Data for 2008

GDP per Capita (PPP), 2008

2008, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

GDP per Capita (PPP), 2008 covers 197 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 135,815; Somalia is lowest, at 919. The middle country reads 14,030. Against 2007, 195 values changed (144 up, 51 down), 2 countries joined.

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GDP per Capita (PPP) · Data for 2008

HighestLuxembourg

135,815

LowestSomalia

919

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

197countries
1measure
2008the year it describes
197distinct values12 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of GDP per Capita (PPP), 2008, 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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GDP per Capita (PPP), 2008: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	135,815
2	BermudaBMUNorthern America	115,948
3	QatarQATWestern Asia	114,879
4	MacauMACEastern Asia	102,475
5	BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	91,276
6	Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean	89,380
7	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	88,083
8	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	87,297
9	San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe	85,120
10	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	80,285
11	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	77,104
12	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	77,037
13	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	63,964
14	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	63,678
15	United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean	63,058
16	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	62,618
17	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	62,214
18	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	61,158
19	United StatesUSANorthern America	60,806
20	AndorraANDSouthern Europe	60,692
21	GreenlandGRLNorthern America	60,506
22	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	57,495
23	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	56,788
24	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	55,777
25	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	55,514
26	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	54,630
27	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	54,408
28	Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe	54,263
29	CanadaCANNorthern America	53,712
30	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	52,765
31	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	52,473
32	ItalyITASouthern Europe	51,806
33	FranceFRAWestern Europe	50,068
34	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	49,629
35	OmanOMNWestern Asia	46,586
36	SpainESPSouthern Europe	44,926
37	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	44,296
38	JapanJPNEastern Asia	42,519
39	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	41,709
40	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	41,682
41	Puerto RicoPRICaribbean	41,358
42	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	41,286
43	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	40,328
44	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	39,995
45	ArubaABWCaribbean	39,983
46	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	37,292
47	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	37,064
48	IsraelISRWestern Asia	36,795
49	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	36,288
50	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	35,825
51	BahamasBHSCaribbean	34,498
52	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	34,342
53	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	34,234
54	CuraçaoCUWCaribbean	33,795
55	Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	32,756
56	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	31,114
57	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	30,457
58	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	29,544
59	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	29,384
60	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	28,727
61	ArgentinaARGSouth America	27,658
62	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	27,040
63	Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean	25,899
64	PolandPOLEastern Europe	25,554
65	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	24,896
66	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	23,657
67	ChileCHLSouth America	23,515
68	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	22,898
69	Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean	22,689
70	UruguayURYSouth America	22,249
71	BelarusBLREastern Europe	22,138
72	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	21,990
73	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	21,915
74	PanamaPANCentral America	21,868
75	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	21,846
76	SurinameSURSouth America	21,516
77	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	21,443
78	MexicoMEXCentral America	20,993
79	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	20,239
80	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	19,840
81	UkraineUKREastern Europe	18,884
82	GabonGABMiddle Africa	18,493
83	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	18,344
84	Costa RicaCRICentral America	18,343
85	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	17,983
86	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	17,963
87	DominicaDMACaribbean	17,738
88	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	17,627
89	PalauPLWMicronesia	17,355
90	BrazilBRASouth America	17,113
91	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	16,040
92	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	16,038
93	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	15,894
94	IranIRNSouthern Asia	15,091
95	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	14,955
96	GrenadaGRDCaribbean	14,464
97	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	14,298
98	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	14,207
99	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	14,030
100	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	13,850
101	ColombiaCOLSouth America	13,591
102	BelizeBLZCentral America	12,416
103	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	12,392
104	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	11,990
105	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	11,984
106	ParaguayPRYSouth America	11,750
107	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	11,727
108	JordanJORWestern Asia	11,556
109	IraqIRQWestern Asia	11,512
110	EcuadorECUSouth America	11,475
111	PeruPERSouth America	11,150
112	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	11,132
113	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	11,056
114	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	10,856
115	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	10,490
116	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	10,287
117	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	9,890
118	FijiFJIMelanesia	9,712
119	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	9,564
120	GuyanaGUYSouth America	9,547
121	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	9,380
122	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	9,093
123	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	8,898
124	BoliviaBOLSouth America	8,865
125	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	8,744
126	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	8,705
127	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	8,470
128	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	8,165
129	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	7,926
130	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	7,870
131	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	7,587
132	NauruNRUMicronesia	7,341
133	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	7,216
134	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	7,169
135	KosovoXKXSouthern Europe	7,098
136	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	6,902
137	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	6,659
138	SamoaWSMPolynesia	6,184
139	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	5,987
140	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	5,813
141	NicaraguaNICCentral America	5,809
142	TongaTONPolynesia	5,759
143	HondurasHNDCentral America	5,567
144	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	5,146
145	PalestinePSEWestern Asia	4,985
146	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	4,895
147	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	4,873
148	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	4,446
149	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	4,367
150	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	4,322
151	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	4,300
152	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	4,233
153	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	4,175
154	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	4,097
155	TuvaluTUVPolynesia	4,094
156	KenyaKENEastern Africa	4,003
157	Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia	3,904
158	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	3,850
159	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	3,788
160	MicronesiaFSMMicronesia	3,622
161	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	3,531
162	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	3,502
163	SenegalSENWestern Africa	3,360
164	HaitiHTICaribbean	3,270
165	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	3,255
166	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	3,234
167	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	3,134
168	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	2,954
169	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	2,908
170	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	2,853
171	BeninBENWestern Africa	2,778
172	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	2,650
173	GuineaGINWestern Africa	2,630
174	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	2,601
175	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	2,589
176	MaliMLIWestern Africa	2,523
177	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	2,493
178	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	2,490
179	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	2,405
180	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	2,308
181	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	2,192
182	KiribatiKIRMicronesia	2,173
183	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	2,110
184	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	2,106
185	TogoTGOWestern Africa	2,083
186	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	1,794
187	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	1,779
188	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	1,704
189	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	1,463
190	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	1,378
191	NigerNERWestern Africa	1,308
192	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	1,283
193	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	1,194
194	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	1,142
195	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	1,138
196	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	999
197	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	919

02In 2008

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Luxembourg135,815
2Bermuda115,948
3Qatar114,879
4Macau102,475
5Brunei91,276

Lowest

197Somalia919
196Burundi999
195DR Congo1,138
194Mozambique1,142
193Ethiopia1,194

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 14,030. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
195values changed, of 195 in both
144 · 51rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Equatorial Guinea35,540 → 39,995+4,454
Greenland56,763 → 60,506+3,743
Oman43,697 → 46,586+2,889
Romania24,328 → 27,040+2,711
Saint Kitts and Nevis23,330 → 25,899+2,569

Fell most

United Arab Emirates87,181 → 80,285−6,895
Brunei96,753 → 91,276−5,477
Andorra65,534 → 60,692−4,843
Ireland66,476 → 62,214−4,262
Singapore91,198 → 88,083−3,115

+ Faroe Islands

+ Kosovo

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.

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One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from World Bank Group’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2008.
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Which end is better
A higher value is the better result.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 197 countries has every column.

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World Bank Group (2008). GDP per Capita (PPP), 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/gdp-per-capita/2008

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