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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1870

1870, as GGDC’s 2023 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1870 covers 67 countries. United Kingdom is highest, at 5,829; Nepal is lowest, at 641. The middle country reads 1,356. Against 1820, 52 values changed (48 up, 4 down), 13 countries joined.

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Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison) · Data for 1870

HighestUnited Kingdom

5,829

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), 1870, 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 67 countries · select a heading to sort

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1870: every country, as published by Maddison Project, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
derived
1United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe5,829
2AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand5,217
3New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand4,941
4United StatesUSANorthern America4,803
5NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe4,422
6BelgiumBELWestern Europe4,291
7UruguayURYSouth America3,677
8DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe3,193
9FranceFRAWestern Europe2,990
10AustriaAUTWestern Europe2,970
11SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe2,954
12GermanyDEUWestern Europe2,931
13IrelandIRLNorthern Europe2,829
14ItalyITASouthern Europe2,826
15CanadaCANNorthern America2,702
16ArgentinaARGSouth America2,340
17NorwayNORNorthern Europe2,177
18SwedenSWENorthern Europe2,144
19GreeceGRCSouthern Europe1,938
20ChileCHLSouth America1,868
21FinlandFINNorthern Europe1,817
22SpainESPSouthern Europe1,806
23VenezuelaVENSouth America1,769
24HungaryHUNEastern Europe1,741
25PeruPERSouth America1,675

02In 1870

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1United Kingdom5,829
  2. 2Australia5,217
  3. 3New Zealand4,941
  4. 4United States4,803
  5. 5Netherlands4,422

Lowest

  1. 67Nepal641
  2. 66Albania711
  3. 65North Korea758
  4. 64Ecuador760
  5. 63Russia789

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 1,356. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031820 → 1870

Since 1820

What changed between 1820 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +13 / −0countries joined / left
  • 52values changed, of 54 in both
  • 48 · 4rose · fell
  • 2unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Albania+ Bulgaria+ Switzerland+ Ecuador+ Greece+ Hungary+ India+ Iceland+ Liberia+ Palestine+ Romania+ Russia+ Singapore

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

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 1870.

  • 66 distinct values among 67

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 13 decimals. 2 countries share 956. 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 67 countries has every column.

05The 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) (1870). Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1870 [data set], describing 1870. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/historical-gdp-per-capita/1870

06112 held

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07Questions

Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1870: questions and answers

Which country has the highest Historical GDP per capita in Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1870?

United Kingdom, at 5,829, of the 67 countries in the file.

What year does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1870 describe?

1870.

How many countries does Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1870 cover?

67.

Where can I download Historical GDP per Capita (Maddison), 1870?

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), 1870 the newest?

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

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