Data for 2006

Comprehensive Wealth per Capita, 2006

2006, as World Bank Group’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Comprehensive Wealth per Capita, 2006 covers 147 countries. Qatar is highest, at 1,168,003; Gambia is lowest, at 2,965. The middle country reads 38,792. Against 2005, 147 values changed (99 up, 48 down), the same countries are covered.

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Comprehensive Wealth per Capita · Data for 2006

HighestQatar

1,168,003

LowestGambia

2,965

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end. A higher value is the better result.

147countries
1measure
2006the year it describes
147distinct values11 decimals, as published
Oct 3, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Comprehensive Wealth per Capita, 2006, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Comprehensive Wealth per Capita, 2006: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1	QatarQATWestern Asia	1,168,003
2	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	1,113,393
3	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	934,082
4	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	779,996
5	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	746,721
6	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	713,259
7	United StatesUSANorthern America	713,046
8	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	690,885
9	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	682,179
10	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	607,235
11	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	538,714
12	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	517,455
13	CanadaCANNorthern America	499,015
14	JapanJPNEastern Asia	490,077
15	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	485,999
16	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	443,217
17	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	440,685
18	FranceFRAWestern Europe	425,826
19	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	409,685
20	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	406,916
21	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	396,357
22	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	366,128
23	IsraelISRWestern Asia	345,075
24	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	263,989
25	ItalyITASouthern Europe	224,383
26	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	204,900
27	SpainESPSouthern Europe	196,598
28	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	188,360
29	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	183,910
30	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	181,617
31	OmanOMNWestern Asia	153,299
32	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	152,364
33	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	143,482
34	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	139,737
35	UruguayURYSouth America	139,025
36	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	133,507
37	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	118,019
38	ChileCHLSouth America	116,061
39	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	114,649
40	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	109,642
41	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	107,974
42	Costa RicaCRICentral America	107,561
43	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	102,301
44	GuyanaGUYSouth America	101,689
45	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	95,813
46	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	94,452
47	SurinameSURSouth America	82,028
48	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	79,369
49	PolandPOLEastern Europe	76,846
50	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	74,483
51	IraqIRQWestern Asia	70,975
52	ArgentinaARGSouth America	69,401
53	GabonGABMiddle Africa	68,205
54	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	67,673
55	PanamaPANCentral America	66,237
56	BrazilBRASouth America	64,721
57	EcuadorECUSouth America	61,709
58	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	61,270
59	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	60,410
60	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	59,799
61	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	58,575
62	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	57,416
63	MexicoMEXCentral America	56,499
64	ParaguayPRYSouth America	48,254
65	ColombiaCOLSouth America	46,275
66	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	45,418
67	PeruPERSouth America	45,340
68	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	42,336
69	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	40,862
70	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	40,640
71	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	39,504
72	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	38,994
73	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	38,849
74	IranIRNSouthern Asia	38,792
75	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	38,027
76	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	37,876
77	BelarusBLREastern Europe	37,565
78	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	36,020
79	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	32,585
80	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	31,512
81	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	31,289
82	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	31,061
83	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	31,050
84	BelizeBLZCentral America	29,697
85	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	28,929
86	UkraineUKREastern Europe	28,803
87	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	27,635
88	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	27,179
89	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	26,674
90	BoliviaBOLSouth America	26,660
91	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	26,558
92	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	26,308
93	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	26,155
94	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	25,402
95	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	24,116
96	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	23,974
97	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	23,784
98	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	22,285
99	KenyaKENEastern Africa	20,732
100	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	20,332
101	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	20,288
102	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	19,480
103	BeninBENWestern Africa	19,161
104	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	18,660
105	TogoTGOWestern Africa	18,196
106	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	17,739
107	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	17,735
108	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	17,621
109	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	17,028
110	MaliMLIWestern Africa	16,336
111	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	16,178
112	SenegalSENWestern Africa	16,149
113	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	16,075
114	HondurasHNDCentral America	16,025
115	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	15,936
116	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	15,861
117	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	14,743
118	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	14,677
119	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	14,241
120	NicaraguaNICCentral America	13,687
121	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	13,588
122	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	13,247
123	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	12,683
124	GuineaGINWestern Africa	12,306
125	JordanJORWestern Asia	12,026
126	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	11,826
127	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	11,539
128	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	11,407
129	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	11,234
130	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	10,907
131	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	10,904
132	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	10,699
133	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	10,561
134	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	10,438
135	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	10,152
136	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	9,884
137	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	9,814
138	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	9,517
139	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	9,313
140	NigerNERWestern Africa	9,244
141	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	8,679
142	HaitiHTICaribbean	7,890
143	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	7,775
144	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	7,178
145	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	6,145
146	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	6,109
147	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	2,965

02In 2006

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar1,168,003
2Switzerland1,113,393
3Norway934,082
4Iceland779,996
5Luxembourg746,721

Lowest

147Gambia2,965
146Burundi6,109
145Central African Republic6,145
144Mozambique7,178
143Madagascar7,775

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 38,792. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032005 → 2006

Since 2005

What changed between 2005 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
147values changed, of 147 in both
99 · 48rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Singapore376,950 → 409,685+32,736
Switzerland1,090,140 → 1,113,393+23,253
Kuwait241,047 → 263,989+22,942
Mauritius119,312 → 139,737+20,425
Norway920,326 → 934,082+13,755

Fell most

Qatar1,307,376 → 1,168,003−139,374
United Arab Emirates726,518 → 682,179−44,339
Iceland811,745 → 779,996−31,750
Luxembourg776,551 → 746,721−29,830
United Kingdom376,619 → 366,128−10,491

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

One year of the 2024 release
Every year in this series comes from World Bank Group’s 2024 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2006.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.
Which end is better
A higher value is the better result.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 147 countries has every column.

05The files

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World Bank Group (2006). Comprehensive Wealth per Capita, 2006 [data set], describing 2006. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/comprehensive-wealth-per-capita/2006

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