755	50	14,039
Saint Lucia	76	6,064	62	5,702	77	6,461
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	80	5,580	70	4,608	87	5,041
Samoa	109	2,798	96	2,578	116	2,474
São Tomé and Príncipe	139	1,000	129	918	155	776
Saudi Arabia	34	21,221	32	15,775	41	18,770
Senegal	133	1,110	130	898	140	1,081
Serbia	68	7,054	64	5,630	85	5,136
Seychelles	60	9,440	46	8,565	61	9,471
Sierra Leone	170	335	163	286	178	313
Singapore	22	41,291	19	35,160	23	41,839
Slovakia	41	18,585	34	13,887	42	18,440
Slovenia	29	28,328	26	22,523	31	28,396
Solomon Islands	144	881	138	745	151	791
Somalia	—	N/A	—	N/A	184	272
South Africa	74	6,170	61	5,833	80	6,158
Spain	25	36,970	22	31,846	24	41,565
Sri Lanka	117	2,099	114	1,622	123	1,995
Sudan	124	1,631	118	1,235	129	1,546
Suriname	79	5,599	68	4,893	79	6,269
Swaziland	107	2,903	97	2,569	114	2,629
Sweden	9	55,624	7	48,584	11	56,703
Switzerland	5	67,379	6	55,035	7	64,974
Syria	114	2,238	109	1,914	118	2,253
Tajikistan	151	741	148	551	160	664
Tanzania	156	519	152	400	165	513
Thailand	95	4,099	78	3,851	98	4,155
Timor-Leste	163	460	157	371	172	441
Togo	166	454	154	379	164	514
Tonga	112	2,510	104	2,287	119	2,168
Trinidad and Tobago	39	18,864	33	14,990	38	19,987
Tunisia	96	4,032	86	3,417	101	4,023
Turkey	54	11,463	45	8,893	56	11,112
Turkmenistan	94	4,181	95	2,606	83	5,564
Uganda	162	469	160	363	167	479
Ukraine	90	4,319	91	3,029	96	4,305
United Arab Emirates	8	36,667	—	N/A	10	41,424
United Kingdom	20	45,681	12	44,693	21	45,731
United States	13	57,025	10	55,790	12	67,165
Uruguay	63	8,860	52	6,956	66	8,152
Uzbekistan	140	979	135	830	145	973
Vanuatu	113	2,385	106	2,000	115	2,599
Venezuela	53	11,828	48	8,303	54	12,561
Vietnam	135	1,047	134	836	144	1,055
West Bank and Gaza	—	N/A	—	1,036	—	1,699
Yemen	131	1,199	125	1,006	136	1,198
Zambia	130	1,223	128	953	135	1,305
Zimbabwe	—	N/A	—	N/A	175	401[8]
World	—	N/A	—	8,219	—	11,683[9]

[edit] See also

• List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita
• List of countries by GDP (nominal)
• List of countries by GDP (PPP)
• List of countries by GDP growth

[edit] Notes and references