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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1820

1820, as GGDC’s 2023 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1820 covers 54 countries. United Kingdom is highest, at 3,306; Nepal is lowest, at 641. The middle country reads 967.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison) · Data for 1820

HighestUnited Kingdom

3,306

LowestNepal

641

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

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1820, as published. GGDC ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 54 countries · select a heading to sort

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1820: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
derived
1United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe3,306
2NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe3,006
3United StatesUSANorthern America2,674
4ItalyITASouthern Europe2,523
5BelgiumBELWestern Europe2,358
6GermanyDEUWestern Europe2,041
7DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe2,031
8UruguayURYSouth America1,983
9AustriaAUTWestern Europe1,941
10FranceFRAWestern Europe1,809
11PortugalPRTSouthern Europe1,665
12ArgentinaARGSouth America1,591
13SpainESPSouthern Europe1,558
14CanadaCANNorthern America1,441
15SwedenSWENorthern Europe1,415
16IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1,398
17NorwayNORNorthern Europe1,384
18JapanJPNEastern Asia1,317
19FinlandFINNorthern Europe1,313
20South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa1,188
21Hong KongHKGEastern Asia1,132
22JamaicaJAMCaribbean1,117
=23LebanonLBNWestern Asia1,084
=23SyriaSYRWestern Asia1,084
25MexicoMEXCentral America1,007

02In 1820

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1United Kingdom3,306
  2. 2Netherlands3,006
  3. 3United States2,674
  4. 4Italy2,523
  5. 5Belgium2,358

Lowest

  1. 54Nepal641
  2. 51Tunisiashared685
  3. 51Moroccoshared685
  4. 51Algeriashared685
  5. 50North Korea753

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 967. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

Read before you use

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

The site’s method

  • One year of the 2023 release

    Every year in this series comes from GGDC’s 2023 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1820.

  • 47 distinct values among 54

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 13 decimals. 4 countries share 877. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • The position is ours

    GGDC 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 54 countries has every column.

04The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

Cite this edition

Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC) (1820). Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1820 [data set], describing 1820. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/historical-gdp-per-capita/1820

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06Questions

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1820: questions and answers

Which country has the highest Historical GDP per capita in Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1820?

United Kingdom, at 3,306, of the 54 countries in the file.

What year does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1820 describe?

1820.

How many countries does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1820 cover?

54.

Where can I download Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1820?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1820 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 2022.

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